ST. PAUL, Minn.—Nearly half a century ago, the U.S. Department of Energy launched a clean energy experiment beneath the University of Minnesota with a simple goal: storing hot water for months at a ...

What makes TENs especially effective is that they don’t just help manage energy use, they also build stronger communities. By lowering utility bills for everyone at a local level, they make efficient ...

Big chemical plants run on heat conveyed by steam, and they run 24 h a day. Most of them operate with the greatest efficiency ...

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 ...

The rise of artificial intelligence, cloud platforms, and data processing is driving a steady increase in global data center electricity consumption. While running computer servers accounts for the ...

Industrial heating accounts for about 14% of U.K. emissions but about half of the energy used in U.K. industry is lost as waste heat, according to a new report. Analysis supported by expertise from ...

Project developers—specialist matchmakers who introduce cutting-edge technological solutions to prospective industrial users, create analyses to explain the costs and benefits of implementation, and ...

When the sun goes down, solar panels stop working. This is the fundamental hurdle of renewable energy: how to save the sun's power for a rainy day—or a cold night. Chemists at UC Santa Barbara have ...

Developing systems to capture, store and reuse the vast amounts of waste heat generated through industry could be a huge opportunity for the UK to strengthen its industrial competitiveness and reduce ...