In the newsStartup unveils impressive heat batteries made from bricks — and they could revolutionize factories around the worldThe technology was first developed in 2023 and has since raised $85 million.
In the newsSkive now gets a large stone batteryWith a new 100 MWh stone battery, industry can now obtain CO2-neutral heat based on surplus power from wind and solar.
Press ReleaseBill Gates has invested in an ingenious battery made of bricks. And the first one in Europe is being installed in ... SkiveIt can produce electricity and deliver heat of up to 1,500 degrees to industry. Now companies like H&M and Microsoft are flocking to it.
Press ReleaseRondo and SAMSUNG E&A partner for Carbon Capture and Direct Air Capture projects in Saudi ArabiaThree Rondo Heat Battery installations will decarbonize food, clean fuel, and chemical production across Europe
In the newsBricks, solar mirrors and crushed stone – this is how companies invest in thermal storageHeat is needed for homes and industrial processes. But how can it be stored in the best way? Here are the companies that are developing different types of heat storage.
In the newsWhy thermal batteries could replace lithium-ion batteries for energy storageThermal batteries could transform renewable energy storage and provide a cheaper and scalable alternative to lithium-ion technology.
In the newsElectrified Future: Rondo Turns Renewable Electricity Into Industrial Heat | NewsweekInstead of towering smokestacks, the GreenLab industrial park in Skive, Denmark, is surrounded by wind turbines and a solar array that power its resident companies with renewable energy. "Everything that we are doing is about electrifying," GreenLab CEO Thomas Helsgaun told Newsweek. The seven businesses at the park include a waste handler, a plastics recycler and companies producing biogas, sustainable aviation fuel and protein for animal feed.
In the news2024 Climate Tech Companies to Watch: Rondo Energy and its hot bricks | MIT Technology ReviewRondo Energy is supplying cheap, zero-emissions heat to factories to replace fossil-fuel-powered boilers, furnaces, and kilns. Its approach of using bricks and iron wire to provide a steady supply of hot air or steam stands out for its simplicity and potential to scale.
In the newsA helping hand through the green tech ‘valley of death’Rondo, a start-up (which we profiled last year) using thermal batteries to provide low-carbon industrial heat, last month became the second company to secure funding through the EIB-BE Catalyst partnership, with the former providing €35mn in venture debt, and the latter a €40mn grant. Rondo is using these funds to develop not one but three plants in Germany, Denmark, and a third as yet undisclosed European country.
In the newsElectrification of process heat stands to slash industry’s emissions | Business | Chemistry WorldSupplying the high temperatures needed for industrial processes – like cement, steel and petrochemical production – accounts for around a fifth of total global energy demand. Most of this energy is generated by burning fossil fuels, releasing the equivalent of billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year – roughly one third of humanity’s greenhouse gas emissions.
In the newsCI Score SolutionsAs the ethanol industry waits for significant carbon intensity-reducing measures to come to fruition, such as carbon capture and storage (CCS)—already happening for some—and regenerative farming practices, multiple strategies exist today that, when deployed together, can substantially decrease CI scores.
In the newsThe Coolest Thing in Climate Tech Just Got More BuyersRondo Energy is taking its hot rock batteries on the road. Rondo Energy, a Silicon Valley startup building “heat batteries” to replace fossil fuels in heavy industries, announced three new customers on Wednesday. In just a few months' time, the company has gone from serving a single industry — ethanol — at its pilot plant in California, to making deals around the globe that demonstrate the technology’s potential versatility.
