Vattenfall is to test new technology over the coming months which uses salt to store renewable energy as part of its plans to turn a thermal coal plant in Berlin into a low carbon energy hub, the Swedish energy giant revealed yesterday. Teaming up with fellow Swedish firm SaltX Technology, the energy giant plans to run a test operation until the end of the summer which will look at how renewable wind and solar power could be stored using nano-coated salt.
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