New Electric Bricks for Industries
MIT spinout Electrified Thermal Solutions has formed a partnership with HWI, a major supplier of high-heat materials, to create electric bricks – also known as E-bricks. These bricks can store and release extreme heat using renewable electricity.
How E-bricks Work
The partnership will focus on expanding Electrified Thermal’s Joule Hive Thermal Battery. This battery can store heat up to 1,800°C (3,275°F), which is enough to power demanding industrial processes like steel production, glass manufacturing, and cement making.
E-bricks allow factories to switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy without losing performance or increasing costs.
Combining Expertise
The technology from MIT is combined with HWI’s 160 years of experience with high-heat materials. The E-bricks will be manufactured in HWI’s existing plants in the US. This allows for quick scaling of the system without needing to build new factories.
Electrified Thermal plans to have its first large-scale Joule Hive system operational this year. By 2030, the company aims to provide 2 gigawatts of thermal power to industries.
Daniel Stack, CEO of Electrified Thermal, said that the partnership is a significant step towards solving the challenge of industrial heat and creating a major advantage for scaling up clean energy.
Ben Stanton, director of applications technology at HWI, highlighted that the E-brick maintains the high-temperature durability needed by customers while also generating the heat for their processes.
Bruno Touzo, global VP of innovation at Calderys (HWI’s parent company), stated that they are ready to support the expansion of E-brick production globally to meet the increasing demand for cleaner energy solutions.
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