Energy

Our Vision: A clean energy future that fosters resilience, human well-being, and transformative industrial innovation.

The Problem

Our energy system was designed with the expectation that readily available and inexpensive resources would sustain growth for generations to come. However, as these resources become scarcer and more expensive, we face an urgent need for innovation to ensure a resilient and sustainable future. As new ideas emerge, it is crucial that they receive the support and backing needed to thrive.

The scale and complexity involved in the mainstreaming of clean energy over the next decade presents many challenges. There is a need to solve for:

  • Outdated policies and incentives
  • Stale energy system design
  • Lack of capital for innovating and scaling innovative solutions
  • Insufficient public-private partnerships and collaboration in the sector

The Opportunity

We believe there is a tremendous opportunity for clean, sustainable, and resilient energy solutions, driven by global innovation and cutting-edge technologies, that can stimulate economic growth, create jobs, enhance community well-being, and support the health of our planet.

Long-Term Outcomes

By 2050, we aim for a world in which:

  1. Our energy system is more reliable – able to withstand extreme weather and other disruptions, while supporting the growing demand for energy, as well as green materials and products
  2. Clean energy drives economic growth by creating high-quality jobs and fostering opportunities across communities
  3. Electrification and other zero-carbon energy options enable economy-wide decarbonization.
  4. There is universal consumer demand for affordable, accessible clean energy solutions.
  5. The energy system produces little to no air, water, or soil pollution.
  6. The energy sector has achieved net zero GHG emissions.

Near-Term Outcomes

By 2030, Builders Vision and its partners will have helped pave the way toward our long-term outcomes, as evidenced by the following shifts in the energy system:

  1. Communities, scientists, and key sector decision makers have the emissions data they need to accelerate learning and drive action locally and globally.
  2. Practical power market re-designs are developed, piloted, and implemented, creating a path for wholesale energy markets to adopt clean, renewable energy.
  3. The U.S. legislative and regulatory environment encourages the production, delivery, and consumption of clean energy.
  4. More investment is channeled to market-based clean energy solutions ready to scale.
  5. Workers are equipped with the skills to help grow emerging clean energy sectors.
  6. Sustainable, clean energy products and services are the most cost-effective, default option available to customers.
  7. Communities across the U.S. have increased access to clean, renewable energy.
  8. Communities experience improved health outcomes linked to the clean energy transition.

Our Approaches in Action

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Across Builders Vision, we use three main approaches to generate positive and long-lasting impact in the energy sector: deploy capital, support our partners "beyond the check," and advocate for change.

Deploying Capital

Each of our partners contribute to positive shifts in the energy system, most of which align to more than one of our near-term outcomes. As of June 2023, Builders Vision has committed over $1.8B to 125 of our Energy partners. These fund managers, companies, and grantees are working each and every day to make the energy sector cleaner and more resilient.

Supporting Partners

Builders Vision provides a range of value-add support to partners, including introducing them to other investors and funders, providing advice on management and operations, supporting partners to build IMM capabilities, and connecting them to third-party resources, like marketing and legal support.

Advocating for Change

Builders Vision staff engage in a variety of activities to draw attention to solutions and efforts supporting the clean energy transition. For example, Builders Vision anchors the Breakthrough Energy Catalyst platform.

Impact to Date

Based on our most recent round of data collection, Builders Vision’s partners are making significant contributions toward positive shifts in energy solutions.

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Invested in 15 businesses working to scale innovative energy solutions.

25,909

Jobs created in the clean energy sector.

$1.8 Billion

Committed to fund partners working to make the energy system cleaner.

Helped limit rate increases for electricity in Detroit, Michigan.

Helped establish the Clean Jobs Workforce Hubs Network Program in Illinois.

Interested in learning more about our Energy work? Check out our Impact Report.

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News & Insights

News from our Energy Team

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Builders Vision Joins Breakthrough Energy’s Catalyst Program as Founding Partner

Builders Vision is an impact platform which aims to shift markets and minds for good in pursuit of our vision for a humane and healthy planet. We seek to influence positive, long-lasting solutions in three key focus areas: Oceans, Food & Agriculture and Energy.

Oceans

A healthy ocean system is a pillar of global environmental recovery, climate security, and economic prosperity.

Oceans Focus Area

Food & Agriculture

A food system that affords healthier food to all and restores the environment rather than harming it.

Food & Agriculture Focus Area

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