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The THERMOBAT project is the winner for the 2022 Innovation radar Prize under the "Kickstarter" category for the development of a thermophotovoltaic battery that stores surplus renewable generation and produces combined heat and electricity on demand. MORE INFO

THERMOBAT kick-off meeting takes place in Madrid in an hybrid format on-site/online. All partners introduced their respective institutions and the first discussions started to identify the main challenges that will be addressed during the course of the project. MORE INFO

Developed by researchers in Spain, the battery uses renewable electricity to melt low-cost metals such as silicon or ferrosilicon alloys to produce and store latent heat, which is in turn used by a thermophovoltaic generator to produce power. According to its creators, the device may store electricity at a cost of €10 per kilowatt-hour for a 10MWh system. MORE INFO [...]