Malta
3 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Oct 12, 2023 by Ramya Swaminathan · said 3 times in 2 episodes since 2020 · across every show →
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Oct 12, 2023 positive
Swaminathan: Nobel laureate Robert Laughlin conceived Malta's core technology
“The technical insight that formed the foundation of what Malta's working on today in terms of our technology was actually the brainchild of a professor at Stanford. He's a Nobel Prize winner. His name is Robert Laughlin.”
Oct 12, 2023 bullish
Swaminathan: Malta extends storage duration cheaply by adding salt tanks
“Whereas in our system, what you can do is just to add more salt and more coolant. And you extend duration while keeping the power portion of it. That is the machinery, the turbo machinery, the heat exchangers. You keep those all constant, but let's say you wan…”
Oct 12, 2023 bullish
Swaminathan: Malta's technology replaces grid inertia and time-shifts power
“Malta helps not only time shift that power, as we were talking about moving solar that's available during the day to being available at night, but we're also replacing the inertia, which helps maintain the reliability of the grid.”