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Finland warms up the world’s largest sand battery, and the economics look appealing (techcrunch.com)
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They use resistive heating, so they can only charge it dirt cheap when there is surplus solar or wind.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

Okay, I guess the heat pumps aren't suitable due to the economics or maybe cannot reach high enough temperatures.