A Danish energy company has developed technology to transform decommissioned coal-fired power plants into massive thermal energy storage facilities. The approach could give Europe’s 250+ retiring coal plants a new purpose while solving renewable energy intermittency challenges.
A California energy company has launched what reports indicate is the world’s largest industrial heat battery at an oil recovery facility. The system uses solar power to heat specialized bricks that generate steam, replacing natural gas consumption while maintaining continuous operations.
California-based Rondo Energy has reportedly deployed the world’s largest industrial heat battery system, which sources indicate is now operating automatically at an enhanced oil recovery site in Kern County, California. According to reports, the 100-megawatt-hour Rondo Heat Battery (RHB) is being charged by a 20-MW solar photovoltaic array and delivering continuous high-pressure steam to Holmes Western Oil Corp.’s operations.
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The Trump administration’s elimination of HUD’s entire building inspection team during the government shutdown has left over 5 million affordable housing units without federal oversight. This comes as a Bronx public housing complex experienced a chimney collapse, highlighting growing concerns about deteriorating conditions in government-subsidized properties.
In a move that has housing advocates deeply concerned, the Trump administration laid off the entire team of federal building inspectors during the recent government shutdown, leaving millions of affordable housing units across the country without crucial safety oversight. The timing couldn’t be more alarming, coming just weeks after a gas explosion caused a chimney collapse at a public housing project in the Bronx, sending bricks and debris showering onto sidewalks as residents scrambled for safety.
