Värtan Ropsten – The largest sea water heat pump facility worldwide (2017) [pdf]
I think energy storage is a fascinating area. One where there are lots of new projects, both with incremental improvements and untried technologies. One where life-changing progress seems possible in the near future. For example, consumer electricity and heating in Australia should be effectively free when current promised tech is rolled out. Same in Scandinavia. Same in North Africa, given a lot of capital investment. Much (maybe most) industrial production and almost all data processing is going to adjust to the availability patterns of cheap energy in time and space.<p>There are huge engineering problems to be solved (not scientific ones as all tech is well understood). But massive improvements in how we regulate power and how resources are allocated are also needed.<p>In the last 20 years oil extraction was completely revolutionized by (mainly) mavericks and outsiders who believed in technological progress. Fortunes were made. Energy storage seems to offer a similar outlook, but working for humanity&#x27;s ecological goals rather than against them.<p>(Not to have this debate but) when I see young tech-minded people who are enthused by cryptocurrency I want to shake them and point them towards the future of energy.