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Finland’s radical answer to a renewable energy headache
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Sam Meredith
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A Finnish town has implemented a large-scale sand battery to store thermal energy, significantly reducing reliance on fossil fuels for district heating. This technology offers a sustainable alternative to chemical batteries by storing heat generated from renewable sources like wind and solar.
A small town in southern Finland has turned to the world's largest commercial sand battery to fix what many see as the most critical problem facing renewable energy : intermittency .
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