I also write about why I’m optimistic about the world’s climate progress. Most of my climate and energy work is done throughBreakthrough Energy, although the Gates Foundation is helping people in low- and middle-income countries adapt to a warming world. I also continue to privately fund ...
This is Bill Gates's blog, where he shares about the people he meets, the books he's reading, and what he's learning. Read, watch, and join the conversation!
This is Bill Gates's blog, where he shares about the people he meets, the books he's reading, and what he's learning. Read, watch, and join the conversation!
This is Bill Gates's blog, where he shares about the people he meets, the books he's reading, and what he's learning. Read, watch, and join the conversation!
Bill Gates told President-elect Donald Trump last month that energy and climate change provide a "chance for American leadership." The exchange between the two billionaires occurred in a post-election phone call, the details of which were not originally known. In a brief interview yesterday with...
TerraPower, a company founded by Bill Gates, says it plans to start building the first of a new generation of nuclear power plants in the US in June, joining a race with Russian and Chinese rivals to develop and export lower-cost reactors. Chris Levesque
True, Gates and TerraPower have been working on this idea for awhile. But the start-up needs a commercial nuclear energy company to push its concept forward. The joint venture, if it materializes, will accelerate TerraPower's plans to build the small-scale reactor. See Technology Review ...
The US Senate on Tuesday (18 June) passed a bill to accelerate the deployment of nuclear energy capacity, including by speeding permitting and creating new incentives for advanced nuclear reactor technologies. Co-Chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates s...
"The world hasn't had that many technologies that are both promising and dangerous," Gates said Monday, mentioning nuclear energy and nuclear weapons as other examples with that much potential for profound change. As for areas where AI has helped society so far, he said, "I won't say ther...
Another Bill Gates Endeavor: Advanced Nuclear Reactors Separate from Breakthrough Energy, Gates also supports an effort to build the world’s most advanced nuclear plant. TerraPower, a company Gates founded in 2008, recently broke ground on its Natrium project in Wyoming and filed a construction pe...