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Y S TO R T H E R S O FA IMPACT REPORT Mission Innovation is a global ACHIEVEMENTS AND IMPACT intergovernmental initiative working to accelerate clean energy innovation Mission Innovation members are on track to 25 members on 5 continents are working to deliver their commitment to seek to double stimulate innovation with the objective to make clean energy innovation funding over 5 years clean energy more widely affordable. This report sets out Mission Innovation members’ achievements to date. SINCE 2015

Mission Innovation members’ have delivered: Mission Innovation has four goals $4.6bn 70 increase international in annual investment publications in clean energy highlighting the work innovation of Mission Innovation

$1.3bn funding for 59 new 19 international innovators collaborations selected as Mission supporting clean energy Innovation Champions innovation Substantial Increased Increasing Raising boost in private sector international awareness 100 46 events public-sector engagement collaboration of transformational on 4 continents investment and investment potential ofenergy innovations involving 4300 innovation identified that will avoid 2 gigatonnes CO2 emissions innovators, investors per year by 2030 and policy makers mission-innovation.net Timeline DECEMBER 2018 MAY 2018 NOVEMBER 2015 COP24, Katowice 3rd Ministerial, Malmo • Side event at the UK Pavilion on Launch of Mission Innovation (MI), COP21, Paris • Austria welcomed as the 24th MI member role of clean energy innovation in “Participating countries have come together to launch Mission Innovation • $3.1 billion annual increase in public pursuing efforts towards 1.5°C to reinvigorate and accelerate public and private global clean energy funding and 39 collaborations reported • Strong MI presence contributed innovation with the objective to make clean energy widely affordable.” • Delivering the MI Action Plan published to keeping innovation high Joint Launch Statement • Announcement of collaborations with on the political agenda the International Energy Agency and International Renewable Energy Agency MAY 2019 • Launch of the 8th Innovation Challenge 4th Ministerial, Vancouver on Renewable and Clean hydrogen • Morocco welcomed as the 25th MI member • $4.6 billion annual increase in public funding and 59 collaborations reported • Announcement of collaborations MARCH 2018 with the World Bank and Global Covenant of Mayors JUNE 2016 MI Clean Energy Financing • Opened dialogue to increase private Event, Vancouver sector participation and include Inaugural Ministerial, San Francisco Clean energy companies from MI women, youth and innovators • The European Commission, acting on behalf of the European Union, becomes the 21st members had the opportunity to pitch member, adding $1 billion to the annual MI member spend on clean energy innovation and speak to more than 90 major • Ministers met with members of the Coalition, including investors at this event organised 2020 , to discuss the importance of collaborating with the private sector by Natural Resources Canada Road from Vancouver to Chile

JUNE 2017 NOVEMBER 2016 2nd Ministerial, Beijing DECEMBER 2017 COP22, Marrakesh • Launch of the MI Action Plan with JANUARY 2018 four goals driving MI’s efforts One Planet Summit, Paris • Finland and the Netherlands The Breakthrough Energy Coalition welcomed as the 22nd and • Announcement of collaboration meeting, Davos 23rd members with the World Economic announces partnerships with five MI Forum to increase linkages with members (Canada, United Kingdom, France, MI represented at the Forum’s • Launch of seven Innovation the private sector on MI clean Mexico, and the European Commission), Stewardship Board on “Shaping the Challenges, global calls to energy innovation investments representing a new approach to public- Future” and Accelerating Sustainable action for international private collaboration that supports Energy Innovation sessions collaboration in important low carbon energy investments technology areas PROGRESS TOWARDS GOAL 1 Substantial boost in public-sector investment Mission Innovation (MI) members are on track to meet their commitment to seek to double their investment in clean energy innovation over five NETHERLANDS years. In Year 3, members reported a total annual The Netherlands have doubled their MI- increase of $4.6 billion against their baselines. related RD&D investments in three years, reaching about €205 million in 2018. Amongst Additional annual public Increase in public sector investment the most successful national programs that sector investment ($) over MI baseline (%) supported energy-innovation projects are the The Netherlands and UK have Topsector Energy Program, the Demonstration already doubled their MI relevant Program for Climate & Energy Innovation, and 55% the Renewable Energy Program. Additional $4.6bn investments. China has had the largest absolute increase funding for the upcoming National Climate $3.1bn in clean innovation investment Agreement stimulated research & innovation 38.8% projects in areas including CO2 reduction in of reporting members. $1.1bn industry, increased flexibility of the electricity system, hydrogen and spatial integration of large-scale renewable energy production. 12.7% CHINA MI-related funding in China increased from YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 25 bn RMB in 2015 to 42 bn RMB in 2018, MI and the International Energy with an increment of more than 68%. Over Agency (IEA) have worked closely this time China’s Ministry of Science and together and with members Technology (MOST) has launched new to enhance data collection on research, development and demonstration government spending for energy programs in the areas of energy saving RD&D building on the collaboration MI members are investing across a range of technologies technology, new energy vehicles, smart grids, agreement signed in 2018. In depending on national priorities. renewable energy, hydrogen energy and collaboration with MI, the IEA has clean and high efficiency utilization of coal. Since 2015, cumulative MI-relevant investments by reporting members have included: worked with members including The “ and Equipment” Project Brazil, India and China through $8.7 billion $4.1 billion $1.2 billion supports 120 innovation projects, with total the Clean Energy Transitions on renewable energy on grid integration, on hydrogen and fuel cells public support of 1.5 billion RMB, whilst the Programme to design more effective including at least: transmission and “Renewable Energy and Hydrogen Energy R&D reporting methods and has storage technologies $860 million Technology” Project is investing 0.5 billion • $1.5bn on solar energy on buildings and appliances brought together their innovation RMB in 31 innovation projects. CCS and • $1.1bn on data and analysis in a central $1.3 billion $772 million cleaner fossil fuels accounted for about 40% portal www.iea.org/innovation • $844m on wind energy on transport on carbon capture and storage of MI-related spend in China in 2018. PROGRESS TOWARDS GOAL 2

