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<ul><li> Cartoons for kids can leave adults wanting for more and not every 'adult cartoon' is something you can watch with you kids. </li><li>During the lockdown, cartoons that are meant for all ages can be a real boon for the whole family.</li><li>Here's a list of cartoons that kids will love while also keeping adults entertained.</li></ul>The statement that ‘cartoons are for kids’ is a myth. In fact, there are many that fight the cliche — like Family Guy, the Simpsons and the Cartoon President. But those shows aren’t always ‘age-appropriate’ if you’re sitting down with young ones.<br /><br />Amid the Coronavirus pandemic, it’s good to have a list of animated shows handy to pass the time that your kids can watch — which also won’t bore you to death for a good hit of humour without the drama and stress.<br /><br />Let me kick things off by saying that this list doesn’t include the usual suspects like Doraemon, Tom and Jerry, Shinchan or Chota Bheem. These are shows that you probably haven’t heard of to help add a little bit of spice to an otherwise mundane lockdown.<br /><br /><strong>Here are some of the best (yet often overlooked) <keyword id="9071703" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="cartoon-shows-on-netflix">cartoon shows on Netflix</keyword>, Amazon Prime and Disney+ Hotstar:<br /></strong><br /><strong>1. </strong><strong><keyword id="9071699" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="gravity-falls">Gravity Falls</keyword> on Disney+ Hotstar</strong><br /><br />  <div type="image" title="gravityfalls." msid="75213444" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Gravity Falls&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div><br /><ul><li><strong>IMDb</strong>: 8.9/10</li><li><strong>Creator</strong>: Alex Hirsch</li></ul>The show centres around two siblings, Dipper Pines and his twin sister Mabel who have come up to Gravity Falls, Oregon to spend the summer with their quirky great uncle — or as they call him ‘Grunkle’. Over the summer they discover the paranormal forces and supernatural creatures that govern the town and it’s weird traditions.<br /><br />With two teenagers in the mix, you would think it’s a coming of age series — which it is, but only mildly so. Each episode focuses on getting to the bottom of a conspiracy or finding reasons why things are going wrong. <br /><br />Unlike generic animated series, this one makes you think.<br /><br /><strong>2. Star Wars: The Clone Wars on Disney+ Hotstar<br /><br />  <div type="image" title="starwars" msid="75213456" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Star Wars: The Clone Wars&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div><br /></strong><ul><li><strong>IMDb</strong>: 8.1/10</li><li><strong>Creators</strong>: George Lucas, Genndy Tartakovsky, Paul Rudish, Christian Taylor, Ben Edlund, Bryan Andrews, and Darrick Bachman.</li></ul>If the Star Wars movies weren’t enough to satisfy your appetite for intergalactic wars, then the Clone Wars series is a good way to jump back into the battle between the Republic and the Separatists. The storyline dictates what happened between Star Wars Episode II - Attack of the Clones and the Episode III - Revenge of the Sith movies with Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and, of courses, clones and droids.<br /><br /><strong>3. <keyword id="9071704" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="tales-of-arcadia">Tales of Arcadia</keyword> on Netflix<br /></strong><br />  <div type="image" title="aracdia3below" msid="75213419" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Screenshot of crossover episode between Tales of Aracadia and 3Below&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div><br /><ul><li><strong>IMDb</strong>: 8.4/10</li><li><strong>Creators</strong>: Guillermo del Toro, Aaron Waltke, Kevin Hageman, Dan Hageman, AC Bradley, and Chad Quandt.</li></ul>The Tales of Aracadia is a series of shows for all ages and will keep everyone entertained, from a five-year-old kid to a 30-year old working woman. The story is simple but entertaining nonetheless. There are two separate series within — Trollhunters and 3Below — with the final part of the Trilogy, Wizards, set to release sometime in June.<br /><br />What connects all three is that they’re based in the quaint little town of Arcadia Oaks. Teenage heroes and supernatural creatures alike fight for their town’s survival against the evils that, in some cases quite literally, lurk in the shadows.<br /><br /><strong>4. The Dragon Prince on Netflix<br /></strong><br />  <div type="image" title="dragonprince" msid="75213465" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Screenshot from The Dragon Prince&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div><br /><ul><li><strong>IMDb</strong>: 8.4/10</li><li><strong>Creator</strong>: Aaron Ehasz</li></ul>Another Netflix original, the Dragon Prince takes place in the fantasy world of Xadia ruled by the six elements of nature. The graphics and fight for survival are reminiscent of the Nickelodeon series, Avatar the Last Airbender with a twist of Christopher Paolini’s Eragon series. However, the storyline has an original take of its own that’s bound to capture your attention.