Malta Raises $26M, Forms New Grid-Scale Energy Storage Company
Electro-thermal energy storage system incubated at X, Alphabet’s Moonshot Factory, collects and stores inexpensive and abundant energy from the grid and dispatches it as electricity on demand
December 20, 2018 -- Malta Inc, a pioneer in electro-thermal energy storage, recently (12/19) announced it has raised $26M in a Series A round of funding led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures with participation from other investors including Concord New Energy Group and Alfa Laval.
The Malta energy storage system stores energy in the form of a thermal differential between hot and cold storage media. It is based on well-established principles in thermodynamics for a system that stores electricity as heat in high temperature molten salt and cold in a low temperature antifreeze liquid. While incubated at X, Alphabet’s Moonshot Factory, the project underwent a rigorous evaluation and de-risking process.
Malta Inc will work in collaboration with industry partners to turn the detailed designs developed and refined at X into industrial-grade machinery for its first pilot system. Malta’s system can store electricity for days or even weeks, until it’s needed. The electricity can come from any source (i.e. wind, sun, or fossil fuels) in any location. Malta has the potential to make existing capital investments in both fossil and renewable generation more productive while dramatically improving power grid stability and resilience.
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