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    EU and Bill Gates reach a $1 billion clean energy agreement

    • Last Update: 2021-06-10
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    China Petrochemical News Network reported on June 2 that the European Commission and Bill Gates jointly launched an initiative to mobilize up to 1 billion U.


    The European Union regulator said on Wednesday that the "Breakthrough Energy Catalyst" project created by the European Commission and Gates hopes to raise funds in 2022-2026 to build large-scale commercial demonstration projects that can significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions.


    In a statement issued by the European Union, Gates said: "The decarbonization of the global economy is the world’s largest innovation opportunity in history.


    The EU needs to accelerate its shift from fossil fuels to low-carbon energy in order to achieve the ambitious climate goals contained in the green agreement.


    The committee said that support for the project will take the form of financial instruments and grants.


    The committee stated: "The'Breakthrough Energy Catalyst' project will mobilize equal private capital and charitable funds to fund selected projects.


    Zhu Jiani excerpted from World Petroleum

    The original text is as follows:

    EU, Bill Gates form $1 billion clean energy pact

    The European Commission and Bill Gates joined forces in an initiative that wants to mobilize as much as $1 billion investment in clean technologies such as green hydrogen and sustainable fuels.


      The Commission and Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, a program founded by Gates, want to muster the funding in 2022-2026 to build large-scale, commercial-demonstration projects that will deliver significant reductions in carbon dioxide, the European Union's regulator said on Wednesday.


      “Decarbonizing the global economy is the greatest opportunity for innovation the world has ever seen,” Gates said in the statement published by the EU.


      The EU needs to accelerate its transition away from fossil fuels and shift to low-carbon energy sources in order to meets its ambitious climate goals embedded in the Green Deal.


      Support for the projects will take the form of financial instruments and grants, the Commission said.


      "The Breakthrough Energy Catalyst Program will mobilize equivalent private capital and philanthropic funds to finance the selected projects.


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