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A new way of storing renewable energy is providing clean heat – the Vatajankoski power plant is home to the world's first commercial-scale sand battery

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Tags: energy.renewable, finland, technology, batteries.sand, power stations, vatajankoski, heating, infrastructure, storage.thermal, author.erika benke, source.bbc future
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20221102-how-a-sand-battery-could-transform-clean-energy

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Title
How a sand battery could transform clean energy
Authors
Erika Benke
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2151 words

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  1. th0mcat
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    Fascinating! I wonder how hard it would be to retrofit grain/crop siloes on farms to these sand batteries.

    Fascinating!

    I wonder how hard it would be to retrofit grain/crop siloes on farms to these sand batteries.

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