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

Energy is prosperity

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 TWhin 2050
27k TWhin 2024
The opportunity ahead
Affordable
Reliable
Clean
Energy

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

We work to accelerate progress acrossevery source of emissions, transformingthe five sectors of the global economy intoa landscape of opportunity.

Manufacturing
30% emissions

The clean industrial revolution starts with transforming how we make everything in the world—from steel and cement to everyday materials.

Manufacturing

Electricity
28% emissions

The world must build 21st century grids while delivering energy abundance—clean, affordable, and reliable power for everyone.

Electricity

Agriculture
19% emissions

From growing rice to raising cattle, innovating how we feed ourselves is a prime opportunity. Meet the innovators who will feed the world for decades to come.

Agriculture

Transportation
16% emissions

Clean ways of getting around are reshaping how we get where we need to go, expanding opportunity in the process.

Transportation

Buildings
7% emissions

Human comfort is central to human thriving—we're investing to ensure everyone can keep cool in the summer and warm in the winter, without emissions.

Buildings

This is energy innovationon a global scale

Our Ventures
innovation approach
Based on a clear investment thesis, we discover promising technologies and leverage our unique resources and talent to build companies from the ground up.
Once the technology has been validated, we accelerate the development of breakthrough innovations and build resilient companies.
We focus on driving down the costs and eliminating green premiums of clean technologies so they can be deployed globally.
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