FRESNO : A thermal battery startup backed by Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy Ventures has launched its first commercial-scale system, a major step toward its goal of weaning heavy industry off fossil fuels. With its pilot project up and running at a facility in Fresno, California, Antora Energy plans to ship the technology to its first buyers in 2025. Unlike a lithium-ion battery, which stores electricity as chemical energy, Antora's thermal battery system keeps it as heat inside carbon blocks at temperatures above 1,800 degrees Celsius.

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