<br /><br /><strong>5. Niko and the Sword of Light on Amazon Prime<br /></strong><br />  <div type="image" title="niko-and-the-sword-of-light-image" msid="75213483" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Screeshot from Niko and the Sword of Light&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div><br /><ul><li><strong>IMDb</strong>: 8.4/10</li><li><strong>Creators</strong>: Bobby Chiu, Kei Acedera, Jim Bryson and Adam Jeffcoat.</li></ul>This series revolves around a 10-year old boy, Niko — the last of his kind — who’s trying to bring light back to his kingdom. All he has is a magic sword at his side as he embarks on his quest making new friends — but quite a few enemies as well. <br /><br />In the journey that ensues, Niko only uncovers secrets about himself — but also about where he comes from.<br /><br /><strong>See also:<br /><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/entertainment/news/lockdown-watchlist-want-to-binge-watch-a-show-that-lasts-a-week-try-these-long-running-shows-on-netflix-amazon-prime-disney-hotstar-and-others/articleshow/75173116.cms">Lockdown Watchlist: Want to binge-watch a show that lasts a week? Try these long-running shows on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+ Hotstar and others</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/weekend-watchlist-the-top-movies-and-tv-shows-in-theatres-and-streaming-platforms-this-week/articleshow/71334742.cms">Here are the top movies and shows on Amazon Prime, Netflix and other streaming platforms</a><br /><br /></strong><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/entertainment/news/weekend-watchlist-the-top-shows-on-netflix-amazon-prime-and-other-streaming-services/articleshow/72180738.cms"><strong>Weekend Watchlist: The top shows on Netflix, Amazon Prime, and other streaming services</strong></a><br />

Lockdown watchlist: Five cartoon shows for kids that adults will also love on Prime, Disney+ Hostar and Netflix

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>SyFy</span></p><p class="caption">"Nightflyers"</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><ul class="summary-list"><li>Every month, television-tracking app TV Time provides the most anticipated new shows.</li><li>December includes SyFy's "Nightflyers," based on a novella by "Game of Thrones" author George R.R. Martin; a new animated series from Guillermo del Toro; and a Netflix's first Turkish original series.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Fans of "Game of Thrones" author George R.R. Martin's work are excited for a new show based on his 1980 novella, "Nightflyers," which debuts on SyFy in December.</p><p><span>Every month, Business Insider runs down the most anticipated new shows thanks to data from television-tracking app </span><a href="https://www.tvtime.com/en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TV Time (</a><span>based on its 13 million global users).</span></p><p><span>Besides "Nightflyers," December also includes "The Protector," Netflix's first Turkish original series, and a new animated series from the Oscar-winning director of "The Shape of Water," Guillermo del Toro.</span></p><p><strong>5. "3Below: Tales of Arcadia" -Netflix, December 21</strong></p><p><strong><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>Netflix</span></p></div><p></p></div></div></strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/80179784" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Description:</a> </strong>"<span>After crash-landing in </span>Arcadia<span>, two royal teen aliens struggle to blend in as they evade intergalactic bounty hunters."</span></p><p><strong>4. "Memories of the Alhambra" - Netflix, December 1</strong></p><p><span><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>Netflix</span></p></div><p></p></div></div></span></p><p><span><strong><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81004280" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Description:</a></strong> "While looking for the cryptic creator of an innovative augmented-reality game, an investment firm executive meets a women who runs a hostel in Spain."</span></p><p><strong>3. "Tidelands" - Netflix, December 14</strong></p><p><span><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>Netflix</span></p></div><p></p></div></div></span></p><p><span><strong><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/80191239" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Description:</a></strong> "Ex-con Cal McTeer's return to her hometown of Orphelin Bay blows the lid off a generations-long conspiracy of silence around murder, durgs, and Sirens."</span></p><p><strong>2. "The Protector" - Netflix, December 14</strong></p><p><strong><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>Netflix</span></p></div><p></p></div></div></strong></p><p><a href="https://www.netflix.com/ca/title/80189829" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Description:</strong></a> "Given mystical powers by a talismanic keepsake, a young man embarks on a quest to fight shadowy forces and solve a mystery from his past."