Latin America is becoming a laboratory for tech-supremacism - Al Jazeera

Ecotrons are state-of-the-art climate chambers in which entire plants can be exposed to controlled climate stress and their responses measured with precision. Researchers use them, for example, to study how trees react to heat and drought. The video follows the painstaking transport of the ecotrons, along with the large buffer volume that keeps the air exchange even, all the way to their new home. The Eva Mayr-Stihl Foundation provided major funding for both the ecotrons and the new Environmental Technology Laboratory building.

Pumped hydropower, flow batteries and industrial heat batteries already have operating projects. Their applications differ, from supplying electricity to delivering steam for industrial processes. For businesses considering energy storage, the choice depends on the service required, the duration of supply and the evidence from installations operating under comparable conditions.