Storing renewable energy into carbon ceramic blocks heated to over 1500°C

[gary]

In a 23 June 201 article (https://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/energy/batteries-storage/could-storing-electricity-in-whitehot-blocks-give-supercheap-renewables-storage) at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers (IEEE), Prachi Patel reports on plans by a couple of US
energy companies to beat the cost of natural gas plants that back up
wind and solar by instead storing energy in conductive ceramic blocks that
use renewable energy to heat them up to over 1,500°C, and then turn it
back to electricity for the grid when needed.




Article here :-
https://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/energy/batteries-storage/could-storing-electricity-in-whitehot-blocks-give-supercheap-renewables-storage

[Sunfish]

Thanks Gary.
Is that similar to this alloy brick system from Newcastle University

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-08/thermal-blocks-technology-to-convert-coal-fired-power-station/12638462

I think it might have been proposed for Tallawarra B before the current hybrid hydrogen scheme received the captains pick.