</p><p><strong>1. "Nightflyers" - SyFy, December 2</strong></p><p><strong><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>SyFy</span></p></div><p></p></div></div></strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://www.syfy.com/nightflyers/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Description:</a> </strong>"<span>Set in the year 2093, Nightflyers is a psychological thriller that follows a team of scientists aboard the Nightflyer, the most advanced ship ever built, as they embark on a journey to find other life forms. Their mission takes them to the edge of the solar system, and to the edge of insanity, as they realize true horror isn't waiting for them in outer space-it's already on their ship."</span><span></span></p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/puff-paint-artist-designs-sneakers-animal-heads-pj-linden-2018-11">This artist transforms everyday object like sneakers - and taxidermy animal heads - with puff paint</a></h3>        <div>                    </div>    </div>

The 5 most anticipated new TV shows in December

<p style="text-align: left;">Welcome to a special edition of Insider <keyword id="6357014" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="energy">Energy</keyword>, a weekly energy newsletter brought to you by Business Insider. This week features our best stories of 2020. </p><p style="text-align: left;">Here's what you need to know before we dive in:</p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Want to get Insider Energy in your inbox every Friday?<a href="http://newsletter.businessinsider.com/join/4np/insider-energy"> Sign up here</a>. </li><li>Do you have feedback or story tips? Reach out to me at <a href="mailto:bjones@businessinsider.com">bjones@businessinsider.com</a>.</li><li>We'll return to our regular schedule next week. </li></ul><p style="text-align: left;">Happy New Year to the exactly five people online this week. We made it! </p><p style="text-align: left;">Today caps the end of a bad year, but it also marks the roughly one-year anniversary of this newsletter and our energy coverage. </p><p style="text-align: left;">We originally set out to cover the vanguard of energy - the new technologies, and the companies producing them, that are shaping the industry's future. Then the pandemic hit and caused <keyword id="6359072" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="oil">oil</keyword> <keyword id="31671" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="markets">markets</keyword> to plummet to historic lows. </p><p style="text-align: left;">From there, we broadened the beat and began reporting on how companies like Exxon and BP responded to the oil rout, while still maintaining a focus on the rise of cleantech.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Along the way, we <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/oil-giant-exxon-to-cut-workers-layoffs-after-strategic-review-2020-10">broke big stories on the nation's largest oil company</a>, uncovered <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/misleading-solar-ads-spread-coronavirus-upends-door-to-door-sales-2020-5">shady behavior in the solar industry</a>, and sat down with some of the most prominent <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elisabeth-brinton-new-energies-boss-royal-dutch-shell-business-model-2020-9">executives</a> and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/vinod-khosla-interview-strategy-for-investing-in-climate-tech-2020-12">investors</a>.</p><p style="text-align: left;">This week, we tell the sad and sometimes hopeful tale of 2020 through our top stories of the year. </p><div type="image" title="Form Energy" height="2248" width="3000" msid="80049133" hostid="261"></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><strong>At the start of 2020, clean technologies like batteries were on the rise and investors were circling </strong></h2><p style="text-align: left;">In the serene days before the pandemic struck, clean-tech was gaining steam (again), and batteries were all the rage. </p><ul><li>We <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/form-energy-battery-startup-disrupting-the-industry-2020-1">profiled</a> the secretive battery startup <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/form-energy-battery-startup-disrupting-the-industry-2020-1">Form Energy</a> in January. Led by a Tesla veteran, the firm - which is developing grid-scale storage - is <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/list-top-climate-tech-startups-investors-cant-stop-talking-about-2020-12">one of the most talked-about startups</a>. </li><li>Early this year we also profiled <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/battery-startup-advano-raises-185-million-from-fadell-thiel-2020-2">Advando</a>, a battery startup backed by iPod designer Tony Fadell. It's among the companies in the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/billion-dollar-race-to-develop-a-breakthrough-lithium-ion-battery-2020-2">billion-dollar race to develop more energy-dense lithium-ion batteries</a>. (Tesla is working on that, as well, though <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-silicon-batteries-likely-to-run-into-challenges-experts-say-2020-9">some scientists have questioned its approach</a>.)