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Re:Alphabet spinoff Malta raises $26M for technology to stor... by londons_explore on Thursday December 20, 2018 @05:57AM (#18723892)
The main paper behind this actually dismisses insulation losses as minimal at scale.

It suggests burying the tanks, and using earth as insulation.

In a different section, it suggests putting hot and cold stuff in the same tank, which sounds incompatible though...

Re:Alphabet spinoff Malta raises $26M for technology to stor... by bayesian_horse on Friday December 21, 2018 @05:18AM (#18732460)
Maybe not both at the same time?