Rondo Energy is building a renewable energy battery using bricks and toaster wire. But it’s not for your home—it’s for the factories that run the world. Industrial heat drives 10% of global carbon ...
John O’Donnell of Rondo Energy explains why stacking bricks for heat batteries is so hard.
This is the second of three episodes about the solar-power revolution. Last week, we talked about how solar power got so cheap. This week, we’re talking with someone who is building giant plants ar...
John O’Donnell is the Founder and Chief Innovation Officer of Rondo Energy. The Rondo Heat Battery powers industrial processes with renewable electricity, cutting energy costs and eliminating emiss...
In episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast’s series on energy storage, John O’Donnell, CEO of Rondo Energy, answered questions from journalist Herman K. Trabish about the thermal energy storage te...
In this episode, we talk with John O’Donnell about the different methods for decarbonizing industrial heat, the use cases for heat batteries, and lessons learned from his days in solar thermal.
Rondo is using hot bricks to store energy as heat. And since industrial processes need energy in the form of heat anyway, it’s a no-brainer. Not only is their tech efficient, it’s cost-effective an...
In episode 258, John O'Donnell, CEO of Rondo, a company dedicated to delivering low-cost, zero-emission industrial heat and power, discusses the journey towards a sustainable and cost-effective ene...
Rondo is tackling the massive emissions problem of industrial heat. Almost everything around us requires heat to be made, from chemicals, to paper, to cement, to steel, and historically, nearly all...
Tom Geiser from Rondo Energy puts the case for heat batteries and their role in hard to abate sectors. Plus: Coal giants get a taxpayer funded lifeline.
In this episode of Hardware to Save a Planet, Dylan is joined by John O’Donnell, CEO of Rondo Energy, a company with the vision to help the world’s most energy-intensive industries achieve zero car...
Journalist Mark Hislop interviews leading energy experts from around the world about the energy transition and climate change.
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