An industrial revolution to avoid climate disaster
Commenting, Aditya Mittal, CEO of ArcelorMittal, said:
“The Catalyst programme is innovative and necessary. It brings together public and private finance with the objective of fast-tracking the deployment of projects which can deliver significant carbon reduction. For ArcelorMittal and the steel industry, this kind of initiative is critically important. The steel industry knows how to decarbonise – essentially what is missing is the availability of clean energy at competitive prices that provides the foundation for us to really accelerate. That’s why, after discussing the purpose of Catalyst with Bill, we were very happy to join as an anchor partner. Achieving net zero by 2050 needs a coordinated global drive the likes of which the world has never seen before.”
Bill Gates, Founder of Breakthrough Energy, added:
“Avoiding a climate disaster will require a new industrial revolution. We need to make the technologies and products that don’t cause emissions as cheap as those that do, so the whole world can afford them and reach our climate goals. Through Catalyst, leaders from across the private and public sectors are coming together to focus on supporting technologies that are vital to the world reaching net-zero emissions but are currently too expensive to be adopted at scale. By coordinating investments and directing them toward these critical technologies, we can reduce their Green Premiums and help them get to market faster, so we can all reach our climate goals.”
ArcelorMittal joins forces with Breakthrough Energy’s Catalyst programme via XCarb®
ArcelorMittal recently announced it has become an anchor partner in Breakthrough Energy’s Catalyst programme, committing to an equity investment of $100 million over the next five years through the XCarb® innovation fund.
Breakthrough Energy: Catalyst
Founded by Bill Gates, Breakthrough Energy is committed to scaling the technologies the world needs to reach net zero emissions by 2050. Breakthrough Energy’s efforts include investment vehicles, philanthropic programmes, policy advocacy, and other initiatives, including Catalyst.
Catalyst, launched earlier this year, is a new model for how companies, governments, and private philanthropy can finance, produce, and ensure widespread adoption of next-generation clean technologies. The programme will initially focus on four decarbonisation technologies: direct air capture (DAC), green hydrogen, long-duration energy storage (LDS), and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
An Investment through the XCarb® innovation fund
ArcelorMittal’s investment will be made through its XCarb® innovation fund which was launched earlier this year. The company anticipates investing up to $100 million annually through the fund in companies developing technologies with the potential to support and accelerate the transition to zero carbon emissions steelmaking. To date, ArcelorMittal has invested $10 million in Heliogen, a renewable energy company which focusses on unlocking the power of sunlight to replace fossil fuels, and $25 million in Form Energy, which is working on the development of its breakthrough energy storage technology.
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