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There are industrial-scale versions of this already. Not as a solution for excess solar power storage, but to take advantage of off-peak electricity costs.
Which is not too far off, I would say. Not to say the same, since prices probably follow peak production of solar energy. ๐ค
Generally, off-peak prices are about demand rather than supply. They are lowest at night due to the lowest demand being at night, while supply (from e.g. nuclear) remains constant.