</li><li>And we wrote about the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/top-6-industries-driving-explosive-growth-in-battery-market-2020-2">industries fueling the soaring energy-storage market</a>, from e-scooters to commercial vehicles. (<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/electric-planes-are-ready-to-disrupt-the-airline-industry-2020-3">Airplanes</a> might be one of them, too.) </li></ul><p style="text-align: left;">But batteries were far from the only tech popping at the top of the year.</p><ul><li style="text-align: left;">We wrote about digital-utility startup <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/arcadia-helps-you-buy-renewable-energy-save-money-utility-bill-2020-2">Arcadia</a> and smart sensor company <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/sense-raises-50-million-to-track-energy-use-from-appliances-2020-2">Sense</a>. </li><li>Arcadia buys renewable energy certificates, known as RECs, to match customers' energy usage with renewable power. One of my favorite stories this year was a deep dive into the opaque <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-the-6-billion-market-for-renewable-energy-certificates-2020-3">$6 billion REC market</a>. </li></ul><div type="image" title="Oil worker" height="1466" width="1955" msid="80049135" hostid="261"></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><strong>Then the pandemic hit. It disrupted supply chains for solar panels and caused the price of oil to collapse. </strong></h2><p style="text-align: left;">As the virus began spreading in China, factories shut down, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/8-experts-explain-how-coronavirus-is-impacting-the-clean-energy-sector-2020-3">temporarily disrupting the solar and battery supply chains</a> and causing major research firms to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bnef-analysts-slash-projections-for-2020-renewable-energy-installations-2020-3">revise down</a> their 2020 forecasts for solar installations. </p><p style="text-align: left;">But the far bigger story for energy was the pandemic's impact on oil markets. </p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>As people stopped traveling and consuming fuel, demand for oil plummeted and there was a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/oil-glut-threatens-to-drive-oil-prices-further-into-ground-2020-3">"tsunami" of oversupply, almost overnight</a>. We gathered <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/13-photos-reveal-the-epic-oil-glut-in-new-proportions-2020-4">some photos of what that glut looked like</a> and profiled a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/gv-backed-orbital-insights-images-from-space-track-oil-storage-2020-4">neat startup backed by Google's GV that measures oil supply using satellite imagery</a>. </li><li>Coupled with a price war playing out between Saudia Arabia and Russia, the surfeit of crude resulted in an epic crash in prices. </li><li>The market collapse came to a head in April, when the US benchmark - West Texas Intermediate - <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/negative-oil-prices-mean-producers-pay-people-to-take-oil-2020-4">went negative for the first time in history</a>. We explain why that happened <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/negative-oil-prices-mean-producers-pay-people-to-take-oil-2020-4">here</a>, in one of our biggest stories of the year. </li></ul><p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Bonus: </strong>I asked a bunch of oilfield workers to send me their photos of crude oil when it comes out of the ground. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bizarre-photos-reveal-what-crude-oil-actually-looks-like-2020-4">You can find those bizarre images here</a>. </p><div type="image" title="Exxon Mobil gas station" height="3859" width="5145" msid="80049138" hostid="261"></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><strong>Oil companies responded by cutting staff and merging with rivals</strong></h2><p style="text-align: left;">For months, crude prices struggled to gain ground, and oil companies were forced to cut costs as a result. (Today, <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/commodities/oil-price">prices</a> are still down about 22%.)