Heavy industry relies on fossil fuels not just for power, but heat. Thermal batteries could help make electrification a reality for those companies.
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Karman Industries hopes its SpaceX-inspired heat pumps will replace industrial boilers
Industrial heat, which is used by companies as diverse as breweries and food processors to chemical manufacturers and paper mills, is one of the last bastions of fossil fuels. After all, it’s pretty hard to beat a flame when you need to heat something up. But recently, a slew of startups have started exploring ways to make heat using electricity. Some, like Rondo, Antora, and Fourth Power, rely on cheap wind and solar to heat specialized bricks to thousands of degrees, storing the thermal energ
Sep 19, 2024
You’ve heard of hybrid cars. Now meet a hybrid cement plant.
Why choose fossil fuels or electricity when you can have both? NOC Energy has figured out how to hybridize heavy industry.
Apr 16, 2026
Realta Fusion lights up with $9M seed for industrial heat led by Khosla Ventures
Decarbonizing industrial heat isn't easy, but a startup thinks it can harness the power of the sun to make it happen.
May 31, 2023
Cache Energy’s mysterious white pellets could help kill coal and natural gas
Wind and solar power have become so cheap to install, and at times so abundant, that utilities don’t know what to do with it all. Sometimes they’ll even pay the owners of other power plants not to generate electricity. In response, scientists and engineers have been racing to find inexpensive ways to store that power for later, ultimately hoping to store renewable energy so that it’s available 24/7 and at a price that’ll put coal and natural gas out of business. Cache Energy is the latest start
Aug 22, 2024