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Vacuum and cryogenics

Vacuum and cryogenics

Cool innovations for clean energy

14 Nov 2018
This article first appeared in the 2018 Physics World Focus on Energy Technologies

Cryogenic technology is making it possible for liquid air, nitrogen and methane – including methane derived from cow slurry – to play roles in combating global warming. Andy Extance reports

Cold storage: Storing energy in the form of liquified air, as in this prototype facility built by Highview Power, could help smooth out the peaks and troughs of renewable energy generation. (Image courtesy: Highview Power)
Although climate change is undoubtedly an urgent problem for humanity, there is at least one climate

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Andy Extance is a science writer based in Exeter, UK
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