</p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>We began <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-top-oil-companies-are-responding-to-the-price-shock-2020-3">tracking the response of 22 of the largest oil-and-gas firms</a>, from layoffs to mergers. We're still updating <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-top-oil-companies-are-responding-to-the-price-shock-2020-3">that post</a>. </li></ul><p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Highlights: </strong>This summer, we broke the news that Exxon - which had resisted a formal layoff program - <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/exxon-managers-dub-some-employees-poor-performers-cut-staff-2020-7">quietly began cutting staff using its employee ranking system</a>. Insiders called it a layoff in disguise. </p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>We later scooped that the company was <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/oil-giant-exxon-to-cut-workers-layoffs-after-strategic-review-2020-10">cutting 15% of its global workforce</a> by the end of 2022, including <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/oil-giant-exxon-to-cut-workers-layoffs-after-strategic-review-2020-10">as many as 1,900 US roles</a>. You can find a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/exxon-global-cost-cutting-program-layoffs-job-cuts">full list of our Exxon scoops here</a>.</li><li>We also discovered that Schlumberger, the world's largest oilfield services company, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/leaked-documents-schlumberger-rescinds-job-offers-internships-2020-6">rescinded job offers</a> and told some workers that their pay would be cut <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/schlumberger-furloughed-staff-cut-wages-oil-price-2020-5">using letter templates designed for promotions</a>. </li><li>Finally, we talked to Schlumberger employees in Ivory Coast who <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/schlumberger-workers-ivory-coast-say-werent-paid-fair-severance-2020-9">said the company took advantage of the country's poor labor laws to stiff them of fair severance</a>. </li></ul><div type="image" title="Sunrun" height="2475" width="3301" msid="80049143" hostid="261"></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><strong>Renewable-energy firms have proven more resilient, but they've felt the pain, too</strong></h2><p style="text-align: left;">Rooftop solar installers had to shut down door-to-door sales - an important avenue for finding new customers, and a source of jobs - and move customer acquisition entirely online. </p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>We broke the news that Sunrun, the nation's largest residential solar company, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/sunrun-furloughs-hundreds-pulls-its-guidance-and-slashes-exec-pay-2020-4">furloughed hundreds of field sales reps</a>, and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/sunrun-furloughs-hundreds-pulls-its-guidance-and-slashes-exec-pay-2020-4">laid off</a> at least 100 workers. </li><li>We also got the inside story on Sunrun's <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/sunrun-cfo-3-key-reasons-behind-vivint-solar-acquisition-2020-7">$3.2 billion bid</a> for rival Vivint Solar. The deal, fusing the two largest rooftop installers, was finalized in October.</li></ul><p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Side effects: </strong>Online lead generation <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/rooftop-solar-company-sunrun-benefits-from-online-sales-strategy-2020-5">can be cheaper than door-to-door sales</a>, but it's also ripe for misleading tactics. </p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>This summer we investigated the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/misleading-solar-ads-spread-coronavirus-upends-door-to-door-sales-2020-5">spread of misleading solar ads on Facebook</a>. </li><li>That reporting ultimately led to a two-part <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/powerhome-solar-misleads-customers-insiders-leaked-memos-suggest-2020-10">investigation into the company Powerhome Solar</a>, which is among the nation's fastest-growing energy companies. </li><li>Powerhome has been <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/powerhome-solar-misleads-customers-insiders-leaked-memos-suggest-2020-10">accused of using deceptive tactics to lure customers into home solar deals</a>. Customers have also complained about <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/powerhome-solar-faces-claims-sloppy-installs-misleading-customers-renewable-energy-2020-11">botched installs</a> and inappropriate behavior among the firm's installation crews. </li></ul><p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Solar's silver lining? </strong>Some experts we spoke to earlier this year suggested that the pandemic (and power outages) <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/blackouts-and-superstorms-are-new-fuel-for-rooftop-solar-companies-2020-3">could give the rooftop solar industry a boost</a>, as homeowners seek energy security. </p><div type="image" title="BP clean energy" height="3455" width="4607" msid="80049147" hostid="261"></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><strong>Large fossil-fuel companies pledged to rely less on oil</strong></h2><p style="text-align: left;">Hardly a week went by without a new corporate sustainability commitment. Even large oil companies piled on to the trend. </p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>BP made the biggest splash, saying it would shrink oil and gas production by 40% and invest $5 billion a year on low-carbon energy by 2030. We published <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/6-key-slides-that-map-out-bps-new-strategy-2020-8">six crucial slides that sum up the company's approach</a>. </li><li>We also wrote about how BP <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/oil-company-bp-solar-energy-strategy-behemoth-2020-9">is set to become a solar giant that rivals the world's largest operators</a> - and what that means for returns (which have traditionally been much lower for renewable energy, compared to oil and gas). </li></ul><p style="text-align: left;"><strong>In related news: </strong>Shell has also committed to net-zero emissions, and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elisabeth-brinton-new-energies-boss-royal-dutch-shell-business-model-2020-9">we profiled a key executive behind that push</a>. </p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;">Most other major European oil companies including Total, Eni, and Equinor have made net-zero commitments. Occidental Petroleum is the only US company with a similar pledge. </li></ul><p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Big but: </strong>Oil majors including BP and Shell have spent just a small fraction of their budget on <keyword id="154273" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="clean-energy">clean energy</keyword> so far. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ranked-the-top-oil-companies-by-investment-in-clean-energy-2020-8">We ranked the majors by their clean-energy investments.</a></p><div type="image" title="Shell Hydrogen charging point 2019" height="1333" width="1778" msid="80049150" hostid="261"></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><strong>The future energy industry </strong></h2><p style="text-align: left;">What lies in the year ahead? We put that question to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/energy-experts-dish-on-what-to-expect-in-2021-2020-12">two dozen energy experts and CEOs</a>. You can read all 9 of their top predictions <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/energy-experts-dish-on-what-to-expect-in-2021-2020-12">here</a>. </p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;">One major takeaway is that hydrogen will be huge. We have a big explainer on the industry <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-hydrogen-fuel-industry-explainer-2020-1">here</a>, which delves into the hypes and realities. </li><li>Expect the incoming Biden administration, and its <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-introduces-historic-climate-a-team-for-energy-agenda-2020-12">powerful climate team</a>, to be transformative, even if the government is divided.</li></ul><p style="text-align: left;"><strong>List it: </strong>We also spent a lot of time this year finding the people and startups that are transforming the energy industry. They offer plenty of insight into what the future has in store. </p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>In the spring we collected nominations for rising stars of clean energy and whittled them down into a list of <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/meet-the-rising-stars-leaders-of-clean-energy-2020-6">21 impressive up-and-comers</a>. </li><li>This fall we published <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tb/the-list-of-300-people-transforming-business-in-north-america-2020-9">Transformers</a>, an annual BI project featuring 100 people who are transforming their industries. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tb/the-list-of-300-people-transforming-business-in-north-america-2020-9#_energy">It includes 10 people from the energy industry</a>. </li><li>And this winter, we asked 15 VCs to name the climate-tech startups that are set to soar in 2021. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/climate-tech-startups-to-watch-in-2021-according-to-vcs-2020-12">They gave us 46 of them</a> - though just <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/list-top-climate-tech-startups-investors-cant-stop-talking-about-2020-12">six startups came up over and over again</a>. </li></ul><p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Bonus: </strong>We also gathered up <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/list-of-clean-energy-startups-bill-gates-is-backing-2020-4">all the energy startups that Bill Gates is backing</a>. </p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><strong>What should we cover next year? Let us know.  </strong></h2><p style="text-align: left;">You can reach me at <a href="mailto:bjones@businessinsider.com">bjones@businessinsider.com</a>. </p><p style="text-align: left;">Have a great New Year's Eve tonight, and see you in 2021! </p><p style="text-align: left;">- Benji </p><p style="text-align: left;">Ps. My personal <em>best of</em> is a four-way tie between getting an obstinate puppy, this apple tart I made, hunting for salamanders, and finding the grave of my great-great-grandfather in Brooklyn, which I have, for your pleasure, made into a collage. </p><div type="image" title="Benji Jones" height="2000" width="2000" msid="80049153" hostid="261"></div>

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