A lot of people are worried about climate change. Left unchecked, global warming may disrupt the lives of billions of people, our ecosystem, our food supply and the economy. Not just for some, but entire nations. Not just in the near future. But for generations. That is why our generation is called upon to make life on earth sustainable. For people now living. And the people yet to be born.

What can one factory do?

Or a single person? Pay more CO2-tax, work harder for less and hope to avoid disaster? Those are not choices, and certainly not much of a battle cry. We cannot expect people or industry to rally behind a cause, before solutions feel possible to choose. That is why we need to make solutions to global warming, a better choice than fossil fuels ever were.

No tank holds the wind, we need to charge batteries.

More and more renewable energy sources are coming online. But what will it take for industry to embrace variable energy sources? No tank holds the wind. We don’t control the weather. The wind may spin a wind turbine blade, and the sun may shine on a solar cell. That energy only exists then and there. We either use it or lose it. This is the most important systemic consequence of shifting to renewable energy. We need to bring our own battery function, if industries are to be expected to make the choice of “going green.”

We make renewable energy an easy choice.

This is what Kyoto Group is doing. We’re building a thermal battery to give industry that choice. Heat made without fire, just electricity. When electricity is cheap. Half of industrial energy consumption is used to make heat. And nearly all of it now comes from fossil fuels. We are making thermal solutions to fix a thermal problem. We are giving industry the heat they need, using nothing but electricity. As an easy choice. In a stable, sustainable and secure way. That is why the people now working at Kyoto Group, and the people yet to come, have a luxury. 

The feeling of actually doing something useful to prevent the threat of global warming.

“No tank holds the wind. We don’t control the weather. The wind may spin a wind turbine blade, and the sun may shine on a solar cell. That energy only exists then and there. We either use it or lose it. This is the most important systemic consequence of shifting to renewable energy.”