1414 Degrees has reached a major milestone in the development of its SiBox™ Demonstration Module. The furnace has been installed and heated to 1420°C. The silicon will be heated by electricity from the grid, making use of surplus solar at midday and wind in the wee hours of the night.
1414 Degrees has reached a major milestone in the development of its SiBox Demonstration Module.
Construction is almost complete, meaning that the company is now confident enough to move forward with the installation of its thermal energy storage media (silicon) and is expecting to be able to commission the demonstration module sometime shortly this year. Performance testing will follow, in order to demonstrate how SiBox will deliver for customers, adding to the company’s commercialisation strategy.
SiBox will harness the extremely high latent heat capacity of silicon, to store heat from…
1414 Degrees readies silicon for its high temperature thermal energy storage
