Belfast Telegraph
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A vast “thermos” that will store millions of gallons of hot water to help heat homes in Berlin this winter has been unveiled.
he huge insulated water tank located at the Reuter power station uses excess electricity from solar and wind power plants across Germany.
The head of Swedish utility company Vattenfall’s heat unit in Germany said that the facility can help smooth out the fluctuating energy provided by renewables while providing reliable heat to hundreds of thousands of households.
The 52 million dollar tower will be Europe’s biggest heat storage facility when it is completed at the end of this year, and even bigger one is already being planned in the Netherlands.
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