A new kind of battery is taking off. This one stores blistering heat.

October 29, 2026 In the media Brad Plumer

Antora Energy—a startup founded by former MITEI Energy Scholar David Bierman SM ’14, PhD ’17—has developed a thermal energy storage system with the potential to unlock vast amounts of affordable, reliable, clean energy to meet surging energy demand.

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