Our History

The origin of Viking Cold’s Thermal Energy Storage (TES) in freezers came from the need for improved energy efficiency and food protection in the low-temperature cold chain. Starting with frozen shipping containers, our founder Paul Robbins developed a method of combining Phase Change Materials (PCM), intelligent controls, and monitoring software which could integrate with existing refrigeration systems across the cold chain.

With the proven solution and patent in hand, in 2011 Paul started Viking Cold Solutions, Inc. in Jacksonville Florida. He quickly recognized the opportunity beyond shipping containers and applied the technology to cold storage warehouses in Puerto Rico, St. Thomas and Bermuda, where electricity rates were high and the temperatures very demanding.

During 2012 Viking Cold entered the domestic US market and by early 2013 had found new partners and financing to drive this expansion. The company relocated to Houston, Texas, to be positioned more centrally in the supply chain and to more easily access customers.

Over the next several years Viking Cold completed a third-party (California Public Utilities Commission) validation study that confirmed the technology’s benefits, gained acceptance from numerous utilities across the country, and successfully installed TES systems in California, Texas, Florida, and Massachusetts. Today, the company’s technology is being installed in cold storage warehouses, supermarkets, restaurants, and food processing facilities throughout the US, Mexico, the Caribbean, Australia and has proposals to install on three more continents in 2020.

Viking Cold’s innovative TES technology is transforming the energy efficiency of the Cold Chain while protecting the world’s food supply and reducing the carbon footprint of refrigeration.

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