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A Finnish town is heating itself with 2,000 tonnes of crushed rock: its giant “sand battery” can cover almost a month of summer heating demand and has cut district heating emissions by 70%, while ...

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A Finnish town is heating itself with 2,000 tonnes of crushed rock: its giant “sand battery” can cover almost a month of summer heating demand and has cut district heating emissions by 70%, while ...

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Finland’s radical answer to renewable energy’s biggest headache: The world’s largest sand battery
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A small Finnish town has turned to the world's largest commercial sand battery to tackle a major hurdle in the energy transition: intermittency.
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Original Title: A Finnish town is heating itself with 2,000 tonnes of crushed rock: its giant “sand battery” can cover almost a month of summer heating demand and has cut district heating emissions by 70%, while eliminating oil use and reducing woodchip burning by 60%.