Solar reactor uses storage to produce fuel around the clock / Il reattore solare utilizza lo stoccaggio per produrre carburante tutto il giorno Segnalato dal Dott. Giuseppe Cotellessa / Reported by Dr. Giuseppe Cotellessa A new type of solar reactor that combines thermochemistry and thermal storage is said to be able to create solar fuels, including hydrogen, day and night. Developed by scientists at the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), CONTISOL uses concentrated solar power (CSP) in a similar way to a solar thermal plant . However, rather than converting the CSP into electricity, it channels the solar energy into a monolithic cylindrical reactor with multiple channels. Half of these channels are used for chemical reactions that split methane or water into hydrogen, while the other half heat air to temperatures in excess of 1,000°C, which is then diverted for thermal energy storage. Once the sun has dropped, the flow of the air channels is reversed, and heat that