Researchers have developed a heat storage unit that takes up less space than a regular hot water tank. It charges when ...

An energy supplier in Finland has announced the upcoming construction of an underground seasonal thermal energy storage facility about the size of two Madison Square Gardens that could meet the ...

Scientists from China have developed a novel optimization method for medium-depth ground source heat pumps, using an improved chaos particle swarm optimization. They coupled it with either a heat ...

A new heat-to-energy converter has reached a record efficiency of 44% – the average steam turbine manages about 35%, for comparison. This thermophotovoltaic cell is a major step on the way to ...

Improving the efficiency of heating and cooling systems - especially through thermal energy storage - offers one of the ...

As households rethink how they heat their homes, the choice between gas and electric central heating is becoming less ...

Heat pumps are a sustainable way to maintain ambient temperature in living spaces. Using energy from the environment, a heat ...

The Kraftblock team at the site of one of their firm's thermal batteries, installed at a ceramics plant. The battery is the white container connected to the building via the chrome pipes. About half ...

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