EnergyNest’s turnkey power-to-heat technology will allow Kurz to utilise excess solar energy from its on-site PV field to decarbonise over 70% of the heat demand at its Sulzbach-Rosenberg facility, reducing natural gas consumption by more than 3.5GWh per year, and cutting over 700 tonnes of CO2 emissions annually.

This landmark agreement follows EnergyNest’s successful deals with companies including Avery Dennison, energy company Eni, and chemical group Yara.

Industrial manufacturing including chemicals companies like Kurz, and others in print, paper and pulp, and food and beverage production, have heavy heat requirements and outputs. EnergyNest's thermal storage can rapidly decarbonise these hard-to-abate industries, enabling companies to draw electricity from the grid or on-site renewables at times of low prices, create heat on-demand and reduce reliance on higher carbon gas.

Front footed companies with ambitious decarbonisation targets are getting ahead of the curve using thermal storage – testing its applicability and the carbon and cost savings and flexibility it affords at their plants, before mandatory net zero targets start to bite.

EnergyNest CEO Alex Robertson said: “Electrification of industrial heat is essential for decarbonising global manufacturing and supply chains. By partnering with Leonhard Kurz, EnergyNest is showcasing a scalable and effective decarbonisation strategy that can be replicated worldwide. This agreement proves that industrial energy transition is not simply a necessity. It’s happening now.”