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Rio Tinto eyes a giant hot-brick battery to cut fossil fuel use
Rio Tinto is studying a huge hot-brick battery that could convert cheap electricity into steam and reduce fossil fuel use at its refinery.
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Rio Tinto plans to capture Australia’s inexpensive midday electricity at its Yarwun alumina refinery by storing the energy in hot‑brick heat batteries, which will then generate steam for the plant after sunset.
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