By Perry Hodgkins Jones, RTC Membership Director This fall, the Renewable Thermal Collaborative (RTC) hosted two webinars: Real World Lessons in Thermal Decarbonization and Insights in Thermal Decarbonization for Apparel Manufacturers, featuring speakers from five Member companies from multiple sectors spanning chemicals, consumer goods, and
By Alyssa Kagel The 2025 RTC Summit was a huge success—thank you to our sponsors, speakers, Program Committee, and attendees for making it our best event yet. This year’s program focused on the nuts and bolts of thermal decarbonization, equipping buyers with practical tools to
By Cihang Yuan, Senior Program Officer, Climate and Renewable Energy, World Wildlife Fund Industrial heat pumps (IHPs) are a game-changer for U.S. manufacturing. They offer a high-impact, near-term opportunity to reduce energy costs, enhance industrial competitiveness, and strengthen resilience in the face of evolving energy
By Tess Machi, Industrial Policy Analyst, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions At NARUC’s February winter policy summit, amid conversations about grid reliability and steep increases in energy demand, over 40 regulators and staff attended a breakfast hosted by the Renewable Thermal Collaborative (RTC) and
By Oren Lieber-Kotz * The RTC operates in strict compliance with antitrust rules – all our meetings are pre- or non-competitive. The RTC kicked off February with our third annual Partnership Workshops, bringing together industrial energy buyers and renewable thermal solutions providers to accelerate industrial
By Cihang Yuan, Senior Program Officer, Climate and Renewable Energy, World Wildlife Fund Industrial heat is crucial for producing the goods society wants and needs. Globally, industrial heat makes up two-thirds of industrial energy demand and almost one-fifth of total energy consumption. As more and more companies
By Alyssa Kagel The RTC just wrapped up another successful Summit! We convened our fifth annual event on September 30 and October 1, 2024, at the Park Hyatt in Washington, D.C. A big thank you to our speakers, sponsors, Program Committee, and attendees for their
By Oren Lieber-Kotz The RTC applauds the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) for its historic investment in decarbonizing the U.S. industrial sector. OCED’s recent announcement of $6 billion of funding under the Industrial Demonstrations Program, matched by $14 billion
By Oren Lieber-Kotz The RTC applauds our Members and Solutions Providers for securing federal funding for projects developing innovative solutions to decarbonize industry. In a critical stride towards reducing emissions, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office (IEDO) announced $171 million
By Oren Lieber-Kotz The Renewable Thermal Collaborative (RTC) Summit on October 19 & 20, 2023, catalyzed collaborations among thermal energy buyers, solutions providers, NGOs, and policymakers to cut emissions from heat use. The Park Hyatt in Washington, DC provided a sophisticated backdrop to lively panel
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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.
