The “Comfort and Climate Box” is a new heating and/or cooling concept, integrating energy transformation, storage and control. It was initially conceptualized during the first workshop of Mission Innovation, Affordable Heating and Cooling of Buildings Innovation Challenge 7 (IC7), in Abu Dhabi, in November 2017. The concept is being developed in collaboration with the International […]
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The 4th Industrial Revolution meets the Clean Energy Revolution
Davos is the annual opportunity for world leaders to talk about the future. This year, the theme was Globalization 4.0: shaping a new architecture in the age of the fourth industrial revolution. Mission Innovation brought its valuable experience to the debate on the challenges created by the innovation-driven economy and the unprecedented pace of […]
Successes and solutions shared in Santiago
MI member representatives met in Santiago, Chile, at the end of January 2019 to assess progress towards delivering the MI Action Plan, to discuss how to advance key initiatives to deliver real impacts and to plan for the 4th MI Ministerial in Vancouver in May. Successes since the launch of MI three years ago […]
The countdown to #CEMMI2019 has begun!
As part of the recent MI Gathering in Santiago, Chile, MI members endorsed the Ministerial Planning Team’s proposed structure for MI-4 and provided valuable feedback on programmatic elements, helping to further refine a comprehensive, meaningful and engaging Ministerial programme. MI-4 will start with a public-private breakfast focused on “investing in transformative change,” where business […]
Industry participation central to success of Smart Grids Innovation Challenge workshop
Stakeholders from the public and private sectors convened in Rome from 21st to 23rd November for the fourth Smart Grids Innovation Workshop. The event included the first Smart Grids Innovation Challenge Industry Workshop, involving speakers from many industry representatives including ENEL, GE Global and Power Links Technology Limited*, and the launch of the Smart […]
COP24: A clear road ahead towards the Paris Agreement goals
At COP24 in Katowice. Poland, world leaders were urged to take action and listen to the wake-up call in the IPCC’s 1.5°C report. At the end of two intense weeks of climate negotiations, governments adopted a set of guidelines for implementing the landmark 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement, which will enter into force in 2020. […]
Mission Innovation at the COP24 UN Climate Conference
Three years on from the signing of the Paris Agreement, the parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change will meet in Katowice, Poland, from 3 to 14 December 2018. Mission Innovation (MI) members and partners are organising a wide range of events on clean energy innovation, which this newsletter showcases. Members are […]
$103 million funding to address the priorities of IC3
The Carbon Capture Innovation Challenge (IC3) is demonstrating the impact of international collaboration with the allocation of $103 million funding to support projects aligned with IC3’s priorities. The US Department of Energy (US DOE) recently announced up to $30 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development on Novel and Enabling Carbon Capture […]
Mission Innovation investor framework launched at European Climate Innovation Summit
A Framework to support investors and funders to identify those system solutions and technologies that have significant ability or potential to contribute to reduced greenhouse gas emissions in society, so called avoided emissions, has been launched by Mission Innovation. The financial sector has long seen climate change almost exclusively as a risk with the need […]
Breakthrough Energy Europe: a new €100 million clean energy investment fund
Governments have traditionally funded early stage energy technology research but find it difficult to support technologies through to commercial exploitation. Conversely, private investors are good at identifying the most promising companies and start-ups but are unable to assume both technological and commercial risks. What if a new approach could avoid these pitfalls by allowing […]
