Energy storage development company, Latent Heat Storage, has developed a low-cost thermal energy storage system based on the latent heat properties of silicon derived from sand. The new device – known as TESS – is being developed in South Australia with the help of an AUD $400,000 government grant to take it from prototype to…
U.K. renewable energy capacity to equal thermal by 2025
Growing government support and significant untapped potential could lead the U.K.’s renewable energy capacity to almost match that of the traditionally dominant thermal sector by 2025, new research by alternative energy experts GlobalData shows. The company’s latest report predicts that the cumulative installed capacity of renewable energy plants will reach 79 GW by 2025 –…