19th June 2026
Future of industry: embracing data and clean energy
The tech boom makes the transition to clean energy ever more urgent – but also more achievable. We find out why at the world's largest industrial innovation summit.
Data and energy are two of the world’s most important resources. For both, we are seeing a significant shift in supply and demand dynamics – and we must innovate to adapt.
That was my key takeaway from speaking with startups, conglomerates, academics and venture capital investors at this year’s Hannover Messe – the world’s largest gathering of industrial innovators, attracting some 150,000 attendees from 4,000 companies.
As environmental investors, we were there to identify new technologies that enable energy and resource efficiencies.
One key shift was in the tone of conversations about energy, which is undergoing a step change in demand. There is a new sense of urgency. Utilities and corporates are looking to address energy challenges ahead of time.
Non-fossil fuel sources already account for 41% of the world’s electricity generation. To increase that share, we need to find better ways to manage the intermittent nature of wind and solar power.
At the same time, a backdrop of increasing extreme weather events, reports of cybersecurity breaches and growing geopolitical tensions have heightened the focus on energy security and independence.
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