Featured in A Teutonic shift – 02-2018

A new concept gains traction

Flexible sector coupling: To date, the energy transition has unfolded primarily in the electricity sector. This limitation should be overcome by sector coupling, which is basically electrification of the mobility and heat sectors. But this alone does not offer a complete solution. Sector coupling must be flexible. To this end, a Berlin-based startup is developing a colossal steel storage tank, and battery storage facilities are being built in Canada along a highway.

It is early morning, and already the smell of heated steel wafts through the room. Heating surfaces made of stainless steel are connected to heavy cables. In the future, ever-increasing amounts of electricity produced by photovoltaic and wind power plants will make these heating fins glow. They are at the heart of Lumenion’s storage concept. …

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