Increased private EUROPEAN COMMISSION The creation of a new €100M public-private sector engagement INDIA investment fund, Breakthrough Energy Ventures – Europe (BEV-E), was announced The world’s firstClean Energy International and investment in October 2018 by the European Commission Incubation Centre (CEIIC) was launched by the Mission Innovation (MI) members and the Bill Gates-led Breakthrough Energy. Indian Government and the Tata Trust in Delhi BEV-E is a pilot investment vehicle, which are launching new initiatives and in September 2019. It is providing $5 million in brings patient public and private capital investment funds in partnership support to start-ups/innovators from across together to support and catalyze European with the private sector to accelerate MI members to test their technologies in the clean energy technologies and entrepreneurs. the commercialisation and local market. To date CEIIC has incubated 7 BEV-E will invest in technologies that can make Indian start-ups and 2 international start-ups. scale-up of new technologies. material greenhouse gas emissions reductions in five key areas that are essential to combat UK CHILE climate change: electricity, transportation, agriculture, manufacturing, and buildings. The UK has announced a new early stage The Atacama Desert, in the north of Chile, is NORWAY a natural laboratory, with: the highest levels Clean Growth Fund. The government will Norway has developed a new support scheme of solar irradiation, high levels of ultra violet CANADA invest up to £20 million on commercial terms called PILOT-E that fast-tracks innovations radiation, dust, temperatures above 70°C in alongside at least £20 million of private sector from idea to market inspired by the American the photovoltaics modules, and water scarcity, Canada’s partnership with Breakthrough capital in order to catalyse the market. The programs ARPA-E and DARPA. The first call all these is an opportunity to develop PV Energy will support up to 15 Canadian clean fund will support early stage clean technology launched in 2016 focused on “emissionfree systems that will be able to operate in harsh energy technology firms over an initial two- companies in the UK to accelerate the maritime transport” with the first new conditions all around the World. In 2016, the year investment period. This outcomes- commercialisation of promising technologies. vessel already in use. “Future of the fjords” Chilean Government funded AtaMoS-TeC based program will target solutions that is the first all-electric, fully battery-driven, (Atacama Module and System Technology have significant GHG potential (>0.5 gt) at sightseeing vessel that can operate in 16 Center) bringing together the government, global scale, across four domains – electricity, SWEDEN knots, with 400 passengers, for 2.5 hours. By and national and international companies buildings, transport, and manufacturing. 2022, around 70 new electric ferries will be The MI Avoided Emissions Framework and technology centres in a partnership to operating on the Norwegian fjords and there (AEF) will enable public and private investors implement a portfolio of projects to develop AUSTRALIA are projects for hydrogen ferries underway. to identify the technologies that have and reduce the cost of photovoltaic systems the greatest potential to tackle climate created specifically for desert conditions. The Australian Clean Energy Innovation change. It has identified 100 innovations Fund launched in 2016 has committed over globally with the potential to avoid 2 AUD$58 million to provide financial support gigatonnes CO2e per year by 2030. The World Economic Forum put forward six for innovative and emerging clean energy bold ideas for accelerating technologies. This includes an AUD$10 innovation at the 3rd MI Ministerial. The million cornerstone investment in a Clean gigatonnes Forum in coordination with MI, is now working Energy Seed Fund targeting scalable, high of avoided emissions to establish one of the bold ideas, a first in its growth potential start-ups. The funds have from 100 solutions kind Global Sustainable Energy Innovation supported technologies such as hybrid solar Fund (SEIF) using public and private blended generation and storage energy management finance to overcome the inherent valley of systems, electric vehicles in medium-duty misolutionframework.net death for breakthrough energy innovation. trucks, and scaling up of the Internet of Things ©Brødrene Aa network focused on cutting energy use. PROGRESS TOWARDS GOAL 3 UK / REPUBLIC OF KOREA CANADA / UK A new $9 million UK-Republic of Korea The first phase of thePower Forward collaboration on smart energy was launched Challenge is funding 21 Canadian and UK Increasing in 2018 to accelerate the speed and extent of companies to develop the best smart energy deployment of smart, flexible energy system systems for the 21st Century. $15 million international solutions. 3 projects have been funded which is available to innovators who can bring will demonstrate gamification of electric vehicle disruptive technologies or new thinking to collaboration charging, an energy flexibility trading platform develop clean, robust and flexible power Mission Innovation (MI) members have and a liquid air production and storage system. grids and energy systems that anticipate built new international collaborations All projects are expected to be completed and meet the needs of networks around the world with the aim of having pilot-scale in clean energy innovation, with 8 8 and to disseminate learning by March 2021. 9 demonstrations by December 2020. $1.3 billion invested in 59 new cooperation activities since 2015. 6 INDIA 21 REPUBLIC OF KOREA These bilateral or multilateral activities 12 13 A total of $17 million has been allocated to include joint RD&D calls, demonstration 13 support collaboration between innovators The Republic of Korea is supporting projects, student and researcher exchanges 6 in MI countries and Indian institutions collaboration with 5 MI members 12 EC and coordinated funding calls. in support of the Innovation Challenges, through a new $21.6 million joint 10 with 47 projects funded - 20 on Carbon research programme launched in 2018 Capture and Storage (IC3), 14 on biofuels to support the Innovation Challenges. (IC4) and 13 on converting sunlight (IC5). Researchers from Canada, the US, India and Germany are working with researchers from Korea on the 8 projects funded to date. Activities include joint workshops, researcher exchanges, research sample exchange and visits to demonstration sites.

