Firebrick thermal energy storage could reach 170 GW in the U.S. by 205

Firebrick heat storage technology, not batteries, will be used to store energy for industrial process heat in a 100% renewable energy system, says a study out of Stanford University. From pv magazine USA Firebrick heat storage for industrial processes would substitute for about 14% of battery capacity worldwide by 2050 in a 100% renewable energy system, compared to a base case without firebricks, according to a study by Stanford professor Mark Jacobson and three Stanford colleagues. Firebricks are made from common materials, and the cost of a firebrick storage system is less than one-tenth the ...

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