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There are no material constraints to go big and go fast. Let's fight climate change together, brick by brick. Learn more about the Rondo Heat Battery and thermal energy storage via John O'Donnell and Reuters TV here: https://lnkd.in/gZ3mkGWY

GreenLab will use a Rondo Heat Battery (RHB) to replace fossil fuels tied to heat consumption for its industrial site partners, offering CO2-neutral heat, or “green heat”, at cost parity. Facts: 💪 GreenLab has signed an agreement for a 100MWh heat battery from Rondo Energy. 🌡 The system provides 100MWh ceramic heat storage system with the capability to operate at temperatures up to 1500°C. ⚡ Rondo’s system will be directly connected to the 84 MW hybrid wind and solar park adjacent to GreenLab. 🌍 The thermal battery storage facility is expected to become operational in 2025 and when completed will be one of the largest in Europe. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dxKVfc2Q

1,000,000+ Views. Congratulations to John O'Donnell for passing the incredible milestone of 1 million views on his TED Conferences Talk "Can a simple brick be the next great battery?" across TED's website and YouTube: https://lnkd.in/g7s9G8ib At Rondo, we are deeply committed to accelerating industrial decarbonization. Our approach combines cutting-edge research, advanced engineering, and a relentless focus on simplicity and robustness to create a scalable, cost-effective solution for industrial heat and power. For those who haven't seen it yet, John's talk is a must-watch and a great primer on the Rondo technology, as well as the challenges and opportunities in industrial decarbonization.

We're proud to be partnering with H&M to further strengthen their already impressive climate strategy. Read more about it via GreenBiz here: "H&M’s goal is to adopt 100 percent renewable energy and reach net zero by 2040. Rondo of Alameda, California, claims its heat-retaining bricks are cheaper than fossil fuels and safer than lithium-ion batteries. The company uses electricity from renewable sources to heat thousands of tons of bricks up to 2,732 degrees Fahrenheit. The bricks are then used as heat batteries to supply hot air or steam for customers at a constant temperature. Less than 1 percent of the heat leaks out each day, according to the company." And special shoutout to david roberts and Volts for this "partnership born from a podcast". Super cool stuff here! "One of H&M's climate leads reached out to Rondo after hearing about its product on the podcast "Volts," Rondo Energy’s new CEO, Eric Trusiewicz, told GreenBiz. Within several months, they were working together. "It was a very quick process, and it was because they're so sustainability focused," he said of H&M. "They have a pretty well articulated internal group working on that, and they have already done quite a bit of thought on that." https://lnkd.in/dnN8it2x

A very nice feature on Rondo via Canary Media Inc.: Rondo’s heat batteries will soon be cleaning up factories in US, Europe. "... In Europe, Rondo last month won a commitment of 75 million euros ($80.6 million) from Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, the Bill Gates–founded investment group and an early Rondo backer, along with the European Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB). The funding will support projects at a chemicals plant in Germany owned by Covestro; at GreenLab, a green industrial park in Denmark; and at an undisclosed food-and-beverage processing facility. In the U.S., Rondo’s “heat batteries” — refractory brick blocks that can reach up to 1,500 degrees Celsius — started supplying heat to an ethanol plant in California last year. Under projects announced this year, the batteries are set to be installed in distilleries in Illinois and Kentucky owned by international spirits manufacturer Diageo and at a plastics recycling facility being built in Texas by chemicals giant Eastman — projects that are backed by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) grants now being negotiated by the companies involved." https://lnkd.in/gibHMt6t

We're thrilled to be working with Covestro to deploy an RHB100 heat battery, which is scheduled to begin operation at Covestro’s Brunsbüttel site at the end of 2026. The project will produce ten percent of the steam required at the site, saving up to 13,000 tons of CO2 emissions per year. “Rondo Heat Batteries deliver deep decarbonization by changing the fuel, not the factory,” said Eric Trusiewicz, CEO of Rondo Energy. “We’re honored to be working with Covestro to prove our safety, reliability, and efficiency under real conditions on a large scale over a long period of time. And we’re excited to be deploying in Brunsbüttel, where large flexible electricity loads are particularly valuable to the electricity grid.” Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/e6mPK99D

Breaking News: Rondo Energy announces €75M project funding with Breakthrough Energy Catalyst and the European Investment Bank. Three Rondo Heat Battery installations will decarbonize food, clean fuel, and chemical production across Europe. Today at the Breakthrough Energy Summit, Rondo Energy, Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, the European Commission, and the European Investment Bank (EIB) announced €75 million in funding that will support three groundbreaking industrial decarbonization projects in Europe. Rondo will use the funding to expand its European presence and build projects delivering low-cost clean energy under long-term contracts. Each project has been optimized to capture low-cost intermittent energy from local and remote wind and solar resources, to deliver “drop-in decarbonization” for producers of food and beverage, clean fuel, and chemical production. The facilities will deliver low-cost, continuous, high-pressure, zero-carbon steam and power as a service. Rondo Heat Batteries (RHBs) combine century-old materials and cutting-edge automation to turn intermittent renewable electricity into the continuous, high-temperature heat and power required by industries. Drop-In Decarbonization for Covestro's Chemical Production: Covestro, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high-quality polymer materials and their components, has selected Rondo to deliver clean energy services at a production facility in Northern Germany. An RHB100 will be delivering continuous steam powered by intermittent renewable energy, contributing to Covestro’s deep commitment to circularity and decarbonization. Heat battery replaces fossil fuels in GreenLab’s green industrial park: GreenLab is a pioneer green and circular industrial park in Denmark, that works to demonstrate how energy waste can be reduced in industry. Rondo will build a “clean utilities core” supplying the companies in GreenLab with green heat. An RHB100 powered by renewables will generate high pressure steam to drive a CHP steam turbine generator cycle, translating intermittent electricity into baseload heat and power for multiple companies at the park. One of the first companies in the park to benefit from Rondo’s heat battery will be using the green heat to produce low-carbon biogas, eliminating the use of fossil fuels in the process. This first installation will establish the performance, processes, and tools needed to expand the clean utilities core at GreenLab and to build other parks like this one powered by the wind and the sun. Decarbonizing Food & Beverage Production: Rondo will also build a third project that charges from on-site and off-site solar, delivering deep decarbonization for a European producer in the food and beverage sector, with further details to be announced soon. More details: https://lnkd.in/gcjziQca

We're thrilled to join H&M Group to help them further strengthen their climate strategy! The new collaboration will help Rondo deliver clean, affordable heat powering textile factories around the world. Rondo Heat Batteries combine century-old materials and cutting-edge automation to turn intermittent renewable electricity into the continuous, high-temperature heat and power required by industries including textile producers. H&M Group and Rondo will explore opportunities for factories in the group’s global supply chain to replace fossil fuels with clean heat and power delivered by Rondo Heat Batteries. Rondo will use H&M Group Ventures’ investment to expand its international operations and to develop and build storage projects serving this need. Thank you Laura Coppen and team!