The world's largest sand battery stores heat, then releases it on demand. But it's about to lose its title as the world's largest ...

Inside a dark corrugated steel silo in a forest clearing in Pornainen, a village of 5,000 people in southern Finland, 2,000 tonnes of crushed soapstone sit wrapped in pipes and foil insulation, heated ...

Polar Night Energy’s sand battery technology, ABB’s motor-drive package and Sitowise’s landscape architecture division that ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Polar Night Energy’s sand battery in Pornainen, Finland, endured the country’s harshest winter in years, maintaining low heating costs and emissions despite extreme cold and volatile electricity ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: • A Finnish brewery partnered with a climate-tech company to pilot a sand-based thermal energy storage system for beer production. • The innovative ...