Secretive Startup Backed by Bill Gates Uses Solar Energy to Create Extreme Heat
A SUNNY DAY
The clean-energy startup used a field of mirrors and artificial intelligence to produce concentrated solar energy capable of making cement, steel, and glass.
A clean energy startup called Heliogen emerged from stealth mode in announcing a new solar breakthrough aimed at fighting climate change. The Bill Gates-backed company is the first to find a way for renewable energy to penetrate industrial processes such as cement, glass, and steelmaking.
