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 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 130 major industrial heat users and leading clean heat solution providers to catalyze peer learning, technical resource development, and policy advocacy that together accelerate renewable thermal technology deployment and industrial decarbonization.
RTC Members include industrial and institutional thermal energy users across sectors such as food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, consumer packaged goods, paper, healthcare, higher education, building materials, and automotive manufacturing. RTC Solutions Providers include a wide range of clean heat experts, renewable thermal technology developers, financing specialists, consultants, utilities, and more.
Our Goals
The RTC is the only global coalition focused exclusively on the decarbonization of thermal energy with renewable solutions. The RTC is a pre-commercial, pre-competitive nonprofit organization and conducts all of its work in compliance with our antitrust guidelines.
