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Detailed explanation-1: -The world’s first-ever thermal battery plant has been inaugurated in Andhra Pradesh. The plant will be operated by the Bharat Energy Storage Technologies Pvt Ltd (BEST) and is seen as a potential alternative to the energy produced using fossil fuels.

Detailed explanation-2: -World’s first-ever thermal battery plant was unveiled in Andhra Pradesh by the state’s Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday in Amaravati.

Detailed explanation-3: -A thermal energy battery is a physical structure used for the purpose of storing and releasing thermal energy-see also thermal energy storage. Such a thermal battery (a.k.a. TBat) allows energy available at one time to be temporarily stored and then released at another time.

Detailed explanation-4: -1.1 History Thermally activated (“thermal”) batteries were conceived by the Germans during WW II and were used in the V2 rockets (1). Dr. Georg Otto Erb is credited with developing the molten-salt battery that used the heat of the rocket to keep the salt liquid during its mission.