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 set to reduce carbon emissions from the local heating network by as much as 70%, and is the largest one of its kind in the world.
Category: Energy, Technology
Tags: Sand, Finland, Grid-Level Energy Storage, Heating, Thermal, World’s Largest