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"Hot Blocks" Thermal Energy Storage Startup Nails Down $550 Million More To Chase Fossil Fuels Away

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Antora Energy, a long-duration thermal battery startup using carbon 'hot blocks,' closed a $550 million Series C funding round to scale its technology beyond the 2–4 hour range of lithium-ion batteries to the 10–100 hour duration needed for grid-scale renewable energy storage and industrial applications.

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