The project, which is being funded by the California Energy Commission, kicks off in September 2024 and is expected to span a two and a half year period.

The threat of finite natural resources can be managed by switching to heat pumps—a move that will pay for itself in resulting energy-cost reductions.

By now it’s clear that the major industries of the world must make radical changes to minimize the effects of climate change, and that includes revamping the thermal utilities that power our global food systems, which account for more than 34% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.