Batteries are the key to the future of the most abundant sources of renewable energy, solar and wind power for one obvious reason: intermittence. If power generators want to replace fossil fuels ...

Discover the innovative future of energy storage with the world's first commercial sand battery in Finland. This video explores the limitations of current methods like lithium-ion batteries and pumped ...

An innovative thermal energy storage system has redefined the way a small Finnish town heats its residential and commercial buildings, with an enormous silo of 2,000 tons of crushed stone capable of ...

A company in Finland has created an an unusual storage solution for renewable energy: One that uses sand instead of lithium ion or other battery technologies. Polar Night Energy and Vatajankoski, an ...

A hot new contender in the realm of energy storage is emerging. Finnish company Polar Night Energy is rapidly advancing the development of an industrial-scale Sand Battery. This sustainable energy ...

Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester.View full profile Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester. Many countries are seeing energy prices ...

An entire town in Finland could very well get a lot of its heat from a giant sand battery before too long. The new battery has officially been announced and will be built by Polar Night Energy. It's a ...

A new industrial-scale 'sand battery' has been announced for Finland, which packs 1 MW of power and a capacity of up to 100 MWh of thermal energy for use during those cold polar winters. The new ...

Finland has inaugurated an industrial-scale sand battery this week in the southern town of Pornainen, where it'll take over heating duties from an old woodchip power plant for the municipality. It's ...

Storing energy can be done in many ways, with the chemical storage method of a battery being one of the most common. Another option is a thermal battery, which basically means making something hot, ...

We talk to one of the designers and learn that it can do a lot more than make hot water. Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She ...