Back in March, Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy organization disbanded its energy policy team and cut dozens of staff. Now, some of them have founded a new organization called the nonprofit Clean Economy Project.
Like Breakthrough Energy, this organization is betting that clean energy can surpass fossil fuels in cost in the near future, if not now.
The New York Times reported in March that Gates had terminated the Breakthrough lobbying group after deciding that the relationship with the Trump administration would not progress much.
CleanEcon, as it is informally called, is backed by a private group of more than 10 funders, including philanthropists and venture capitalists. The 10-person team said in a press release that it has three goals: “build energy projects faster, accelerate innovation and reduce costs, and de-risk private investment in clean industries.”
Aliya Haq, who served as vice president of U.S. policy and advocacy at Breakthrough Energy for nearly six years, is the group’s president.
