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Homes could be kept warm with giant “heat batteries” developed by a British start-up that has won backing from the government and external investors. Caldera, based in Hampshire, uses cheap off-peak power and electrical elements to heat a huge highly-insulated block of material called Warmstone, made from recycled metals and aggregate. A coil of water …

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A Hampshire-based start-up has launched a new domestic heat battery, which it claims can decarbonise thousands of Scottish homes. Caldera’s Warmstone battery heats up overnight using off-peak electricity and then releases this during the day. The company believes the rollout of its technology in rural areas could provide gigawatts of energy storage from renewable sources …

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The König Metall Group has taken a stake in the British heating storage provider Caldera, which wants to turn the heating market upside down with its electric ‘heat battery’. The ‘heat battery’ is a 1.5 tonne stone storage tank and is intended to serve as a direct replacement for boilers. Read more at Solarserver (German)

In this episode, James Constable is joined by Baringa’s James Greenleaf, and James Macnaghten from Caldera, as they have a wide-ranging and thought-provoking discussion on the challenges facing the decarbonisation of UK housing stock, the technology solutions available to achieve housing decarbonisation, and the policy and market challenges involved in accelerating the decarbonisation of heat …

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Caldera has been picked as one of the UK’s seven most cutting-edge net zero innovators by the Energy Systems Catapult as part of their Smart Zero Carbon Building Solutions initiative. The Hampshire heat battery specialist has been selected for a rigorous business acceleration programme designed to help SMEs unlock new routes-to-market, secure investment and breakdown …

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