Danish researchers investigated how solar-powered Carnot batteries could be integrated into decommissioned coal power plants to produce clean energy. They found that a 300 MW retrofitted plant coal ...

The systems, which can store clean energy as heat, were chosen by readers as the 11th Breakthrough Technology of 2024. We need heat to make everything from steel bars to ketchup packets. Today, a ...

As the global energy transition accelerates, the need for reliable, scalable and cost-effective energy storage solutions has never been greater. Stationary energy storage technologies broadly fall ...

Danish thermal energy storage developer Hyme Energy and Switzerland-based fluid engineering specialist Sulzer have joined hands to pave the way for the commercialization of their novel molten salt ...

The Kraftblock team at the site of one of their firm's thermal batteries, installed at a ceramics plant. The battery is the white container connected to the building via the chrome pipes. About half ...

Rondo Energy hopes hot bricks could help clean up manufacturing. Rondo Energy just turned on what it says is the world’s largest thermal battery, an energy storage system that can take in electricity ...

Fourth Power says its ultra-high temperature "sun in a box" energy storage tech is more than 10X cheaper than lithium-ion batteries, and vastly more powerful and efficient than any other thermal ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Researchers at Texas A&M University are perfecting a deceptively ...

The rise of artificial intelligence, cloud platforms, and data processing is driving a steady increase in global data center ...

Phase change materials (PCMs) represent a pivotal class of substances that store and release thermal energy through reversible transitions between solid and liquid states. Their ability to absorb or ...

Last September, the Western U.S. was hit with a 10-day heat wave that broke temperature records across the region, including in California. Air conditioning surged and with it, a record demand in ...