Alphabets hot salt energy-storage project becomes its own company (Engadget)

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Alphabets hot salt energy-storage project becomes its own company – Alphabets X division has played host to a string of experimental ideas, and another one is spinning out as an independent business. Malta uses cheap, abundant materials including salt, anti-freeze and steel to store power at grid scale. Malta taps into the laws of thermodynamics to store renewable and fossil …