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Right now Lightsail is attempting to cross the startup death valley by first selling its pressure vessel technology before tackling the more demanding energy ma
by thinkcontext 10y ago
Right now Lightsail is attempting to cross the startup death valley by first selling its pressure vessel technology before tackling the more demanding energy market. They recently announced a tractor trailer sized compressed natural gas module. The idea is to get their costs down to where they can be competitive in energy storage, its an open question on whether that is possible.
Btw, their vessels are carbon fiber, not steel. And deriving heat is a problem not a benefit. Every bit of heat that leaves the system is lost efficiency.
http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/lightsail-energy-launches-lightstorer-gas-transport-module-targeting-breakthrough-economics-2165657.htm http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/lightsail-energy-la...
http://www.wsj.com/articles/energy-storage-startup-lightsail-plots-long-term-game-plan-1456110323 http://www.wsj.com/articles/energy-storage-startup-lightsail...
- hx87 10y ago> Every bit of heat that leaves the system is lost efficiency. Storing air underground absorbs heat, or at least results in less heat loss than storing it above ground.