7 AUSTRIA / SWEDEN The Joint Programming Platform Smart Energy Systems, led by Austria and 16 3 Sweden, will launch the MICall19 4 4 multilateral call in Autumn 2019 focusing 5 on Storage Technology and Storage 5 14 Systems Integration. Participation in the Call is open to public funders from all MI members and will use an existing model (ERA-NET) as a quick route to support the work of the Innovation Challenges on Smart Grids Number of (IC1), Clean Energy Materials (IC6), 1 2 collaborations Heating & Cooling (IC7) and Hydrogen (IC8). The Call will be a forerunner for each member future multilateral collaboration. participates in PROGRESS TOWARDS GOAL 3 Increasing International Collaboration: Innovation Challenges (ICs) ICs are global calls to action aimed at increasing collaboration and accelerating innovation in priority technology areas.

IC2: OFF-GRID ACCESS IC3: CARBON CAPTURE, TO ELECTRICITY UTILISATION AND STORAGE IC4: SUSTAINABLE BIOFUELS

IC1: SMART GRIDS OBJECTIVE OBJECTIVE OBJECTIVE To develop systems that enable off-grid To enable near-zero CO2 emissions To develop ways to produce, at scale, OBJECTIVE households and communities to access from power plants and carbon widely affordable, advanced biofuels for To enable future grids that are powered affordable and reliable renewable electricity intensive industries transportation and industrial applications by affordable, reliable, decentralised CO-LEADS CO-LEADS CO-LEADS renewable electricity systems

