Jan Arne Wold ©Equinor A new analysis of offshore wind shows how investments helped develop and deploy innovation in the sector By Martina Lyons (Associate Programme Officer at IRENA – Innovation and End-Use sectors) Clean energy technology innovation plays a critical role in accelerating the global energy transition toward net-zero. With the transition rapidly […]
This year, International Energy Agency analysis has stressed the critical need for clean energy innovation in meeting ambitious climate goals such as net-zero emission pledges. To achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, almost half the reductions in 2050 compared with our baseline scenario come from technologies currently at the demonstration or prototype phase. In heavy industry […]
With materials accounting for at least half of clean energy’s costs, new ‘Materials Acceleration Platforms’ are springing up around the world By Dr. Mark S Kozdras (MI Materials for Energy Co-lead, Program Manager at Natural Resources Canada) Materials for Energy (M4E) is a new collaborative initiative within the MI Innovation Platform. Emerging from the success […]
By Helen Fairclough (MI Platform Workstream Lead and Operations Manager) After 18 months of development by MI members and the MI Secretariat it was rewarding to see the launch of the MI Innovation Platform at the Innovating to New Zero Summit on 2 June. The Innovation Platform is a suite of programmes led by and […]
Luciano Martini, Director of the Green Powered Future Mission Shortly after the launch of the Green Powered Future Mission the Mission Innovation Secretariat was pleased to have a chat with its new Mission Director, Luciano Martini, to talk about the set-up and future plans of the Mission. In his day-job, Luciano is Director of the […]
By Marieke Beckmann (Senior Advisor, International Energy Innovation Strategy at the UK’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and Missions Workstream Lead in the MI Secretariat) ———– I joined Mission Innovation (MI) in January 2020, a “super year” in the climate community[1]. The Annual MI Gathering in Riyadh in early February was […]
John Olav Tande, Norway’s MI Champion (first cohort) John Olav Giæver Tande is Chief Scientist and Research Manager at SINTEF Energy Research (Norway), and a pioneer in floating offshore wind energy. He is the director of the newly launched NorthWind research centre, an 8 year, 31.5 million EUR research centre working on innovations to make […]
Are you passionate about working at the forefront of science and EU energy policy, have a solid scientific background and a strong interest in energy issues? The Joint Research Centre, the science and knowledge service of the European Commission, is offering a dynamic position at the interface between science and policy. In this role, you […]
23 governments responsible for over 90% of global public investment in clean energy innovation commit to greater action to make clean energy affordable, attractive and accessible to all this decade. Mission Innovation 2.0 will spearhead a decade of innovation to catalyze increased investment in clean energy research, development and demonstrations to deliver affordable clean energy […]
Jaafar Mounir Benabbou, Morocco’s MI Champion Introduction Jaafar Mounir Benabbou is General Manager and co-founder of Solar e-Cycles Morocco. Born in Paris, he earned a bachelor’s degree in science and mathematics at Hassan 2 High School in Safi, Morocco, and attended preparatory classes for engineering at Lycée Marceau, Chartes, France. He graduated from ESCA EM […]