EPRI, Southern Company & Storworks Successfully Test Largest Concrete
EPRI, in collaboration with Southern Company and Storworks, has recently completed testing of a pilot concrete thermal energy storage (CTES) system at Alabama Power''s Ernest C. Gaston
MIT engineers developed a new type of concrete that
MIT engineers developed the new energy storage technology—a new type of concrete—based on two ancient materials: cement, which has been used for thousands of years, and carbon black, a...
Battery storage power station – a comprehensive guide
This article provides a comprehensive guide on battery storage power station (also known as energy storage power stations). These facilities play a crucial role in modern power grids by storing electrical energy for later use. The guide
A New Use for a 3,000-Year-Old Technology: Concrete
EPRI and storage developer Storworks Power are examining a technology that uses concrete to store energy generated by thermal power plants (fossil, nuclear, and concentrating solar). Recent laboratory tests validated a
''Electrified Cement'' Could Turn The Foundations of
Scientists are constantly searching for better ways to store renewable energy, and MIT researchers have now found a way to turn cement and an ancient material into a giant supercapacitor. Potentially, this electrified
Watch: Gravity-based renewable energy storage
The Energy Vault storage center co-located with a grid-scale solar array. Image: Energy Vault . The company said its technology can economically serve both higher power/shorter duration applications with
Electrified cement could turn houses and roads into
Researchers have come up with a new way to store electricity in cement, using cheap and abundant materials. If scaled up, the cement could hold enough energy in a home''s concrete foundation to fulfill its daily power needs.
MIT engineers create an energy-storing supercapacitor
MIT engineers created a carbon-cement supercapacitor that can store large amounts of energy. Made of just cement, water, and carbon black, the device could form the basis for inexpensive systems that store intermittently