Harvard researchers may have just found the answer to safer battery storage for solar-powered homes, and are unveiling an exciting prototype. As the wind turbine and solar panel market continues to grow and spread throughout the world, the need for power storing batteries to use on cloudy days steadily increases.

Adding a photovoltaic system to one’s home not only cuts down energy use, but also increases the resale value. According to Robert Madden of Green Leaf Realty, solar powered homes have a price premium of 30% over non-solar homes.