Firebrick heat storage technology, not batteries, will be used to store energy for industrial process heat in a 100% renewable energy system, says a study out of Stanford University.

Firebrick systems powered by renewable energy could be used for up to 90% of industrial process heat applications, the Stanford study says. Meeting that demand in the U.S. would require firebrick system capacity of 2.6 TWh, with a peak discharge rate of 170 GW.

  • Godort@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I am not a material scientist, but I would wonder if molten metals would radiate too much heat to the environment causing an efficiency loss