Andrea Pedretti

Andrea Pedretti designed Energy Vault’s Gravity Energy Storage Solution (GESS), which can provide long-duration storage for renewable energy without the need for lithium-ion batteries. The system uses surplus green energy from the grid to lift heavy blocks high into the air, and lowers them to generate electricity when it’s needed. If incorporated into tall buildings,… …

Andrew Savage

Lime helped popularize the climate-friendly concepts of micro-mobility and bike shares that are now seen in many major metropolises around the world; the e-bike rental company operates in more than 280 cities. Last year, it boasted that about five e-bike trips were booked every second—that’s around 156 million trips globally. But beyond helping decarbonize our… …

Bret Kugelmass

Bret Kugelmass, founder and CEO of Last Energy, has a bold vision: To become the first company to bring a small modular nuclear reactor online in the United States. And, as one of the fastest growing companies in this space, it’s working hard to make this a reality. It currently has commercial agreements for 80… …