Breakthrough Energy Ventures

Billionaire Bill Gates has backed several clean energy companies with his Breakthrough Energy Ventures and one of those companies could have a way to change wind energy forever. While Airloom Energy could disrupt the wind energy sector, it also faces a tough industry that may experience slower...

The U.S. Energy Department is stepping up its fight against climate change by launching its first-ever funding for a revolutionary form of clean energy: underground hydrogen. As reported by Forbes on Thursday, the department has established a $20 million fund aiming to discover more...

Breakthrough Energy Ventures, run by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has made some aggressive moves in the recent months, including becoming the lead investor in Type One Energy.  Don’t Miss: Why Jason Calacanis and Other Silicon Valley Elites Are Betting On This Startups Vision...

Business magnate Bill Gates’s Breakthrough Energy Ventures has made a number of interesting moves in the last month, including investing in startup ClearFlame Engine Technologies.  Don’t Miss: Qnetic Unveils Revolutionary Flywheel Energy Storage System to Accelerate Renewable...

At the Bill Gates-founded Breakthrough Energy Ventures, an investor met Sandeep Nijhawan, who had four business ideas, each addressing rising global temperatures. Nijhawan — who had recently departed from founding two startups — had no inkling then that one of his ideas could disrupt...

QuantumScape, a solid-state battery maker backed by Bill Gates and Volkswagen AG (OTC: VWAGY), is going public via SPAC Kensington Capital Acquisition (NYSE: KCAC). About QuantumScape: QuantumScape is a 10-year-old battery maker, spun out from Stanford University. The lithium batteries are said to...