How a Sand Battery Could Revolutionize Home Energy Storage

How a Sand Battery Could Revolutionize Home Energy Storage. Use code UNDECIDED50 to get 50% OFF First Box and free wellness shots for life with any active subscription at  ! Sand. It’s coarse, it’s rough, and it can make for a great sand battery. And as weird as that might sound, it’s just one example of the many earthy materials currently used for thermal energy storage (or TES). A while back, we covered the debut of the world’s first commercial sand battery, which is big enough to supply power for about 10,000 people. Now, sand-based energy storage has reached a new frontier: individual homes. Companies like Batsand are currently offering heat batteries that bring hot and fresh sand directly to your door. Seems you can get just about anything delivered these days. But what’s stopped us from experimenting with residential TES before? How will heat storage impact our lives in our homes? And where exactly are homeowners supposed to put this stuff? Watch Have we been doing Solar wrong all along? Video script and citations: Corrections: 06:19 - Image should read kWh, not kW/h Get my achieve energy security with solar guide: Follow-up podcast: Video version - Audio version - Join the Undecided Discord server: 👋 Support Undecided on Patreon! ⚙️ Gear & Products I Like Great sustainable products for your home: Visit my Energysage Portal: Research solar panels and get quotes for free! And find heat pump installers near you: Or find community solar near you: For a curated solar buying experience EnergyPal’s free personalized quotes: Tesla Referral Code: Get 1,000 free supercharging miles or a discount on Tesla Solar & Powerwalls 👉 Follow Me Mastodon @mattferrell X Mastodon @mattferrell Instagram Facebook Website 📺 YouTube Tools I Recommend Audio file(s) provided by Epidemic Sound TubeBuddy VidIQ I may earn a small commission for my endorsement or recommendation to products or services linked above, but I wouldn’t put them here if I didn’t like them. Your purchase helps support the channel and the videos I produce. Thank you.