RTES System Cuts Energy Consumption and Costs Over a Simulated 20-Year Period By Hannah Halusker, NLR 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 largest share of data center energy … [continued]
Against the high profile backdrop of New York Climate Week, the global energy storage field is heating up with new joint ventures, new alliances, new technologies, and new momentum to support wind and solar power.
A new long duration energy storage system that deploys molten tin as a heat transfer medium has received $20 million in Series A Plus funding, aimed at launching into commercial application.
New Study Demonstrates Efficient Performance—Even on Frozen Alaska Soils New energy storage research from NREL, a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory, has demonstrated a way to store and reuse heat underground to meet the heating demands of cold regions like Alaska. Published on June 17 in the journal Energy & Buildings, the … [continued]
The startup MGA Thermal deploys hot bricks with an inner shape-shifting trick to fit the industrial processes bill for high performance energy storage.
Renewable energy stakeholders in the US continue to hold the decarbonization fort and launch new wind, solar, and energy storage projects.
“Swift,” the supercomputer purchased by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Manufacturing Office, is located in the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL) HPC Data Center in the Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF). (Photo by Werner Slocum / NREL)
As US Data Centers Continue To Grow, Integrating Geothermal UTES Cooling Could Change the Game As the demand for U.S. data centers grows with the expansion of artificial intelligence, cloud services, and big data analytics, so do the energy loads these centers require. By some estimates, data center energy demands … [continued]
The Energy Department is exploring underground, long duration energy storage systems to manage energy demand from the nation's growing fleet of data centers.
New underground, long duration thermal energy storage systems can help manage skyrocketing energy demand from of data centers in the US.
In the ongoing quest to move to a more stable grid, one underpinned by renewable energy, all options are being considered, whether it is the humble home hot water system or even commercial freezers. As one of our readers commented, “Brilliant, low hanging fruit. Bring it on.” In many ways … [continued]
Boston startup re-invents millennia-old firebricks for 21st century renewable energy storage and industrial decarbonization (image courtesy of Electrified Thermal Solutions).
Boston startup re-invents millennia-old firebricks for 21st century renewable energy storage and industrial decarbonization.
