Solar power coming to a home near you...

Just this week, a U.S. scientist at MIT announced an incredible breakthrough in solar technology that has the potential to bring energy from the sun into the mainstream.
Because of its cost, low-availability, and conditional operation (it only works when the sun is shining), solar power has yet to be adopted by the average household, even in places like California where incentives exist to encourage residential adoption of the technology. Despite the dramatic increase in the country's solar capacity, it still accounts for only a tiny fraction of one percent of total U.S. energy use.
Professor of Energy Daniel Nocera wants to change all of that, and in a hurry. His new technology would allow the energy collected from the sun to be stored much more efficiently as hydrogen and oxygen. A fuel cell could then use these elements to generate electricity - even in the middle of the night - removing the primary drawback to solar energy in residential application.
You can read the full story at http://www.enn.com/energy/article/37841.