Breakthrough Energy Catalyst
Backs first-of-a-kind clean energy projects in hydrogen, storage, aviation fuel, and direct air capture.
Breakthrough Energy Catalyst is the deployment-stage programme of Breakthrough Energy, the climate technology organisation backed by Bill Gates, and is distinct from the earlier-stage Fellows and Ventures programmes. Catalyst is specifically designed to fund large demonstration and first-of-a-kind (FOAK) commercial-scale projects in emerging climate technologies — sectors where the underlying scie…
Grants, equity, and concessional debt for first-of-a-kind commercial-scale climate technology projects in green hydrogen, long-duration storage, sustainable aviation fuel, direct air capture, and clean manufacturing.
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