Kira Rundel: Heat Batteries for Hard-to-Abate Industry

Industrial heat is one of the most overlooked challenges in theenergy transition. Around 20% of Australia’s total energy goes to making it, much of it above 1,000°C, and the cheapest path has historically been to burn fossil fuels. In this episode we speak with Kira Rundel, Commercial Director Australia at Rondo Energy, about how Rondo’s heat battery technology is starting to change that.

The conversation covers the industries best suited to the tech,the commercial models opening different doors for customers, and recent policy and tariff shifts that are supporting the economics. As Kira puts it, we no longer need to call industrial heat hard to abate. The technology is here, now it’s about deploying it.

Kira is a return guest, having joined us in an earlier season to discuss Raygen’s solar thermal and long-duration storage solutions.