thermal energy storage

For regions where air conditioning is responsible for daily energy demand peaks (most of the developed world) thermal storage has the potential to offer superior performance to using batteries to store electricity.

This is the first attempt that I've seen to market a product to homeowners.

Ice Energy consumer product slated for 2017

Ice Energy, the thermal energy storage player, is planning to offer a consumer variant of its new Ice Bear 20 product next year...

It will cost slightly more than a new air conditioning system. But it could come in “a little bit under the cost of air conditioning if you take account of rebates in California,” ...

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http://energystoragereport.info/ice-energy-ice-bear-thermal-energy-storage/#more-4017

Intelligent Ice Battery For Homes Introduced By Ice Energy

..What is the cost per unit?
For utilities, which buy in MW scale, the pricing is similar to our Ice Bear 30, so the least cost distributed energy storage is about 50% of the cost of lithium-ion batteries on a life cycle basis.

For homeowners in California, IB 20s can be purchased for the cost of a conventional AC system...

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http://cleantechnica.com/2016/02/29/intelligent-ice-battery-homes-introduced-ice-energy/

This looks really interesting since I have time-of-day rates with 60-minute peak demand charges. I could use the ice cooling unit to minimize peak demand during daytime. I will be watching for these to be released to the residential market in Arizona.

Gerry

Wow. That is great.

Fully charged has posted a video on another thermal battery manufacturer for energy storage, providing water and space heating, and for many other applications.

How does a battery with no capacity degradation after 20,000 cycles (at about 8:30) sound?

Sunamp are an amazing company, they produce batteries that store heat, charged by solar panels.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9upXeTMHUqE

link to manufacturer;

http://sunamp.co.uk/