Rondo's heat batteries will soon be cleaning up factories in US, Europe

Published on July 10, 2024

Thermal energy storage uses cheap, clean electricity to bring rocks, bricks, or molten metals to red-hot temperatures, then taps that heat later to do all sorts of work. The technology is relatively simple and could be deployed now to solve two big energy transition challenges: First, it could replace fossil-fueled…

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