Thermal management is essential for reducing future heating and cooling energy consumption. Notably, the near-infrared (NIR) ...

All too often, chemical storage is still treated as a peripheral design task.  A tank is typically specified late, material ...

Rondo Energy and Covestro have begun building a 100 MWh industrial heat battery to produce clean steam using surplus ...

Historical building methods Early Swiss mountain huts used locally available materials by necessity. Stone from nearby quarries provided walls with thermal mass to moderate temperature swings. Timber ...

Rondo Energy and Covestro break ground on a 100 MWh heat battery in Germany, using surplus renewables to create fossil-free ...

Magnets tuned with lasers at room temperature could lead to faster hard drives and a new generation of computer chips.

Buildings play a central role in today’s energy and environmental challenges. Heating, cooling, and hot water consumption make them one of the largest ...

Norwegian researchers team up with Swiss heating company to build a thermal battery that can store and distribute heat when ...

Thermal storage, including sand-based or high-temperature heat storage, converts electricity into heat and back into power ...

The challenge is no longer generating cheap, clean energy—it's accessing this energy quickly and around the clock.

How can a water utility be certain that it has selected the right tank design for its specific operational needs?

Researchers have developed a heat storage unit that takes up less space than a regular hot water tank. It charges when ...