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17 MEMBERS INVOLVED 18 MEMBERS INVOLVED 12 MEMBERS INVOLVED

18 MEMBERS INVOLVED MI members have launched two major The US Department of Energy ($30 million) Since 2017 China has allocated $62 million programmes in support of IC2. France is and the Accelerating Carbon Capture and to bilateral/multilateral sustainable biofuels IC1 launched the Smart Grids Innovation investing €1.8M in 9 projects in Africa, in Storage Technologies (http://www.act-ccs. projects, including collaboration with the Accelerator in 2019, as an open platform Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Madagascar, eu/) consortium ($35 million) have designed US, Italy, Japan, Korea, Brazil, India and the for gathering information, data, tools, Mauritania, Togo. The projects cover a range new Calls for Proposals to meet the scientific EU. India announced a funding call in June factsheets, results and experience from of renewable energy technologies (hybrid challenges that were identified by IC3 through 2018. The inclusion of researchers from best practices and successful projects in systems, solar, river stream generator and an international scientific workshop. The MI members was mandatory to encourage the field of smart grids with the specific biomass) and different uses of electricity to European Commission also has an indicative international collaboration. MI members aim to be replicated and adopted broadly. enhance economic development (irrigation, budget of $38 million for industrial CCS from Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech It will become a powerful tool to foster agriculture, desalination and mobility). Winners projects involving partners from MI members, Republic, the Netherlands, Norway, Saudi and accelerate smart grids deployment, to of the Indian $5 million off-grid competition bringing the total funding to $103 million. Arabia, UK and USA are collaborating with enlarge public-private collaborations and to are collaborating with organisations from Indian investigators on topics including IC3 is addressing critical research gaps identify innovative enabling technologies 9 MI members - Australia, Canada, France, development of advanced biofuels, in higher Technology Readiness Levels and business models to plan long term Germany, Italy, Norway, Sweden, UK and production of enzymes for biofuels, methods concepts and strengthening cooperation investments in the smart grids field. IC1 has the USA - to improve energy access at for improvements of biological feedstock with private sector through an industry agreed to cooperate with the International affordable cost in diverse geographies for and heterotrophic algal production. focused workshop being organized in Smart Grid Action Network to improve the individuals and communities with no or Trondheim, Norway, in June 2019. link between innovation and deployment. limited access to grid connected power. PROGRESS TOWARDS GOAL 3 Increasing International Collaboration: Innovation Challenges (ICs) ICs are global calls to action aimed at increasing collaboration and accelerating innovation in priority technology areas.

IC7: AFFORDABLE HEATING IC8: RENEWABLE AND IC6: CLEAN ENERGY MATERIALS AND COOLING OF BUILDINGS CLEAN HYDROGEN

IC5: CONVERTING SUNLIGHT OBJECTIVE OBJECTIVE OBJECTIVE To accelerate the exploration, discovery To make low-carbon heating and cooling To accelerate the development of a global OBJECTIVE and use of new high-performance, affordable for everyone hydrogen market by identifying and To discover affordable ways to convert low-cost clean energy materials overcoming key technology barriers sunlight into storable solar fuels CO-LEADS CO-LEADS CO-LEADS

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15 MEMBERS INVOLVED 18 MEMBERS INVOLVED 13 MEMBERS INVOLVED

19 MEMBERS INVOLVED IC6 is putting its vision and plan for The work of IC7 has resulted in several IC8 members are identifying focus areas accelerating the rate of materials innovation new international projects to accelerate low where global research and innovation effort The European Commission launched a €5 by at least 10 times into action with the carbon Heating & Cooling technologies. In is likely to generate the most impact in million Artificial Photosynthesis prize at publication of the Materials Acceleration collaboration with the IEA, members are the short term. They have agreed that the the One Planet Summit in 2017. The prize, Platforms (MAPs) Report and 15 international developing the “Comfort and Climate Box” “hydrogen valleys” concept, a geographical to be awarded in 2021, is open to all legal activities in 10 countries on 3 continents. The (CCB), a new solution to provide integrated area – a city, a region, an island or an industrial entities around the world to develop a fully work of the IC has been showcased in Nature heating, cooling and energy storage at the cluster - where several hydrogen applications functional, bench-scale prototype of an Materials Reviews, the 2018 Emissions Gap same time as working with a smart energy grid. are combined together into an integrated artificial photosynthesis based system which Report of the United Nations Environmental The Global Cooling Prize is rallying a coalition hydrogen ecosystem, will be one of the focus can produce a useable synthetic fuel. Program (UNEP), MIT Technology Review of leaders from around the world to solve the areas. The consumption of a significant amount and Forbes Magazine. MAPs collaborations critical climate threat that comes from growing of hydrogen and the coverage of the entire The IC5 international expert group has also are under development with 11 MI residential air conditioning demand. The $3 value chain in the “Hydrogen Valley” will offer raised global awareness of the potential members. The CAD$8 million proof-of- million prize, initiated by the Rocky Mountain a pathway for scaling up and will showcase the of solar fuels and artificial photosynthesis. concept project Ada launched in Canada Institute and MI with funding from the Indian sectorial integration capability of hydrogen. This has resulted in this topic being a focus has already demonstrated how artificial Government, aims to spur the development of the 7th Energy Research Programme intelligence can drive a robotic platform to of technologies with 5x less climate impact of the German Federal Government and develop new materials faster and cheaper. and not more than 2x installed cost than air India launching a funding opportunity. conditioners being sold today by 2020. PROGRESS TOWARDS GOAL 4 MI Champions programme Raising awareness of The MI Champions programme celebrates exceptional researchers and innovators who the transformational are inventing the clean energy products and services of the future or discovering potential of energy the science that underpins them. These 19 Champions were selected from across MI innovation member countries, through a rigorous process and were announced at the 4th Ministerial Mission Innovation (MI) supports UNITED STATES in Vancouver. Over the next year these and celebrates the Ideas & Champions will work with MI to raise the In 2018, U.S Department of Energy Innovators that are driving the pace profile of clean energy around the world. of the clean energy transition. researchers won or shared 32 of the R&D 100 awards including Special Recognition MI will continue to champion clean energy for “Green Tech”, “Market Disruptor— innovation on the global stage at events, Products”, and “Corporate Social through press coverage and via social media. Responsibility”. The R&D 100 Awards The message is clear: by coupling public recognise exceptional new products investment with private sector leadership, by or processes that were developed and harnessing the power of innovation, fledgling introduced into the marketplace. ideas can be brought into the mainstream.

