Mission Innovation (MI) Breakthroughs, first launched at MI-3, features a collection of over seventy cutting-edge innovations emerging from MI members’ investments that have the greatest potential to significantly accelerate the delivery of clean and affordable energy by 2020.
[Mission Innovation’s] success is underpinned by innovation and I am delighted that at the 3rd Mission Innovation Ministerial in Malmö, Sweden we can shine a light on some of the most significant breakthroughs emerging from […] MI members’ investments.
Rt. Hon. Claire Perry MP
Minister of State for Energy and Clean Growth, UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Explore all the breakthroughs below, or consult the original collection of over 50 stories published at MI-3 as a PDF or flipbook.
You may also access these stories, broken down by MI member, on each of our members’ Innovation breakthroughs pages.
2018
2019
biofuels
buildings
CCUS
circular economy
clean energy materials
converting sunlight
energy efficiency
financing
hydrogen
industry
off-grid access to electricity
renewable energy
smart grids and energy storage
transportation
AIT SmartEST (Smart Electricity Systems and Technologies) Laboratory
Austria, Switzerland
Align CCUS
Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, United Kingdom
Ampyx Power Airborne Wind Energy System (AWES)
Netherlands, Australia, Germany, Ireland
Aqueous reforming for sustainable aviation biofuels
China
AtaMoS-TeC (Atacama Module and System Technology Center)
Chile, France, Germany
BroadBit
European Commission
Celsius City
European Commission, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom
Climeon
Sweden
CO2 hydrogenation with renewable H2
China
Compact reactors for synthetic fuels
Germany
DBT-ICT Centre’s 2G-Ethanol technology
India
Doubling the efficiency of biomass power plants
Sweden
Drone hydrogen fuel cell powerpack
Republic of Korea, United States
Dual fuel hydrogen-diesel combustion system
Chile, Austria, Canada
Dynatec reactor for refining silicon
Norway
Eco-Stock heat storage
European Commission, France
ECOVAT Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage & Provider for Grid flexibility
Netherlands, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, Sweden
Electric tenders for extending electric vehicle range
European Commission, France
Energiepark Mainz (energy park in Mainz)
Germany
Energise Africa
United Kingdom, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Mozambique
EnergyHub flexible solar power direct current inverter
Sweden
Floating solar power plants on the ocean
India
Fuel cell transformation for mining fleets
Chile, Canada, France, Germany, Norway, Spain
Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy
Canada
Future of the Fjords
Norway
Glencore’s Raglan mine: A wind turbine success
Canada
Grätzel photovoltaics: third generation of photovoltaics
Sweden
High-power all-solid-state batteries
Japan
HIKARI positive energy buildings
Japan, France
Hivve sustainable modular classrooms
Australia
HyBoost-2: More hydrogen fueling for less
Denmark, Norway
Hydrogen production via water splitting
Saudi Arabia
India-Sweden Innovations Accelerator (ISIA)
Sweden, India
ITAKA: sustainable aviation biofuels
European Commission, Brazil, Finland, France, Italy, Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom
LIBRES: Battery recycling in a circular economy
Norway
Liquid organic hydrogen carriers
Germany
Micro Solar Domes
India
New hydrogen-based electricity generator beats alternatives
European Commission, Greece
Peer-to-peer green lending platform
Australia
Perovskite solar cells
Republic of Korea
Piclo peer-to-peer energy trading platform
United Kingdom, Italy, Netherlands
Power Ledger
Australia
Q-bot
United Kingdom, European Commission, France
RateSetter’s Green Loan marketplace
Australia
REGMAX: improving the energy efficiency of stainless steel pickling
Austria
Reinventing the wheel for global markets
Australia
Reversible Solid Oxide Cells
Germany, France
Safer solid electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries
Republic of Korea
Shell Canada’s Quest Carbon Capture and Storage Facility
Canada
Smart circuit breakers to control power
Sweden
Snapshots: Financing
Australia
Snapshots: Fuels
Germany, European Commission, Sweden
Snapshots: Heating and cooling of buildings
United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Israel, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, United States, Sweden
Snapshots: Industry
Australia, European Commission, Germany, Norway, Sweden
Snapshots: Renewable energy
China, Chile, Germany, France, Japan, Sweden
Snapshots: Smart grids and energy storage
Germany, India, Republic of Korea
Snapshots: Transportation
Norway, Germany, Canada, Sweden
Solar Foods – Food out of thin air
Finland
String Integrated Methane Platform
India
Superconducting Cables (AmpaCity)
Germany
TetraSpar
Denmark
Upside Energy: A cloud-based smart grid platform
United Kingdom
Vehicle Integrated Photovoltaic (VIPV)
Germany