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Tom Fox / ESG Report
10 Aug 2023
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The use of cloud-based energy storage management allows for remote control and optimization of energy storage systems, creating a virtual power plant that responds to grid demands.
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BLOGS
DLS proposes a new market framework for using behind-the-meter storage to accommodate growing loads, improve grid utilization and incentivize private investment in grid-facing assets
Boaz Ur
20 Aug 2026
The world’s busiest airport will deploy 2,200 Ton-refrigeration-hours of modular energy storage to reduce peak loads and ensure eco-friendly, reliable cooling across three concourses.
PR Newswire
23 Apr 2026
Batteries add heat and strain cooling systems, so only ~50% of their energy powers IT. IceBrick does the opposite reducing cooling load and delivering up to 90% of its energy to compute.
Kobi Zohar
1 Apr 2026
An annual levelized cost comparison finds that thermal energy storage undercuts lithium-ion batteries by 40% for unlocking data center compute capacity — and the math starts with ice.
Yoram Ashery
31 Mar 2026
Setting a Global Precedent: Thermal Energy Storage Participation in Wholesale Energy Markets
Nostromo Energy
24 Nov 2025
Nostromo Energy Launches IceBrick360 for Data Centers - A New Cold Thermal Energy Storage Product Addressing Critical Speed to Power Needs
AP News highlights our innovative ice battery technology that stores energy as ice at night to cool buildings during the day.
Isabella O'Malley
8 Oct 2025
Preciouse Gross
21 Jul 2025
Before electricity, ice was king for cooling! Explore the surprising origins of air conditioning. See how Nostromo Energy's innovative ice batteries build on that legacy, delivering sustainable, cost-saving, and grid-resilient cooling for modern buildings.
12 Jun 2025
When electricity is cheap, the batteries freeze water. When energy costs go up, building managers turn off their pricey chillers and use the ice to keep things cool
Nicolás Rivero
1 Mar 2025
Infrastructure costs – especially energy costs – are among the biggest expenses for hotels, with air conditioning often making up between 40% and 50% of total energy costs.
Doug Poffinbarger
17 Feb 2025
California is well past the halfway mark to its goal of 100% renewable power generation by 2045. But this comes with major challenges, both financial and environmental.
7 Feb 2025
Nostromo will use funds to deploy its IceBrick thermal energy systems in 193 commercial buildings across California
9 Dec 2024
Become a Grid-Interactive Energy Efficient Building
5 Dec 2024
New technologies store cooling power for when it’s needed most.
MIT Technology Review
6 Aug 2024
Nostromo Energy Limited (TASE: NOST) - announced today the closing of the arrangement for its voluntary delisting from the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE).
1 Aug 2024
Commercial Building Energy Storage: Combat Energy Costs, Intermittent Renewables and Emissions ft. Yoram Ashery (Nostromo Energy)
Lauren Scott
24 Jul 2024
For C&I buildings and other large power consumers, focusing solely on the average price of electricity can lead to missed opportunities for potential savings. The gap between peak and off-peak prices is widening much faster than average prices are growing
Facilities Dive
Nostromo Energy has announced that it has been awarded the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Metropolitan Los Angeles Branch’s 2024 Outstanding Energy Project Award for its IceBrick® Innovation Center at the Beverly Hilton.
Renewable energy Magazine
11 Jul 2024
The Beverly Hilton and the Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills received major energy-saving upgrades propelling both properties to the forefront of sustainable hospitality.
Linda Immediato
12 Jun 2024
The Company will complete its voluntary delisting from the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange pending the fulfillment of the remaining conditions
9 May 2024
This company is using water to store energy
Andrew D. Johnson
16 Apr 2024
Air Conditioning has a big climate impact. This new technology could be a game changer
Sarah Sax
This webinar will break down the basic concepts of ITC, strategies for monetizing credits, and an overview of incentives offered by California utilities, like the SGIP, and upcoming programs like the Distributed Electricity Backup Assets Program (DEBA)
27 Mar 2024
If approved, the company’s shares will de-list from the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE)
28 Feb 2024
SoCalGas Supports Nostromo Energy's Installation of an Innovative Energy Storage Solution Designed to Enhance Grid Resilience and Lower Energy Expenses at Beverly Hilton and Waldorf Astoria Hotels
Southern California Gas Company, PR Newswire
22 Jan 2024
Hospitals, which keep us healthy and safe, share the responsibility for keeping the earth healthy and safe. Let’s explore hospitals’ environmental footprint, their current efforts to improve, and one solution that could make a real difference.
Douglas Poffinbarger, HIT Consultant
11 Dec 2023
This week, Teja talks with Yaron Ben Nun, CTO and Founder of Nostromo Energy, about building a company from a good solution, the best way to learn how to negotiate, and how sometimes the best ideas are the ones that can take you down.
Frontier Podcast by Gun.io
19 Oct 2023
The IceBrick system is the first, distributed, large-scale dispatchable supply-side thermal energy storage technology to obtain qualified capacity, not subject to interconnection
19 Sep 2023
MYRIAM BIN-NUN
Check out the five energy storage companies using lithium-ion, flow, and thermal storage solutions to propel us towards a carbon-free future.
18 Sep 2023
Energy storage systems are the key to achieving ‘net zero’ carbon emissions. They significantly reduce the need to rely on fossil fuels and increase the reliability and flow of renewable and clean energy sources.
5 Sep 2023
In the face of renewables’ intermittency issues, which result in fossil fuels remaining a prominent power source, virtual power plants, might provide the answer we’ve been looking for.
Yoram Ashery, Smart Energy International
25 Aug 2023
Tom Fox
The US Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office has invited thermal energy storage startup Nostromo into due diligence and terms sheet negotiations for a loan worth up to US$176 million.