4,300 innovators, MI reached 60,000 investors and people in 181 policy makers countries in 2018 involved in 46 through our new events on 4 website and also continents enhanced our social media presence

Over 50 MI referenced in breakthrough over 70 international innovation publications and solutions published online articles michampions.net PROGRESS TOWARDS GOAL 4 SWEDEN Raising awareness of ©Tugliq Energy Co. EUROPEAN COMISSION CorPower Ocean has developed a the transformational compact high-efficiency Wave Energy Converter, with a design inspired by the potential of energy pumping principles of the human heart. The design enables the converter to innovation oscillate in resonance with the incoming Mission Innovation members’ investments waves, strongly amplifying the motion and are resulting in breakthrough solutions AUSTRALIA power capture while surviving the most that have the potential to significantly CANADA powerful storms. Public sector support Australia invested 2.57 million AUD to accelerate the delivery of clean and has been provided through Horizon 2020, support Power Ledger to trial the use of With $7.8 million in funding from the InnoEnergy, Wave Energy Scotland and affordable energy. MI has profiled over 50 blockchain-powered distributed energy Government of Canada, Tugliq Energy Co Solutions that were supported by public the Swedish Energy Agency. A half-scale and water systems and assess how cities has demonstrated the ability to deliver unit was tested at the European Marine investment and are already delivering can use this technology for the integration wind energy in isolated off-grid sites with Energy Centre in Orkney and the company impact. A few of these are highlighted of renewables. In May 2018, Power Ledger permafrost and variable wind conditions. has recently raised equity funding for here ranging from basic research through struck a deal with Northwestern University The turbine has successfully operated commercial scale demonstration. to new demonstration facilities. in Chicago, USA, for the first commercial for three consecutive years, delivering deployment of its technology to trade 20.1 GWh of renewable energy to the the power generated by solar panels on Glencore RAGLAN Mine, abating 5.1 million university buildings between facilities. litres of diesel and 14,424 tons of CO2 equivalent in greenhouse gas emissions.

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Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion and the Chinese Academy of Science SWEDEN developed a novel method that can convert JAPAN whole biomass residues to aviation fuels The HYBRIT initiative, supported by the using an aqueous reforming process. Swedish Energy Agency, aims to reduce In 2016, Toyota Motor Corporation and Construction of a demonstration facility INDIA carbon dioxide emissions from ironmaking the Tokyo Institute of Technology reported started in 2017 with an anticipated by using hydrogen produced from fossil in Nature Energy, the electronic version of The Surya Jyoti Micro solar dome can provide production volume of 1,000 tons of aviation free electricity to eliminate the need to the UK-based science journal, the discovery up to 17 hours of 60W equivalent light, with fuel per year. The project will process 12,000 use fossil fuels for iron ore reduction. The of superionic conductors with the world’s a lifespan of up to 20 years ensuring access tons of corn stalks per year generating project, led by Swedish companies SSAB, highest lithium-ion conductivity in a project to lighting for remote communities. 4,000 2.4 million yuan for local farmers. Micro Solar Domes have now been installed in LKAB and Vattenfall, started in 2016 with funded by the Japanese government. The impoverished parts of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata a pre-feasibility study and the construction conductors have been used to develop an and Bengaluru with 54 technicians from 14 of a pilot plant in Luleå, Sweden began in all-solid-state battery that has achieved states trained in the manufacturing process. 2018. The goal is to have this technology a power density three times as high as ready for industrial scale by 2035. conventional lithium-ion batteries. mission-innovation.net/solutions Stay in touch

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