Bill Gates is backing a new venture which aims to turn

sunlight into a source of heat exceeding 1,000C that could

help replace fossil fuels.
The world’s richest man is joining investors behind Heliogen,
the first company to concentrate sunlight to reach
temperatures that are high enough to power heavy industry
without carbon emissions.
The technology could even reach temperatures of 1,500C to
split hydrogen particles from water to create a fossil-free gas
to warm homes, fuel cars and power factories.
Bill Gross, the chief executive and founder of California-based
Heliogen, said the company represents a technological leap
forward in tackling the emissions from industry and transport
that make up 75% of the world’s carbon footprint.
The company uses software to align a large array of mirrors to
reflect sunlight to a target, creating a source of heat almost
three times as intense as previous commercial solar systems.
Gross said creating low-cost, ultra-high-temperature process
heat gives the company an opportunity to make meaningful
contributions to solving the climate crisis.

The technology can generate temperatures high enough to

manufacture cement without creating greenhouse gases.
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Cement is the world’s third largest source of emissions behind

oil and coal, and its production is expected to boom due to
urbanisation in developing countries and economic growth.
If allowed to continue unchecked, cement production would
pose a major threat to the targets set by the Paris agreement,
which aims to limit rising temperatures to 1.5C above pre-
industrial levels.
Heliogen has the backing of private equity investors and
entrepreneurs who believe its technology could help the most
polluting industries to cut their carbon emissions.
The technology can generate temperatures high enough to
manufacture cement without creating greenhouse gases.

Cement is the world’s third largest source of emissions behind

oil and coal, and its production is expected to boom due to
urbanisation in developing countries and economic growth.
If allowed to continue unchecked, cement production would
pose a major threat to the targets set by the Paris agreement,
which aims to limit rising temperatures to 1.5C above pre-
industrial levels.
Heliogen has the backing of private equity investors and
entrepreneurs who believe its technology could help the most
polluting industries to cut their carbon emiss