The Guardian19 Jul 2026Innovation
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Construction is under way on Highview Power’s Carrington liquid air cryobattery at a former coal plant site in Trafford, Greater Manchester, with 300 MWh of storage and a 50 MW output for six hours; operations are slated by the end of 2026. In the UAE, 5.2 GW of solar has been combined with 19 GWh of conventional battery storage, and Denmark earlier this year unveiled a 1 GWh molten salt battery that stores heat at 600 °C for up to two weeks to supply high-temperature steam to industry. Finland’s Pornainen district uses a 1 MW thermal sand battery containing 2,000 tonnes of crushed soapstone to replace oil in its heating network.