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EU and Gates funds link to speed clean-energy innovation

Microsoft tycoon's Breakthrough Energy and European Commission fund form €100m vehicle to reduce time to market

Founder of Microsoft and chairman of Breakthrough Energy Ventures, to establish the Breakthrough Energy Europe investment fund, Bill Gates looks on during a signing ceremony and a press point at the EU headquarters in Brussels.
Founder of Microsoft and chairman of Breakthrough Energy Ventures, to establish the Breakthrough Energy Europe investment fund, Bill Gates looks on during a signing ceremony and a press point at the EU headquarters in Brussels.
  • Christopher Hopson in London
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Published 22 October 2018, 08:16Updated 22 October 2018, 08:16