Mining giant Rio Tinto and thermal energy storage specialist Rondo Energy have commenced front-end engineering and design on a project seeking to integrate a 30 MW/360 MWh heat battery into the existing steam system at the Yarwun alumina refinery near Gladstone. The companies said if delivered, the project would be one of the first large-scale demonstrations of thermal energy storage for industrial process heat globally, and a world-first for the alumina industry. Kira Rundel, head of Rondo in Australia, said the project will help validate the role of thermal energy storage in reducing fossil ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...
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