New Batteries That Store Blistering Heat Are Taking Off (Gift Article)

This array stores large amounts of blistering heat. It draws surplus electricity from wind farms to heat carbon blocks to up to 4,352 deg. F, or 2,400 C. The blocks release heat on demand to produce steam for a biofuel refinery, replacing natural gas and coal.🌎 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/29/c...

Thermal batteries are so hot. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/29/c...

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Great @nytimes.com story by @bradplumer.bsky.social on a technology I expect we will be hearing a lot more about over the coming years — Thermal Storage. A New Kind of Battery Is Taking Off. This One Stores Blistering Heat. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/29/c... #ThermalStorage #CleanHeat #EnergySky

Thermal storage is a critical and often overlooked part of the energy transition. Industries “usually burn coal or natural gas to generate high temperatures, which creates more planet-warming greenhouse gases than all of the world’s cars combined. Heat batteries could offer a cleaner option.”

I hadn't heard of this, but it makes a world of sense. No doubt pro-fossil-fuel Republicans will say it should be outlawed.

New Batteries That Store Blistering Heat Are Taking Off - The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2026/10/29/c...

🔌💡 Large batteries that store #electricity have revolutionized power grids and car markets. Our @jeffrissman.bsky.social on the importance of thermal batteries and the future of clean industry. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/29/c... by @bradplumer.bsky.social in @nytimes.com

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/29/c...

A small group of startups are developing thermal battery systems that store large amounts of heat, then release it on demand to replace the need for fossil fuel burning in industrial processes. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/29/c...

A New Kind of Battery Is Taking Off. This One Stores Blistering #Heat. @bradplumer.bsky.social reports for @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/10/29/c...

A New Kind of Battery Is Taking Off. This One Stores Blistering Heat. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/29/c...

New Batteries That Store Blistering Heat Are Taking Off

Most big batteries store electricity and discharge it as needed, and they have already revolutionized power grids and ushered in an era of electric vehicles. But this battery array stores large amounts of blistering heat. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/29/c...

🌞 Good News 🌞 New batteries that store blistering heat are taking off (by EHN Curators)