The economics are compelling, and it’s hard to get any cheaper than the crushed soapstone now housed inside an insulated silo ...

The world’s largest sand battery has just been turned on. The battery, which is simple in design, can store heat during ...

Finland has started up the world’s largest sand battery in Pornainen. This new system stores renewable energy as heat in ...

Finland has activated the world's largest sand battery in Pornainen, storing excess renewable energy as heat to power an ...

The world’s largest sand battery is online and ready to make the most of Finland's renewable energy. Once fully operational, ...

An energy company has commissioned the world’s first industrial-scale sand battery in a town in Finland, where it will use ...

Welcome back to Week in Review! Lots in store for you today, including Wix's latest acquisition, Meta's new smart glasses, a ...

So instead, a team from Finland looked for a much lower-tech alternative: sand. A sand battery uses sand or crushed rock to store heat. This stored head can later be used for various purposes.

Ah, the ever-enthralling world of tech—a place where relationships are as volatile as a middle school dance and innovations ...