Breakthrough Energy
Breakthrough Energy is a network of programs and entities, including Breakthrough Energy Foundation, Breakthrough Energy Catalyst Foundation, and Breakthrough Energy Ventures, dedicated to helping humanity avoid the most devasting impacts of climate change.
Lobbying Activity
Meeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General Climate Action)
3 Nov 2025 · EU Catalyst Partnership
Meeting with Joachim Balke (Head of Unit Energy)
12 Sept 2025 · Discussion on the grids planning and modelling
Meeting with Andreas Schwarz (Cabinet of Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva)
24 Jul 2025 · Scaleup Europe Fund
Meeting with Kamil Talbi (Cabinet of Commissioner Dan Jørgensen)
23 Jul 2025 · Grids
Meeting with Miguel Jose Garcia Jones (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra), Myriam Jans (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra)
23 Jul 2025 · Discussion on the importance of grid modelling in achieving the EUs climate and energy targets
Meeting with Wopke Hoekstra (Commissioner), Wopke Hoekstra (Commissioner) and
26 Jun 2025 · Climate policy and future technological trends
Meeting with Moumen Hamdouch (Head of Unit Mobility and Transport)
13 May 2025 · To follow up on the long-term pathways for liquid fuels that could reach near-zero green premiums over time - low carbon/low cost liquid fuels
Meeting with Anna Panagopoulou (Cabinet of Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas), Helena Hinto (Cabinet of Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas)
3 Apr 2025 · Information exchange on Sustainable Transport Investments Plan, sustainable aviation fuels
Meeting with Ana Beramendi (Cabinet of Commissioner Andrius Kubilius), Benjamin Hartmann (Cabinet of Commissioner Andrius Kubilius), Ramunas Stanionis (Cabinet of Commissioner Andrius Kubilius)
17 Mar 2025 · European Defense Innovation Council
Meeting with Ekaterina Zaharieva (Commissioner) and
5 Mar 2025 · State of play of the EU Catalyst Partnership and the EU investment landscape for innovative Greentech
Meeting with Arthur Corbin (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)
18 Feb 2025 · Clean Industrial Deal
Meeting with Teresa Ribera Rodríguez (Executive Vice-President)
22 Jan 2025 · Clean Industrial Deal and the important role that Spain plays as Europe's industrial map.
Meeting with Miguel Gil Tertre (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez) and
5 Dec 2024 · To discuss European wind industry
Meeting with Aura Salla (Member of the European Parliament)
1 Oct 2024 · Intersection of digital and energy policy
Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President) and
3 Jul 2024 · The meeting has been introduced by the Renewable Hydrogen Coalition and focused of the state of play of the current renewable hydrogen market.
Meeting with Michael Bloss (Member of the European Parliament) and
2 May 2024 · Green Industrial Deal
Meeting with Joan Canton (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton) and Dioxycle
21 Mar 2024 · Exchange on carbon capture and storage solutions and possible impact of ETS directive on these developments
Meeting with Ditte Juul-Joergensen (Director-General Energy) and
22 Feb 2024 · Energy market
Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President) and
22 Feb 2024 · Clean Transition Dialogue on Clean Technologies
Meeting with Hildegard Bentele (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and
15 Nov 2023 · 10th Annual High-Level Conference on Raw Materials - Panelist on "Challenges and way ahead to reach open strategic autonomy"
Meeting with Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General Taxation and Customs Union)
7 Nov 2023 · Physical meeting - Green transition and competitiveness
Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President) and
25 Oct 2023 · Transition of the Ukrainian energy system
Meeting with Barbara Glowacka (Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson), Stefano Grassi (Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson)
20 Oct 2023 · Preparation of the upcoming Wind Energy package
Meeting with Markus Schulte (Cabinet of Commissioner Iliana Ivanova)
18 Oct 2023 · Transatlantic, research and innovation
Meeting with Florika Fink-Hooijer (Director-General Environment)
12 Sept 2023 · Exchange of information
Meeting with Florentine Hopmeier (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)
8 Sept 2023 · EU competitiveness
Meeting with Kadri Simson (Commissioner) and
5 Sept 2023 · Meeting with the Energy Resilience Leadership Group (ERLG) CEO Council meeting on European wind manufacturing.
Meeting with Ditte Juul-Joergensen (Director-General Energy)
5 Sept 2023 · Energy transition
Meeting with Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
11 Jul 2023 · Hydrogen bank and auction platform as a service
Meeting with Koen Doens (Director-General Directorate-General for International Partnerships)
9 Jun 2023 · Global Gateway
Meeting with Marc Lemaitre (Director-General Research and Innovation)
27 Apr 2023 · EU-Catalyst partnership
Meeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General Climate Action)
