ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,791, issued on March 11, was assigned to EnergyNest AS (Billingstad, Norway).
"Element for a thermal energy storage" was invented by Pal Bergan (Nesoya, Norway) and Christopher Greiner (Voyenenga, Norway).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An element for an easily scalable thermal energy storage, distinctive in that the element includes an outer shell being a combined casting form and reinforcement, a solid thermal storage medium in the form of hardened concrete, which concrete has been cast and hardened into said outer shell. A method for building and use of the element is also disclosed."
The patent was filed on Oct. 24, 2022, under A...