'World’s largest' industrial #heatbattery is online and #solar-powered
#RondoEnergy has begun commercial operations of what it says is the world’s largest industrial heat battery – a 100 MWh system now operating at a Holmes Western Oil facility in #California. Powered entirely by an onsite solar array, the system supplies constant high-pressure steam and heat to the plant, demonstrating how #renewableenergy can directly power #heavyindustry.
https://electrek.co/2025/10/16/worlds-largest-industrial-heat-battery-is-online-and-solar-powered/
#RondoEnergy has begun commercial operations of what it says is the world’s largest industrial heat battery – a 100 MWh system now operating at a Holmes Western Oil facility in #California. Powered entirely by an onsite solar array, the system supplies constant high-pressure steam and heat to the plant, demonstrating how #renewableenergy can directly power #heavyindustry.
https://electrek.co/2025/10/16/worlds-largest-industrial-heat-battery-is-online-and-solar-powered/