Dr. Malak Al-Nory is an advisor of Sustainability and Climate Change in the Saudi Ministry of Energy. She is an expert in clean energy and clean water integration, innovative solutions, and strategic planning. She is an established researcher with published research collaborations with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and others. She…

Anna Skarbek is CEO of ClimateWorks Australia, having led the non-profit since its creation in 2009. A former banker, policy adviser and lawyer, she is also a board member of Impact Investment Group, Green Building Council of Australia and the Centre for New Energy Technologies, and was a founding director of the Clean Energy Finance Corpor…

Dr Sang Jun Sim (middle) in his lab. Dr Sang Jun Sim is a professor at Korea University in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. He has dedicated 20 years to developing carbon capture technologies using microalgae. From the development of the core technologies to the demonstration of large-scale CO2 conversion into value-added prod…

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 t…

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. Emerg…