FCA's Milestones 2023
2023 was an exceptional year at Future Cleantech Architects. We hired exceptional talents for our cleantech analysts’ unit and our European policy team, expanding our presence to the European capital, Brussels. Extending our areas of focus to the construction and transport sectors, FCA not only hosted a second iteration of The ARC Future Cleantech Festival, we also launched our new Coffee & Cleantech event series, a monthly technical briefing for policymakers in Brussels. Additionally, we were able to release two new episodes of our series “The Basics & The Gaps” – on long duration energy storage and aviation – and share preliminary results of the comprehensive survey on future needs of RD&D that we launched together with UN Climate Change’s Technology Executive Committee.
Finally, we took the analysis and results from our publications and work to COP28 in Dubai, where we co-hosted two sessions on Innovative Renewables for Energy Security and the Future RD&D Needs. We are also proud to announce that Future Cleantech Architects was officially accepted as an official Non-Governmental Observer Organization by UN Climate Change in 2023.
The FCA Timeline
Joint Handelsblatt Series
FCA joins forces with Handelsblatt on a monthly series on cleantech innovation
LDES Workshops
FCA co-hosted a workshop on LDES market design for innovators together with Breakthrough Energy and EASE
The Basics & The Gaps #3
All you need to know about long duration energy storage for the power system
The ARC Future Cleantech Festival
FCA hosted Europe's most ambitious cleantech innovation festival
RD&D Survey
FCA kicked-off a new comprehensive survey on future RD&D needs in collaboration with UN Climate Change
Coffee & Cleantech
The start of the series of technical briefings for policy-makers in Brussels, the first edition was on long duration energy storage
REDIII Directive Revision
REDIII was adopted, REDIII, which FCA had advised on, was adopted, including a 5% target for new capacity from “Innovative” Renewable Energy
The Basics & The Gaps #4
Aviation: a holistic overview of the decarbonization pathways for the aviation sector
COP28 in Dubai
FCA hosted comprehensive sessions on RD&D, Cleantech Innovation, Cement, Aviation, and Long Duration Energy Storage
The Basics & The Gaps
The Basics & The Gaps, a FCA factsheet and animation series. This year we published episodes on long duration energy storage and aviation.
The ARC Future Cleantech Festival
The ARC Future Cleantech Festival 2023 tackled net-zero goals, spotlighting innovation in sectors like cement and aviation.
FCA at COP28
We shared our work at COP28 in Dubai, co-hosting sessions on renewables and participating in panels and discussions.
Joint Series with Handelsblatt
Teaming up with Handelsblatt, we shed light on the most intensively debated cleantech innovations of the moment.
Anchoring Innovation in EU's Renewable Energy Directive III
We collaborated with EUREC to provide European lawmakers with four recommendations for integrating high-impact innovation into the upcoming renewables legislation.