In cooperation with the Technical University Hamburg Harburg and urban utility company Hamburg Energie, Siemens works on a thermal storage solution for wind energy. The idea is that excess wind energy would a heat rock-fill and when needed, the heat energy is turned back into electricity with the help of a steam turbine.
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