Testing to start on 100 MWh sand-based thermal battery in Finland
From ESS News
Finnish startup Polar Night Energy has announced that construction is proceeding according to plan on its thermal energy sand-based storage system in the municipality of Pornainen in southern Finland. The 1 MW system will supply thermal energy for Loviisan Lämpö’s district heating network.
Once in operation, it will be capable of storing up to 100 MWh of thermal energy – a capacity equivalent to almost one month of heating demand in the summer and one week of demand in Pornainen in the winter. Polar Night Energy said its Sand Battery works as a high-power, high-capacity reservoir for excess wind and solar energy, storing energy in sand as heat.
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I’m a true believer of thermal energy storage. Have been fallowing
PNE for many year now and for industrial purposes they are the most interesting. For residential I have been waiting for Batsand to come to market with their solution, I have personally signed up for their waiting list and will be buying a solution for myself. The capacity to store energy surplus fromy PV during the summer to use it in the winter will be a game changer for me to reach my energy independence.