About the RTC
The Renewable Thermal Collaborative (RTC) is a U.S.-headquartered, globally focused nonprofit dedicated to decarbonizing industrial thermal energy use with renewable solutions.
RTC is an independent nonprofit corporation established in 2025, with an application for 501(c)(3) status pending before the IRS. The collaborative was first organized in 2017 as a joint initiative by the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, David Gardiner and Associates, and the World Wildlife Fund. RTC is a pre-commercial, pre-competitive nonprofit organization and conducts all work in compliance with antitrust guidelines.
RTC Members and Solutions Providers are invited to participate in multiple RTC workstreams to:
Identify and Address Barriers
Accelerate solutions
Implement Projects and Policies
Driving Change Across Industries
A Powerful Coalition of Energy Users and Solution Providers
RTC convenes a vibrant community of more than 120 major industrial heat users and leading clean heat solution providers to accelerate renewable thermal technology deployment and decarbonize industry by catalyzing peer learning, developing technical resources, analyzing markets, and advocating for policy.
RTC Members include industrial and institutional thermal energy users across manufacturing sectors such as automotive, building materials, chemicals, consumer packaged goods, food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, and pulp and paper. RTC Solutions Providers include a wide range of clean heat experts, renewable thermal technology developers, financing specialists, consultants, utilities, and more.
Our Vision & Goals
RTC’s vision is industry—without thermal emissions. To realize this vision, we organize our work around the following goals:
