Naked Energy raises €10.35M for solar heat
Naked Energy secured €10.35M to expand UK manufacturing for solar-thermal technology.
Climate tech often talks about clean electricity. But a huge part of decarbonisation is heat — the less flashy energy demand hiding in buildings, industry and commercial sites.
What happened
Naked Energy secured €10.35M to build a new UK manufacturing facility for its solar-thermal technology.
The investment was led by Great British Energy, with Barclays Climate Ventures participating. The company’s focus is solar heat, not just solar power, targeting a part of the energy system that is often harder to decarbonise cleanly.
Why it matters
Industrial and commercial heat can be stubborn. Many sites still rely on gas or other fossil-fuel systems because heat demand is local, operationally specific and not always easy to electrify cheaply.
Solar-thermal technology attacks that problem directly. Instead of only generating electricity, it can provide heat for buildings and industrial use cases where thermal energy is the actual requirement.
The bigger picture
The climate-tech market is becoming more practical. Investors and governments are paying more attention to the boring infrastructure that actually cuts emissions: heat, grid flexibility, storage, charging, materials and industrial processes. Naked Energy’s round sits squarely in that second-wave climate infrastructure category.