Building blocks for a renewable electric grid

Coal-fired power stations could be converted to run entirely fossil fuel-free by using a new type of thermal storage material housed in LEGO-like blocks.

Off-Grid Systems

How These 24-Ton Bricks Could Fix a Huge Renewable Energy Problem - CNET

Manage Energy Proactively with a BESS

Energy Vault to build grid-level, gravity-fed battery from a tower of concrete blocks

Building a Power Grid to Span the World - WSJ

White-Hot Blocks as Renewable Energy Storage? - IEEE Spectrum

Can Newcomer Energy Vault Break the Curse of Mechanical Grid Storage?

Microsoft is changing the way it buys renewable energy - The Verge

Smart Grids and Sustainable Energy

Low-Voltage dc System Building Blocks: Integrated Power Flow Control and Short Circuit Protection - IEEE Industrial Electronic Technology News (ITeN)