The US has reinvigorated its commitment to the global clean energy transition with a pledge to take a leadership role in Mission Innovation. The announcement was made as part of a series of six new global initiatives announced by the US as part of President Biden’s Leaders Summit on Climate. In his address to the 40 […]
Those familiar with Mission Innovation will no doubt be aware of the work of the Innovation Challenges (ICs). Over the past four and a half years, MI members and partners have come together through the ICs, focusing on the research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) of technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, increase energy security, and […]
Dear Mission Innovation Members and Community, We are fast approaching the Sixth Mission Innovation Ministerial (MI-6) hosted by Chile, which will be held entirely virtually between Monday May 31 and Sunday June 6 through an online platform designed and purpose-made to create an event that is digital, diverse and dynamic. MI-6 will be the […]
Dr Michaela Kendall, the UK’s MI Champion Dr Michaela Kendall, the UK’s Mission Innovation Champion, is the co-inventor of microtubular solid oxide fuel cells and is chief executive of Birmingham-based Adelan, one of the world’s first fuel cell businesses. Adelan has attracted substantial inward investment to the UK to develop hydrogen technologies and is a […]
By Anthony Hobley (Co-Executive Director Mission Possible Partnership) Commitment to climate action is growing fast in all sectors of society. Net-zero pledges from companies, cities, states, and regions doubled in the past year despite the global pandemic. Now is the time to accelerate action and implementation. The UK and EU are both committed […]
Dr Purnima Jalihal is a senior scientist who heads the Energy and Fresh Water group at the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), India. She has coordinated many first-ever projects in ocean energy and desalination. Her tremendous contribution in setting up the first-ever ocean thermal gradient-based desalination plant at Kavaratti island in the Lakshadweep group […]
Dr Krish Sankaran, Finland’s MI Champion Dr. Krishnaswamy Sankaran is Chief Executive Officer of Radical Innovations Group AB and Finland’s 2020 MI Champion. Based in Vaasa, Finland, Radical Innovations Group AB is a clean energy and circular economy company. In addition to gaining a Doctorate in Engineering Sciences from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology […]
In 2016, Mission Innovation members pledged to seek to “double their investments in clean energy research & development over five years” as well as to “set in place an information-sharing system that could provide information on plans for and progress toward each Member’s efforts towards the doubling target and to facilitate international cooperation.” Members determined […]
By Michael Taylor (Senior Analyst, Renewable Energy Cost Status and Outlook, International Renewable Energy Agency) The clean energy transition will depend largely on successful innovation in the energy sector and will be crucial if countries are to meet their Paris Agreement and increasingly their own domestic goals for net zero by mid-century. Despite this, […]
Contributed by Breakthrough Energy About a dozen pages into his new book “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster,” Bill Gates touts the achievements of Mission Innovation since it was launched in 2015 at the Paris climate conference. The initiative “has unlocked $4.6 billion a year in new money for clean energy research, an increase of […]