Empowering innovatorsto build the futureof energy

Breakthrough Energy is a global platform to accelerate clean energy innovation and build the industries of the future.

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Energy is prosperity
Affordable
Reliable
Clean
Energy
The opportunity
AHEAD

The world's demand for electricity will double by 2050.

Innovation is how we can meet humanity's needs without sacrificing prosperity or planet.

51k TWh
in 2050
27k TWh
in 2024
The opportunity ahead

When I see a tough problem, my first thought is always “how can innovation help solve this?” That's why Breakthrough Energy was started – to bring the power of innovation to bear on the toughest problem humanity has ever faced: climate change.

Bill GatesFounder  Breakthrough Energy
This is energy innovation
on a global scale
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This is energy innovation on a global scale
Manufacturing
Electricity
Agriculture
Transportation
Building

We work to accelerate progress across every source of emissions, transforming the five sectors of the global economy into a landscape of opportunity.

Discover
Develop
Deploy
Investing in Opportunity
We survey the landscape for white space where we can drive technology discovery and leverage our unique talents to build great companies from the ground up.
We partner with the world's leading innovators to turn breakthrough technologies into great businesses.
Superior performance is our north star—clean technologies have to be affordable and reliable to reach global scale.

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