Review: Proceedings of forum on “Concrete as an Energy Storage Medium”
The transition of the current energy system involves a shift from fossil fuels such as oil, coal and gas to renewable, strongly volatile energy sources, including wind and solar. It poses a wide range of challenges that our society is confronted with on various levels. An expert forum organized by the Association of the Austrian Cement Industry in late 2014 dealt with this topic, as well as with the role that concrete can play to make the energy transition a success story. The proceedings of this forum have just been published and can be downloaded from the association’s website (...