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Researchers have developed a heat storage unit that takes up less space than a regular hot water tank. It charges when ...

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 ...

Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES) systems harness the capacity of subterranean aquifers to store and release thermal energy, thereby affording a low-carbon solution for balancing seasonal heating ...

Norwegian researchers team up with Swiss heating company to build a thermal battery that can store and distribute heat when ...

The rise of artificial intelligence, cloud platforms, and data processing is driving a steady increase in global data center electricity consumption. While running computer servers accounts for the ...

Transitioning to 100% renewable energy globally would be cheaper and simpler using firebricks, a form of thermal energy storage with roots in the Bronze Age, to produce most of the heat needed for ...

Kraftblock, a Germany-based thermal energy storage specialist, has published a 30-page study with German consultancy DWR Eco on the benefits of thermal energy storage for power grids and renewable ...

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 ...

Discover how a solar heat pump system in Australia maximises efficiency. Learn to slash bills and use thermal storage as a ...

Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research in ...