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by rikkipitt 1616 days ago
I too was wondering that as the ideal gas law states that PV = nRT. When you compress a gas it gets hotter, conversely, allowing it to decompress cools it. I assume they store the heat energy...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compressed-air_energy_storage

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Yes, their website says they have a thermal store.
They should do free ice maker on the other end.