2022-05-12T11:45:04-05:00 2021-06-30 ERNST & YOUNG US LLP 1101 NEW YORK AVE NW WASHINGTON DC 20005 990 2020-10-16 853677542 BREAKTHROUGH ENERGY CATALYST FOUNDATION % ANGIE FIDLER BREA 4254974300 PO BOX 563 KIRKLAND WA 98083 CINDY LEEPER Secretary/Treasurer 4254974300 2022-05-12 true CINDY LEEPER 999009999 JUSTIN LOWE P01866796 2023276000 3 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z X Jonah Goldman PO BOX 563 KIRKLAND WA 98083 65047000 false X https://www.breakthroughenergy.org/ X 2020 DE To support the critical development and demonstration phases of new emissions-reduction technologies. 2 2 0 0 0 0 65047000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65047000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 606437 0 606437 0 64440563 0 65047000 0 606437 0 64440563 Breakthrough Energy Catalyst Foundation funds the critical development and demonstration phases of new emissions-reduction technologies to help transform research-stage innovation into real-world impact, producing significant and measurable reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. The Foundation facilitates critical environmental research, innovation and conservations lessen the burdens of governments required to manage the effects of greenhouse gas emissions, increase public awareness and understanding of ways to mitigate grave environmental harms, and provide relief to the poor, distressed, and underprivileged around the world who are disproportionately affected by these harms. false false 81488 0 0 Over the past century, the world has seen an extraordinary increase in the global consumption of fossil fuels and the consequent emission of greenhouse gases; the effects of this change are both familiar and devastating. To reduce greenhouse gas emissions, manufacturers and producers in industries worldwide need to adopt clean, economically efficient alternatives to fossil fuels. The Foundation supports high-potential demonstration projects and early adoption of transformational emissions reduction technologies by providing funding for these projects at critical phases in their development. This demonstration phase of technology development is critical because it allows developers to overcome practical challenges that face complex systems, including those arising from integration and operation. Demonstration and validation can also reduce the economic and institutional risks of new technologies, so that potential adopters gain confidence these risks will not impede deployment. However, it is underfunded because many demonstration and validation projects are so risky and capital-intensive that the private sector would not ordinarily undertake them. 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