Giant Thermal Battery Goes Live in South Dakota

The Clean Energy Show by James Whittingham

May 27, 202640:44News & Politics

From Americans now being able to use healthcare savings accounts to buy e-bikes, to a massive new 5 GWh thermal battery project in South Dakota that stores renewable electricity as heat inside giant carbon blocks. James...

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