YLE: New Ways Are Being Developed for the Storage of Renewable Energy

The Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE published a nice news story about the need for energy storages. The article is called “New ways are being developed for the storage of renewable energy - A company from Tampere aims to go global with a method in which the energy of surplus electricity is stored in sand”.

The interview is set in the Pilot Heat Storage in Hiedanranta, Tampere, where it is used to feed heat to local buildings. CTO Markku Ylönen explains in the article, in national television and in local radio the operation of our Heat Storage and our vision for future. The Heat Storage allows the upscaling of renewables to much higher degrees than otherwise possible.

Link to the article (in Finnish): YLE Uutiset 9.3.2021

Link to the TV News (in Finnish): YLE News Uutis-Suomi 9.3.2021 (available for a month)

Screenshot from Yle.fi

Aamulehti: A Hot Pile of Sand Can Guarantee Heat For The Homes of Up to 25,000 Inhabitants

Aamulehti, Finland’s second largest daily newspaper, wrote a thorough article about us and our pilot plant in Hiedanranta, Tampere.

The headline of the article says in English: “In the future, a hot pile of sand in a Tampere-based power plant can guarantee heat for the homes of up to 25,000 inhabitants: ‘There is already a huge rush because of climate change’”.

Link to the article (In Finnish & only for subscribers): Aamulehti 11.3.2021