Improving the efficiency of heating and cooling systems - especially through thermal energy storage - offers one of the ...

When Judy Cardell was finishing graduate school at MIT, her goal was to work for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. She landed a job there, only to discover it wasn’t the right fit after all, ...

Vantaa Energy, an urban energy company jointly owned by the cities of Vantaa and Helsinki, is planning the construction of the world’s largest seasonal heat storage system. At more than 1 million ...

The increasing reliance on renewable energy sources like solar and wind power necessitates the development of robust and efficient energy storage solutions. Various energy storage technologies, ...

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 ...

A four-year research project by several German universities is exploring the release of molecules involved in molecular solar thermal (MOST) energy storage. They plan to modify the molecules to ...

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What if the key to solving some of the world’s most pressing energy challenges lies in a material you’ve never heard of? Imagine a super-alloy capable of storing vast amounts of renewable energy ...

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 ...

Dominic Zaal receives funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), which is a Federal Government funding agency. Australia’s transition to renewables is gathering speed, but there’s a ...

Thermal stratification in water storage tanks refers to the natural formation of distinct temperature layers within the tank, where warmer water tends to reside above cooler water. This phenomenon is ...