Thomas Stroes
Founder
Saltes
Saltes provides the ThermalPod, a molten salt heat battery that stores surplus renewable electricity as thermal energy for industrial processes. This system enables cost-competitive industrial heat electrification by bridging the gap between intermittent renewable supply and constant heat demand, enhancing grid flexibility.
Updated 7 months ago
Funding
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Founders
Bram Bens
Founder
Product
Problem
Industrial sectors face significant challenges in decarbonizing their heat generation processes due to the intermittent nature of renewable energy sources and the high cost of electrification. This mismatch between fluctuating renewable supply and consistent industrial heat demand, coupled with grid inflexibility, hinders cost-effective and efficient adoption of clean energy.
Solution
Saltes offers the ThermalPod heat battery, a molten salt-based thermal energy storage system designed to facilitate industrial heat decarbonization. This solution captures surplus renewable electricity and stores it as thermal energy, enabling the cost-competitive electrification of industrial processes. By bridging the gap between intermittent renewable energy availability and constant industrial heat requirements, the ThermalPod enhances grid flexibility through off-peak electricity utilization. This approach reduces reliance on fossil fuels, lowers production costs, and supports industrial competitiveness in a carbon-constrained environment.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes industrial companies requiring high-temperature heat for their processes, particularly those seeking to electrify their operations and reduce their carbon footprint.
Features
- Molten salt thermal energy storage system for industrial heat applications.
- ThermalPod heat battery designed for cost-competitive electrification of industrial processes.
- Utilizes a proprietary ternary molten salt engineered for enhanced heat transfer and storage capabilities.
- Facilitates flexible grid usage by enabling off-peak electricity consumption.
- Supports grid stability by reducing peak demand strain.
- Engineered to align intermittent renewable energy supply with constant industrial heat demand.
- Based on over 10 years of applied research and pilot system validation.