Abstract: An energy storage system converts variable renewable electricity (VRE) to continuous heat at over 1000° C. Intermittent electrical energy heats a solid medium. Heat from the solid medium is delivered continuously on demand. An array of bricks incorporating internal radiation cavities is directly heated by thermal radiation. The cavities facilitate rapid, uniform heating via reradiation. Heat delivery via flowing gas establishes a thermocline which maintains high outlet temperature throughout discharge. Gas flows through structured pathways within the array, delivering heat which may be used for processes including calcination, hydrogen electrolysis, steam generation, and thermal power generation and cogeneration. Groups of thermal storage arrays may be controlled and operated at high temperatures without thermal runaway via deep-discharge sequencing. Forecast-based control enables continuous, year-round heat supply using current and advance information of weather and VRE availability.

Abstract: A method for depositing an object, including: —approaching, in an enclosure, a holder in the direction of a carrier substrate, then—transferring, in the enclosure, the object from the holder to an area for depositing the carrier substrate. The transfer step is preferably carried out when the inside of the enclosure is in a vacuum at a pressure below 10?6 bar.

Abstract: A quantum computing device includes: a microwave cavity (CH) having an input port (PE) and an output port (PS) that are separate or coincident; a superconducting electronic device (DS) capacitively coupled to the microwave cavity and configured to support a chain of 2N Majorana modes (MM1-MM4, MM2?, MM3?), N being a positive integer; and coupling means for applying microwave excitations between each pair of adjacent Majorana modes of the chain. It also relates to a method for producing a quantum braiding gate on a qubit by way of a quantum computing device.

Abstract: A method for depositing an object, including:—approaching, in an enclosure, a holder in the direction of a carrier substrate, then—transferring, in the enclosure, the object from the holder to an area for depositing the carrier substrate. The transfer step is preferably carried out when the inside of the enclosure is in a vacuum at a pressure below 10 bar.