The world’s largest sand battery got through Finland’s harshest winter in years. 2,000 tonnes of sand, heated to 500-600°C by cheap power, feeding district heating in Pornainen.
And it worked.
Result from one install: oil down 100%, emissions down 70%.
Industrial process heat is the real prize.
40 years ago today, the European Communities, which would later become the EU, officially raised the European flag for the first time.
The 12 stars have since become a symbol recognised far beyond Brussels.
Here’s to unity, solidarity and harmony among the peoples of Europe.
I had a passing thought the other day that if only Google Wave was open sourced, we could now finally translate it into a non sucky programming language and give it another chance af life.
And then I saw this and realized it is, in fact, open source
This is so good 😮
Google be Google - my favourite line of the year so far is @wil.to (apologies for paraphrase) “Google participates in the standards process like a bear participates in the camping process”