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.
Between November 2022 and March 2023, the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHGP) invited public feedback on the current suite of corporate standards and guidance, including suggestions for maintaining current practices, updating standards, or developing additional guidance. This stakeholder input will inform the scope of any future
Many analyses, including the Renewable Thermal Vision Report, identify electric heat pumps as a critical opportunity to decarbonize low-temperature industrial heat generation, which accounts for 29% of total U.S. industrial thermal emissions. Heat pumps have garnered attention for their ability to utilize heat from ambient
Since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act in August 2022, the Renewable Thermal Collaborative (RTC) policy team has submitted several comments to the U.S. Department of Treasury regarding the Act’s implementation. The issues on which the RTC has commented include: The qualification of facility
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
In September 2022, the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHGP) published a draft of the Land Sector and Removals Guidance which included Annex B: Biomethane. The annex sought to clarify GHGP guidance on the use of renewable natural gas (RNG) certificates, effectively disallowing their use for RNG
Contact: Blaine Collison, RTC Executive Director, 202-669-5950, blaine@renewablethermal.org, or Evan Carlson, WWF Communications Manager, Evan.Carlson@wwfus.org . Arlington, VA – A new study by the Renewable Thermal Collaborative (RTC) unveiled this morning will help US industry to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by more than half
Contact: Blaine Collison, RTC Executive Director, 202-669-5950, blaine@renewablethermal.org Arlington, VA – The Renewable Thermal Collaborative (RTC) applauds today’s announcement by the White House announcing its intent to use $250 million to enable more heat pump manufacturing in America, using Defense Production Act authorities and funded
“Large energy buyers depend on clear greenhouse gas accounting and claims guidance to help shape, validate, and communicate their renewable energy purchases and emissions reductions. Buyers are accelerating their efforts to decarbonize Scope 1 emissions, and they’re working with a range of innovative technologies and
Washington, D.C. (July 15, 2021) — Last week, the Renewable Thermal Collaborative (RTC) submitted a response to the U.S. Department of Energy Hydrogen Program’s Request for Information, providing information about green hydrogen development and deployment. In June, Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm launched the
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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.
