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First ‘sand battery’ developed to heat homes or balance renewable energy for grid

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“The construction of the storage went well, especially considering that the solution is completely new,” said Polar Night co-founder and chief technology officer Markku Ylönen in a statement.

“We managed to get everything in order despite some challenges and a short delay.”

He said the first installation has shown that the system “has even more potential than we initially calculated”.