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 ...

A huge sand battery is set to slash the carbon emissions of a Finnish town. The industrial-scale storage unit in Pornainen, southern Finland, will be the world’s biggest sand battery when it comes ...

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 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 ...

An energy partnership in Finland recently installed the first fully operational “sand battery” in the world. The innovative technology can store green power for months on end, and its developers say ...

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 ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The new Polar Night Energy sand battery installed in Pornainen, a small municipality in southern ...

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 ...

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, ...

The world’s largest sand battery is online and ready to make the most of Finland's renewable energy. Once fully operational, this giant device is expected to cut carbon-equivalent emissions from the ...

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 ...