Grounded Heat
Grounded Heat develops underground sand battery technology that stores excess renewable energy as heat for later use, helping customers cut heating costs and strengthen energy resilience. The system uses AI-driven control electronics to optimize charging and discharging in real time, achieving 98% efficient energy storage. Solutions are being developed for households, businesses, agriculture, and energy companies.
- Energy
- Clean Technology
- Battery Technology
- Artificial Intelligence
- Hardware
- Internet of Things
Funding
Founders
Founder details are not available yet.
Product
Problem
Traditional energy storage solutions are often centralized, expensive, and vulnerable to grid disruptions. As renewable energy adoption grows, excess energy frequently goes to waste while heating costs remain high, and centralized energy infrastructure faces increasing threats from climate events and security attacks.
Solution
Grounded Heat develops sand battery technology that stores excess energy as heat in underground sand deposits for later use. The system uses AI-powered control electronics to monitor and optimize charging and discharging cycles in real time, ensuring maximum efficiency and minimal energy loss. These robust, decentralized storage solutions provide cost-effective heating for households, businesses, agriculture, and energy companies while reducing reliance on vulnerable grid infrastructure. The sand battery can be charged when energy is cheap or abundant and discharged as heat when demand increases, offering better cost control and more resilient heat supply.
Target Audience
Primary customers are companies, municipalities, and organizations with large heating needs seeking to lower energy costs and strengthen preparedness, with solutions also being developed for agriculture and private households.
Features
- Underground sand-based thermal energy storage system designed for efficient, long-duration heat retention
- AI-driven control electronics that optimize heat input and output based on real-time customer needs
- Advanced monitoring and regulation system that continuously adapts storage performance for maximum reliability
- 98% efficient energy storage capability with sustainable, low-cost sand as the storage medium
- Decentralized design that strengthens local energy resilience against grid disruptions, drone attacks, and other security threats
- Scalable configurations ranging from household systems to large-scale solutions for energy companies, agriculture, and industry