Industrial steam production is one of the most stubborn decarbonization problems in manufacturing. Processes demand constant, reliable heat — and historically, that has meant burning fossil fuels. Switching to electricity sounds simple. In practice, it has meant either accepting higher costs or compromising performance.
Both have been barriers to adoption — until now.
Nokian Panimo is an independent Finnish brewery with a clear ambition: carbon-neutral production.
Steam is central to the brewing process, which makes it the right place to demonstrate that clean, affordable, and technically uncompromising heat production is achievable.
"Producing steam without fossil fuels is a major step toward carbon-neutral production."
— Vesa Peltola,
Production Director, Nokian Panimo
The pilot plant has a storage capacity of approximately 1 MWh, with a charging power of 0.2 MW and a discharging power of 0.4 MW. It runs on the same sand-in-motion principle and automation as commercial-scale systems, sized for testing and validation in a real operational environment.
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Discharging Power
Commercial deployments are configured at a different scale: 25–500 MWh of storage capacity, with charging and discharging between 1–10 MW, tailored to match each customer's process requirements.
The Nokian Panimo pilot validates the technology in a real production environment. At commercial scale, TheStorage delivers:
Lower energy costs.
Emissions reduction.
Heat availability, zero fossil fuels.
Lower energy costs.
Ready for your facility.
If your facility runs on steam, the question is no longer whether electrification is technically possible. The question is how quickly you can make it happen.
TheStorage is ready to help you find out.
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