Heliogen Named to Fast Company’s Annual List of the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies for 2022
March 08 2022 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Concentrated solar thermal energy company
joins the ranks of past winners including Microsoft, SpaceX,
Moderna, and Canva
Heliogen, Inc. (NYSE: HLGN), a leading provider of AI-enabled
concentrated solar energy, today announced it has been named to
Fast Company’s prestigious annual list of the World’s Most
Innovative Companies for 2022.
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This year’s list honors businesses that are making the biggest
impact on their industries and culture as a whole—ultimately
thriving in today’s ever-changing world. These companies are
creating the future today with some of the most inspiring
accomplishments of the 21st century. In addition to the World's 50
Most Innovative Companies, 528 organizations are recognized across
52 categories.
“Heliogen’s modular, AI-enabled, concentrated solar thermal
plants have the potential to revolutionize the energy market by
alleviating intermittency issues associated with renewable sources
of energy,” said Bill Gross, Chief Executive Officer of Heliogen.
“We are honored to be named to Fast Company’s prestigious list of
the World’s Most Innovative Companies as we continue to deliver on
our mission to cost-effectively deliver near 24/7 clean energy in
the form of heat, power, or green hydrogen fuel at scale – for the
first time in history.”
Heliogen has announced strategic and commercial relationships
with the largest steel company in the world, Arcelor Mittal, the
top gas company in Australia, Woodside Energy, and the second
biggest mining company in the world, Rio Tinto. Following
Heliogen’s public listing on the New York Stock Exchange, the
company continues to expand to help industrial customers of all
kinds decarbonize.
Heliogen previously won Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas
award for its concentrated solar technology to bring carbon-free,
ultra-high temperature heat to traditionally carbon-intensive
industries for the first time.
The World’s Most Innovative Companies is Fast Company’s
signature franchise and one of its most highly anticipated
editorial efforts of the year. It provides both a snapshot and a
road map for the future of innovation across the most dynamic
sectors of the economy.
“The world’s most innovative companies play an essential role in
addressing the most pressing issues facing society, whether they’re
fighting climate change by spurring decarbonization efforts,
ameliorating the strain on supply chains, or helping us reconnect
with one another over shared passions,” said Fast Company Deputy
Editor David Lidsky.
About Heliogen Heliogen is a renewable energy technology
company focused on eliminating the need for fossil fuels in heavy
industry and powering a sustainable future. The company’s
AI-enabled, modular concentrated solar technology aims to
cost-effectively deliver near 24/7 carbon-free energy in the form
of heat, power, or green hydrogen fuel at scale – for the first
time in history. Heliogen was created at Idealab, the leading
technology incubator founded by Bill Gross in 1996. For more
information about Heliogen, please visit Heliogen.com.
About Fast Company Fast Company is the only media brand
fully dedicated to the vital intersection of business, innovation,
and design, engaging the most influential leaders, companies, and
thinkers on the future of business. Headquartered in New York City,
Fast Company is published by Mansueto Ventures LLC, along with our
sister publication Inc., and can be found online at
www.fastcompany.com.
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