On February 23, from 11 am – 12 pm ET, the Renewable Thermal Collaborative (RTC) hosted a webinar launching the Industrial Electrification in U.S. States report, created by Global Efficiency Intelligence (GEI) and David Gardiner & Associates. Meeting the United States’ goals of reducing carbon […]
Heat pumps have garnered attention for their ability to utilize heat from ambient (air, water, ground) or waste heat sources, allowing companies to eliminate pollution from fossil fuel combustion and decrease energy costs across a range of geographies and industrial applications. To help close the […]
On April 25, 2023, the Renewable Thermal Collaborative (RTC) hosted a webinar to launch our Green Hydrogen Technology Assessment, co-authored by Deloitte and the World Wildlife Fund. The webinar featured presentations from Cihang Yuan, Shari Boyd, and Nick Richards walking through the report’s key findings. […]
On May 25, 2023, RTC Executive Director Blaine Collison spoke at a webinar held by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) discussing the recent report Industrial Electrification in U.S. States. The webinar shared highlights from the report analyzing the electrification potential for 12 […]
On June 14, the RTC presented deep dives into the Renewable Thermal Vision and Industrial Electrification in U.S. States report at the National Association of State Energy Officials’ (NASEO) State Industrial Working Group’s webinar. RTC staff outlined the reports’ evaluations of how the U.S. can […]
On Thursday, June 29 the RTC held an expert panel discussion on thermal efficiency, waste heat recovery, and related strategies as drivers and accelerators of renewable thermal deployments and industrial decarbonization. The discussion featured RTC Members Procter & Gamble and PepsiCo alongside strategic thermal solutions […]
In the U.S., food and beverage processing and manufacturing produces more emissions from industrial heat use than any sector other than refineries, chemicals, or iron & steel. The low-temperature heat accounts for 97% of the thermal energy use in this sector, making electrification with heat […]
Thermal battery technology presents the opportunity to draw from increasingly abundant renewable electricity sources to reduce nearly all greenhouse gas emissions from industrial heat – a sizable portion of overall U.S. emissions. Thermal batteries convert clean electricity through grid and off-grid sources into continuous industrial […]
On November 13, the RTC held a webinar with the Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) Council, the Brattle Group, and Roland Berger to explore how innovations in thermal batteries will pave the road to industrial decarbonization. Thermal batteries use simple components and storage materials to […]
On May 9, 2024, the RTC held a webinar to explore two case studies focused on industrial process heat decarbonization with integrated solar thermal and heat recovery solutions. In the first case study, speakers from Colgate-Palmolive and Absolicon Solar Collector AB discussed how a solar […]
On June 20, 2024, the RTC held a webinar exploring two case studies focused on decarbonizing process heat in the food and beverage sector with thermal energy storage and industrial heat pumps. In the first case study, speakers from Herkkumaa Oy and Elstor Oy discussed […]
On June 25, 2024, the RTC hosted an in-depth webinar unveiling our Chemical Sector Assessment, supported by Accenture Development Partnerships. This report presents a streamlined roadmap for decarbonizing the chemical sector, which contributes nearly 20% of overall U.S. industrial emissions. Focused on the three most […]
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The Renewable Thermal Collaborative (RTC) is the global coalition for companies, institutions, and governments committed to scaling up renewable heating and cooling at their facilities, dramatically cutting carbon emissions.
