Overview
Frans Timmermans
Executive Vice President
“Accelerating the clean energy transition is a must if we want to reach climate neutrality by 2050. Innovation helps remove cost barriers, technical obstacles and further accelerate the necessary translation. The enthusiasm with which Mission Innovation members are working to bring additional solutions to the most difficult energy transition challenges, including hydrogen, power and shipping, is truly encouraging.”
Mariya Gabriel
Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth
“Clean energy is the key element of dual challenge of climate change and the need to move to a low-carbon economy. As the problem is global, the solutions will only work through international cooperation. Mission Innovation is a successful platform to keep countries involved in concrete discussions how to work on, learn from and facilitate deployment of, clean energy innovations. It’s a complement to the ambition of the European Green Deal.”
Kadri Simson
Commissioner for Energy
“Globally, our focus is to maintain energy dialogues with our international partners. Mission Innovation has contributed to these discussions by keeping investment in clean energy high on the political agenda. Our clean energy targets can only be achieved through investments in new, affordable clean energy solutions. Mission Innovation is instrumental in this respect. We welcome its continued efforts to engage international players and develop breakthrough solutions.”
Senior Representatives
Ms. Rosalinde Van Der Vlies
MI Steering Committee Vice-Chair
Director, Clean Planet, DG Research & Innovation
Ms. Anna Krzyzanowska
MI Steering Committee member
Adviser, Directorate General for Research and Innovation, European Commission
Role in Mission Innovation
- Member of the Mission Innovation Steering Committee (Vice Chair)
- Member of the Technical Advisory Group
- Participates in the Mission Innovation Secretariat
- Co-leads the Clean Hydrogen Mission
- Co-leads the Urban Transitions Mission
- Supports the Green Powered Future Mission
- Supports the Carbon Dioxide Removal Mission
- Support group member of the Integrated Biorefineries Mission
- Involvement in the Net-Zero Industries Mission
- Contributes to the Innovation Platform (Insights, and Collaborate modules – co-leads the Innovation Community on Affordable Heating and Cooling of Buildings, IC7)
News and events
- [June 2, 2021] European Union joins Mission Innovation members in launching MI2.0 and a decade of clean energy innovation to accelerate achieving the Paris Agreement Goals
- European Union celebrates Mission Innovation’s 5-year anniversary: Successful collaboration remembered through 5 major achievements
- On October 17, 2018, Carlos Moedas, Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, and Bill Gates, Chairman of Breakthrough Energy Venture, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish Breakthrough Energy Europe (BEE), a joint investment fund that will help innovative European companies develop and bring to market radically new clean energy technologies.
- On 22 May, 2018, the MI Secretariat, the International Energy Agency and the European Commission Joint Research Centre held a joint workshop to enhance the collection and understanding of data on public and private spending on energy RD&D.
- The European Commission is offering several clean energy innovation funding opportunities.
MI Champions
MI Champions is a program for recognizing and supporting the next wave of energy technology leaders.
Meet the European Commission’s Champions!
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Participation in MI’s first phase
- Participated in the Mission Innovation Steering Committee
- Participated in the Mission Innovation Secretariat
- Participated in the Analysis and Joint Research Sub-Group
- Participated in the Business and Investor Engagement Sub-Group
- Co-led the:
- Participated in the:
Resources:
- (First phase) PLANS AND PRIORITIES
- HIGHLIGHTS IN 2017
- HIGHLIGHTS IN 2018
- HIGHLIGHTS IN 2019
- (First phase) INNOVATION BREAKTHROUGHS
Clean Energy Innovation investment (MI 1.0)
Country-determined baseline year(s): 2013-2015
Baseline funding amount: EUR €989 million (USD $1.1 billion)
Doubling target year: 2020
Doubling target amount: EUR €1.974 billion (USD $2.2 billion)
Find out more about how the European Commission’s baseline and doubling are calculated
*Figures in the spending chart are based on USD exchange rates in 2021
