A small Finnish town has turned to the world's largest commercial sand battery to tackle a major hurdle in the energy transition: intermittency.
  • 🌸𝓯𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓻🌸@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    49 minutes ago

    You need district heating for this to work. Not every place has that, so it’s costly to install in places. You could use it to generate electricity, but then there are losses in the conversion.