Energy storage of the future: Is iron the new coal?

Опубликовано: 01 Август 2026
на канале: Niklas Kolorz
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Iron could play an important role in the energy transition in the future. Electricity from renewable energies can be chemically stored in it. This is currently being researched at the TU Darmstadt in the "Clean Circles" project. But how exactly is this supposed to work? Is it really promising? And what does a giant supercomputer have to do with it?

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00:00 Intro
02:26 Burning Iron (with Experiment)
03:56 The Idea of ​​Clean Circles
08:19 What Still Needs to Be Researched
11:35 Supercomputers in Research

Presentation: Niklas Kolorz
Camera: Kristina Ratzka
Editing: Marcel Ruesch
Editor: Julius Kaufmann

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Sources for the video:
[1] TU Darmstadt
[2] https://www.tu-darmstadt.de/clean-cir...
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