Promising Innovations
Innovation has pushed humanity forward. In the 1800s, the invention of the steam engine kicked off the industrial revolution, enabling rapid economic growth. In the early 20th century, the discovery of antibiotics led to a six-fold increase in human population and a 30 year increase in average lifespan. Subsequently, the transistor chip enabled the IT revolution, virtually connecting everyone through the Internet. The Anthropocene supports early and late stage technologies that show promise for rapid decarbonization of the global energy system, sustainable aquaculture, and restoration of the ocean’s habitats.
Always-on clean power
Atomic Energy
Why love it? Atomic energy is always available to help you do the things you love. If you value security or love clean air, atomic energy should be a part of our energy mix. And, people who work in atomic energy love where they live.
Learn & Invest →Fusion research
Solid-State Fusion (SSF)
Scientists around the world have observed excess heat when metallic nano-materials react with hydrogen at below 1000 degrees. Could this be a quantum effect known as Solid-State Fusion (SSF), a phenomena produces nuclear level energy with chemical inputs? Using no radioactive materials like uranium or plutonium SSF also does not need high temperatures and pressures needed, unlike conventional fusion.
Learn & Invest →Grid and storage
Electrify Everything
The electrical grid is an amazing network of lines that deliver power from power plants to homes, businesses, and factories. A smarter grid would make power delivery more efficient, inexpensive, and reliable. It would also enable higher integration of electric vehicles and open market opportunities for distributed energy generation.
Learn & Invest →Carbon removal
Phytoplankton Carbon
To stabilize and restore Earth’s climate, we will need to capture billions of tons of carbon dioxide each year. We support cutting edge research to fertilize photosynthetic plankton (phytoplankton), which can absorb much of this excess carbon and store it safely in the deep oceans for hundreds of years to come.
Learn & Invest →Habitat and fisheries
Oceans
The oceans cover two thirds of our planet’s surface and are responsible for over half of our oxygen and one fifth of our nutrition. When they are in trouble, so are we.
Learn & Invest →Our innovation criteria
What we look for before we put attention, funding, or a network behind a technology.
The global population grew from 1 billion in 1800 to 7.9 billion in 2020, and it’s likely to stay on that trajectory. We seek out innovations that deliver abundant energy to power our growing population in ways that are clean and safe.
We’re looking for technologies that can scale to address the big, global problems we face, such as climate disruption, abundant clean energy, marine conservation, and environmental sustainability.
Our lifestyles are powered by energy. In the Anthropocene, we have the means to significantly reduce our carbon footprint and enable our modern lifestyles. We seek to build a prosperous world, and that’s attainable with clean and cheap energy. Let’s get to 1 cent energy together.
The Industrial Revolution was driven by fossil fuels, but it’s time to displace oil and gas and other harmful industries — without disrupting our natural ecosystems by, for example, growing massive amounts of corn to produce ethanol.