26 Apr 2023 · providing updates to the expanded Catalyst program; EU-Catalyst specific discussion
Meeting with Kadri Simson (Commissioner) and
3 Apr 2023 · Discussion on how to strengthen the EU-US cooperation to increase the deployment of renewables.
Meeting with Marc Lemaitre (Director-General Research and Innovation)
15 Mar 2023 · Mr Mike Boots, Executive Vice President gave a strategic overview of Catalyst and how it fits into the wider Breakthrough Energy Agenda
Meeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General Climate Action)
13 Mar 2023 · updates to share
Meeting with Christiane Canenbley (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager), Stina Soewarta (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)
7 Mar 2023 · Net-Zero industry Act + presentation of the company
Meeting with Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President) and
2 Feb 2023 · Hydrogen bank proposal and the Green Deal Industrial Plan
Meeting with Martin Hojsík (Member of the European Parliament)
25 Jan 2023 · Cleantech, energy, innovation,funding
Meeting with Marc Lemaitre (Director-General Regional and Urban Policy)
20 Dec 2022 · EU funding for the energy transition over 2021-27
Meeting with Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans), Anthony Agotha (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
30 Nov 2022 · How to work on green tech cooperation between the EU and the US
Meeting with Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans), Anthony Agotha (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
4 Nov 2022 · Transatlantic cooperation on clean tech
Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President) and Gates Foundation
25 Oct 2022 · EU Catalyst Partnership, Energy transition and cleantech, EU-US Cooperation
Meeting with Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President) and Gates Foundation
25 Oct 2022 · The green transition and the role of technology
Meeting with Ditte Juul-Joergensen (Director-General Energy)
4 Jul 2022 · Discussion about REPowerEU in the context of developing the next generation of clean technologies.
Meeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)
22 Jun 2022 · Update on the Catalyst-EU partnership and cover other topics such as the REPowerEU action plan
Meeting with Jean-Eric Paquet (Director-General Research and Innovation)
15 Jun 2022 · Stocktaking on relationships
Meeting with Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
24 May 2022 · Electricity Market Design and recent studies
Meeting with Jean-Eric Paquet (Director-General Research and Innovation)
19 May 2022 · Storage technologies, both for R&D and the roll out of more mature technology options
Meeting with Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans), Sarah Nelen (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and
28 Apr 2022 · EU’s security of energy supply
Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament)
26 Apr 2022 · Energy
Meeting with Dragoş Tudorache (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
8 Apr 2022 · Artificial Intelligence
Meeting with Florentine Hopmeier (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)
10 Mar 2022 · State of play Breakthrough Energy Catalyst
Meeting with Mauro Raffaele Petriccione (Director-General Climate Action)
9 Mar 2022 · EU Breakthrough Energy Catalyst
Meeting with Elina Melngaile (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)
16 Dec 2021 · Global Arrangement on Sustainable Steel and Aluminium
Meeting with Markus Pieper (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and
6 Dec 2021 · RED III
Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament)
25 Nov 2021 · Green Deal
Meeting with Jean-Eric Paquet (Director-General Research and Innovation)
22 Sept 2021 · Collaboration between Breakthrough Energy and the EC
Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament)
21 Sept 2021 · Fit for 55
Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and
19 Jul 2021 · Vaccine production, Europe’s industrial agenda and collaboration on the Breakthrough Energy Catalyst
Meeting with Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
19 Jul 2021 · Green transition, renewable energy
Meeting with Kadri Simson (Commissioner) and
29 Jun 2021 · "Hydrogen Coffee" discussion on decarbonisation of maritime shipping through hydrogen
Meeting with Kadri Simson (Commissioner) and
28 May 2021 · "Hydrogen coffee" meeting on transporting hydrogen by sea, including the role of ports play within the hydrogen ecosystem and the international trade of Europe.
Meeting with Kadri Simson (Commissioner) and
6 May 2021 · "Hydrogen Coffee" discussion on the international cooperation angle of the European Hydrogen strategy. More precisely on the EU-US cooperation and US future plans/ambitions regarding hydrogen.
Meeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)
27 Apr 2021 · Catalyst programme
Meeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)
16 Apr 2021 · Catalyst programme
Meeting with Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
12 Apr 2021 · EU-US greentech alliance
Meeting with Kadri Simson (Commissioner) and
26 Mar 2021 · Discussion about the EP own-initiative report on the EU Hydrogen Strategy
Meeting with Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton), Joan Canton (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)
25 Mar 2021 · Catalyst Programme
Meeting with Joan Canton (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton) and
22 Mar 2021 · Industrial strategy; green transition
Meeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)
10 Mar 2021 · FU call Bill Gates - President von der Leyen
Meeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)
2 Mar 2021 · Prep. call for the call between the President and Bill Gates concerning Catalyst programme
Meeting with Kadri Simson (Commissioner) and
25 Feb 2021 · Discussion about the EU Hydrogen Strategy, its priorities and implementation
Meeting with Helena Hinto (Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson), Stefano Grassi (Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson)
18 Jan 2021 · Investment in innovation to support climate neutrality & the energy transition
Meeting with Helena Hinto (Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson), Stefano Grassi (Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson)
6 Nov 2020 · Discussion on the clean tech landscape in the EU, energy transition, green recovery
Meeting with Helena Hinto (Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson) and KIC InnoEnergy SE
20 Oct 2020 · Recent developments at InnoEnergy, in particular in the hydrogen sector & plans to announce European Green Hydrogen Acceleration Center
Meeting with Stefano Grassi (Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson)
5 Jun 2020 · Investment and innovation in technology for clean energy