Andy Colthorpe
9 Aug 2023
To understand the IceBrick system, we first need to understand how buildings are cooled. Large commercial buildings are cooled using chillers. Chillers use refrigerants to cool water, and then distribute this cooled water throughout the building.
6 Aug 2023
As the world heats up, more energy is required to keep buildings cool. By pairing renewable energy with safe ‘behind the meter’ energy storage solutions businesses can reduce both their carbon footprint and their energy bills.
Myriam Bin-Nun
11 Jul 2023
During peak hours, air conditioning in commercial and industrial buildings accounts for approximately half of California’s energy demands. These buildings have the potential to reduce their demand from the electric grid during peak times.
29 Jun 2023
The system is designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enable the hotels to reach their sustainability goals while saving on energy costs. This project marks the first hospitality industry partnership using Nostromo’s technology
Esther Hertzfeld, Hotelmanagement
21 Jun 2023
Over the storage system’s lifespan, this could be equated to a reduction of more than 5,000 metric tons.
EnergyTech
20 Jun 2023
Two Beverly Hills hotels - The Beverly Hilton and The Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills- are now using ice-powered clean energy to reduce emissions. The two hotels are the first in the hospitality sector to use Nostromo's IceBrick technology.
Noelle Mateer, HOTELDIVE
15 Jun 2023
For both hotels, Nostromo has installed the 1.4MW-hour energy storage system.
Hotel Management Network
Advancements in energy storage, are driving innovation in the sector. Retired power generation plants are being repurposed as storage sites, and the residential and C&I sectors are turning to storage for electricity reliability and resilience.
Darrell Proctor, POWER magazine
14 Jun 2023
The Nostromo IceBrick® energy storage system will reduce energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions and help the hotels achieve their aggressive climate goals
Nostromo Energy / Cision
In order to reduce both costs and emissions, data centers can and should use an energy storage technologies.
Yaron Ben Nun
27 May 2023
Corporate responsibility today means that all businesses face increased pressure to “go green.” But this demand comes with unique challenges when you are in the hotel industry.
18 May 2023
When it comes to better energy consumption – the broad strokes alone are not enough. The fundamental differences in time of use make all the difference.
22 Apr 2023
20 Apr 2023
We must take a hard look at our larger energy consumption and what EVs bring to the picture – and make some critical changes around them.
14 Apr 2023
With buildings making up two-thirds of the state's greenhouse gas emissions, the law (LL97), which will require buildings to report electricity usage and other factors that will be used to calculate carbon output, is a step in the right direction.
12 Apr 2023
Yaron Ben-Nun
4 Apr 2023
Businesses are under increasing pressure to “go green,” and one way companies are doing that is with their business travel practices.
27 Mar 2023
As the push to decarbonize buildings gains momentum, the simple concept of using ice to reduce AC use is becoming more appealing.
Julian Spector, Canary Media
23 Jan 2023
Modular cold energy storage projects are in line for a DOE-supported loan for the installation of a 120-building energy storage portfolio in California and various other states.
MICHAEL SCHOECK, PV MAGAZINE USA
4 Jan 2023
If approved, the project would enable rapid deployment of Nostromo’s novel large-scale ice-based energy storage systems for up to 120 buildings in California and other U.S. states
Nostromo Energy / Businesswire
Yaron Ben-Nun, Founder of Nostromo Energy, Takes Aim at the Duck Curve with a Thermal Battery. EP123
The Clean Power Hour, by Tim Montague
2 Jan 2023
To have a sustainable planet, we need not just renewable energies, but an efficient way to store that power. These technologies aim to do just that. For electric vehicles, too.
Abigail Klein Leichman
8 Feb 2022
SPECIAL REPORT: Israeli start-up, Nostromo have developed a sustainable energy storage system in a bid to tackle climate change. Sustainability Editor, DELA AHIAWOR interviews Yaron Ben-Nun, Founder and CTO at Nostromo Energy.
Dela Ahiawor
13 Dec 2021
Nostromo secures a $9.1 million equity investment by Migdal and Freepoint Commodities. The two investors are highly committed to renewables and energy storage. The investment will support Nostromo's growth in the US.
Yahoo! finance
11 Nov 2021
The cooling properties of ice don’t need to be explained. But did you know that ice can store energy and help companies reduce their carbon footprint in the process?
Andrea Willige / world economic forum
21 Sep 2021
With our planet getting warmer, our cooling requirements are only going to ramp up as we continue to build, develop, and commercialize.
ARIEL SHAPIRA / The jerusalem post
1 Sep 2021
Invezz had the unique opportunity to chat with Nostromo CEO Yoram Ashery along with founder, CTO and President Yaron Ben Nun to understand the company’s technology and outlook
Jayson Derrick / invezz
22 Jul 2021
Climate Change Stands to Displace 2 Billion People Worldwide. These Innovative Solutions Could Help Reduce That Number. It's time for legacy institutions to do their part and implement more environmentally friendly practices.
ARIEL SHAPIRA / Entrepreneur
26 May 2021
Nostromo Energy - Israel Green Tech Start-Up Transforms Water into Ice. Cooling global warming.
TheInvestor Israel PR/ IR
15 Mar 2021
Nostromo Introduces the IceBrick™, the World's First Modular Thermal Energy Storage Cell. Novel thermal energy storage cell is the building block for the safest, most cost-effective, clean, 'behind the meter' energy storage system.
22 Jan 2018
In this episode, Jon Slowe explores how storing 'cold' can help commercial buildings shift their demand away from peak periods.
Jon Slowe, LCP Delta
19 Oct 2026