News Digest Item
06 Oct 2017

Vattenfall attempts to store renewable energy in salt

Vattenfall

Swedish utility Vattenfall will use salt to store solar and wind power as heat in a Berlin pilot project. “Energy can be stored in salt without loss over weeks and months until it is needed,” said Vattenfall project manager Markus Witt in a press release. Vattenfall said the project could be a contribution to the integration of heating into the power sector.

Read the Vattenfall press release in German here.

Find background in the CLEW dossier New technologies for the Energiewende.

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