The rapid growth of solar arrays and wind farms might sound like a win for the environment, but storing renewable sources of energy efficiently on the grid remains a challenge for energy providers. EU scientists are turning to a cheap and plentiful natural resource for the answer: air. While flow batteries and various other smart grid technologies have emerged in recent years to address the problem of renewable energy storage, a number of scientists are
Creating renewable energy storage out of hot air
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