{"id":471551,"date":"2022-07-07T18:00:59","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T15:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/what-the-hell-is-a-sand-battery-and-why-am-i-so-damn-excited\/"},"modified":"2022-07-07T18:00:59","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T15:00:59","slug":"what-the-hell-is-a-sand-battery-and-why-am-i-so-damn-excited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-the-hell-is-a-sand-battery-and-why-am-i-so-damn-excited\/","title":{"rendered":"#What the hell is a \u2018sand battery?\u2019 And why am I so damn excited?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3eaef046d09\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3eaef046d09\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-the-hell-is-a-sand-battery-and-why-am-i-so-damn-excited\/#%E2%80%9CWhat_the_hell_is_a_%E2%80%98sand_battery_And_why_am_I_so_damn_excited%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;What the hell is a \u2018sand battery?\u2019 And why am I so damn excited?&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-the-hell-is-a-sand-battery-and-why-am-i-so-damn-excited\/#How_does_this_work\" >How does this work?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-the-hell-is-a-sand-battery-and-why-am-i-so-damn-excited\/#Why_sand\" >Why sand?\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-the-hell-is-a-sand-battery-and-why-am-i-so-damn-excited\/#Hi_there_EV_nerd\" >Hi there, EV nerd!<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-the-hell-is-a-sand-battery-and-why-am-i-so-damn-excited\/#Not_only_a_solution_to_a_problem_but_commercially_viable\" >Not only a solution to a problem but commercially viable\u00a0<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWhat_the_hell_is_a_%E2%80%98sand_battery_And_why_am_I_so_damn_excited%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;What the hell is a \u2018sand battery?\u2019 And why am I so damn excited?&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"article-main-content\">\n                            <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you think of energy solutions, you might not imagine 100 tonnes of builders\u2019 sand piled inside a huge silo. But one company has actually found that sand can be the secret sauce to energy storage, as it can store heat for months.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_does_this_work\"><\/span><strong>How does this work?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finnish startup <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/polarnightenergy.fi\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Polar Night Energy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has developed a novel way to store heat.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1389219 size-featured_img js-lazy\" alt=\"storing sand\" width=\"796\" height=\"531\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\" https:=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/download-1-796x531.webp 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/download-1-280x187.webp 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/download-1-203x135.webp 203w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/download-1-405x270.webp 405w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/download-1-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/download-1-2048x1365.webp 2048w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/download-1-1592x1061.webp 1592w\"\/><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.thenextweb.com%2Fshift%2F2022%2F07%2F07%2Fhow-sand-is-solving-the-green-energy-storage-challenge%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: Yep, it\u2019s a giant silo full of sand!\" data-title=\"Share Yep, it\u2019s a giant silo full of sand! on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share Yep, it\u2019s a giant silo full of sand! on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>Yep, it\u2019s a giant silo full of sand!<\/figcaption><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1389219 size-featured_img\" https:=\"\" alt=\"storing sand\" width=\"796\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/download-1-796x531.webp 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/download-1-280x187.webp 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/download-1-203x135.webp 203w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/download-1-405x270.webp 405w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/download-1-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/download-1-2048x1365.webp 2048w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/download-1-1592x1061.webp 1592w\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A 4\u00d77 meter steel container is filled with hundreds of tonnes of sand. The sand is then heated with wind or solar energy, and stored for use by a local energy provider to heat the local district. It\u2019s effectively a giant sand battery.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_sand\"><\/span><strong>Why sand?\u00a0<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"inarticle-wrapper shift channel-cta hs-embed-tnw\">\n<div id=\"hs-embed-tnw\" class=\"channel-cta-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"channel-cta-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads.tnw\/uploads\/Shift1.gif\"\/><\/div>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/src=\" https:=\"\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"channel-cta-input\">\n<h2 class=\"channel-cta-title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hi_there_EV_nerd\"><\/span>Hi there, EV nerd!<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"channel-cta-tagline\">Subscribe now for a weekly recap of our favorite mobility stories<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While wind and solar energy are extremely useful, they only offer intermittent power. Check out what this means in the video below:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" srcdoc=\"&lt;style&gt;*{padding:0;margin:0;overflow:hidden}html,body{background:#000;height:100%}img{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;transition:opacity .1s cubic-bezier(0.4,0,1,1)}a:hover img+img{opacity:1!important}&lt;\/style&gt;&lt;a href=\" https:=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/LJNlt65un40\/hqdefault.jpg\" style=\"top: 50%;left:50%;width:68px;height:48px;transform:translate3d(-50%,-50%,0)\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the other hand, sand is durable and inexpensive, and can store a lot of heat without dissipation at a temperature of about 500\u2013600 degrees Celsius.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This means that once heated,\u00a0 the silo can stay hot for months with minimal intervention.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1389220 size-featured_img js-lazy\" alt=\"sand FTWQ\" width=\"796\" height=\"570\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\" https:=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/download-2-796x570.webp 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/download-2-280x201.webp 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/download-2-188x135.webp 188w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/download-2-377x270.webp 377w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/download-2-1536x1100.webp 1536w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/download-2-1592x1140.webp 1592w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/download-2.webp 1924w\"\/><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.thenextweb.com%2Fshift%2F2022%2F07%2F07%2Fhow-sand-is-solving-the-green-energy-storage-challenge%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: The advantages of sand for energy storage. Credit: Polar Night Energy\" data-title=\"Share The advantages of sand for energy storage. Credit: Polar Night Energy on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share The advantages of sand for energy storage. Credit: Polar Night Energy on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>The advantages of sand for energy storage. Credit: Polar Night Energy<\/figcaption><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1389220 size-featured_img\" https:=\"\" alt=\"sand FTWQ\" width=\"796\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/download-2-796x570.webp 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/download-2-280x201.webp 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/download-2-188x135.webp 188w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/download-2-377x270.webp 377w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/download-2-1536x1100.webp 1536w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/download-2-1592x1140.webp 1592w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/download-2.webp 1924w\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Specifically, the system can discharge a maximum of 100kW of heat power and has a total energy capacity of 8MWh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The company\u2019s sand battery is currently heating the Kankaanp\u00e4\u00e4 district, keeping homes, offices, factories, and the local swimming pool warm.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Not_only_a_solution_to_a_problem_but_commercially_viable\"><\/span><strong>Not only a solution to a problem but commercially viable<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Polar Night Energy was founded in 2016 by two university graduates well versed in thermal energy. They\u2019ve only <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/organization\/polar-night-energy\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">raised 500k in seed funding<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The challenge is that there\u2019s no shortage of innovation in the renewable energy space with a slew of R&amp;D in academia. But taking an idea from the hyperfocus University environment to real-world commercial <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lications is where many startups fail.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But the company has succeeded in going hyper-local. They\u2019ve partnered with energy provider Vatajankoski and gained local government traction to deliver <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/District_heating\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">district heating<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And they\u2019ve hit at just the right time to solve a local problem.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many homes and businesses are facing <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.turn2us.org.uk\/Benefit-guides\/Fuel-Poverty\/What-is-fuel-poverty\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fuel poverty<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> due to rising gas prices. <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/05\/21\/1100547908\/russia-ends-natural-gas-exports-to-finland\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Russia cut Finland off from its gas supplies<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for refusing to pay in rubles. 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