On January 25th, from 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM EST FIA Affiliate Member Fusion Energy Insights will host a virtual interview with Arthur Turrell, author of The Star Builder: Nuclear Fusion and the Race to Power the Planet. The Q&A will be hosted by Melanie Windridge, Founder and CEO of Fusion Energy Insights. Please register…
The FIA applauds the U.S. House of Representatives for passing HR5376, the Build Back Better Act, because it will make transformative investments into fusion energy research, development, and deployment as a part of the legislation’s climate and energy provisions. The Build Back Better infrastructure package includes, among other sections, significant new investments into clean energy…
On Wednesday, November 17 Congress will hold a hearing on fusion energy research and development. Read more here for details of witnesses.
NASA has announced a Request for Information (RFI) entitled ‘Industry-Developed Tipping Point Technologies and Climate and Clean Energy Technologies for Early Stage Investment.’ Their announcement is below. The Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) Industry-Developed Tipping Point Technologies and Climate and Clean Energy Technologies for Early Stage Investment – Request for Information is available via the…
The Royal Society has announced an upcoming meeting entitled ‘H-mode transition and pedestal studies in fusion plasmas.’ This meeting, which takes place on 17 – 19 January 2022, will provide a valuable opportunity for focused discussions on the cross-machine approach (experimentally and theoretically) to further our understanding of H-mode access and exit, providing a forum…
A Guide to the Fusion Events in Glasgow On November 1, 2021, the United National Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) convened in Glasgow, Scotland for the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the UNFCCC. This meeting, the latest in the global effort to mitigate climate change Fusion energy is represented at the COP…
You’re invited to join an IAEA-sponsored Webinar on Monday, Nov 22 2021 from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM ET. This meeting will feature comments by FIA CEO Andrew Holland and a discussion led by FIA Director of Communications Melanie Windridge. The agenda is below. Agenda17:00 CETOpening Remarks by Ms. Sehila M. Gonzalez de Vicente (IAEA)…
Fusion, Congress, Public Private Partnerships, Intelligence, National Security
On Tuesday, October 19, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology hosted a discussion on “The Potential for Integrating Fusion into the U.S. Energy Grid” in the second day of a two day public meeting on Climate Change, Energy, and the Environment. The discussion with Dr. Richard Hawryluk, Chair of the National Academies…
On October 4, the Fusion Industry Association (FIA) wrote to the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to clarify the roadmap for the requested six-month extension of the regulatory options paper. This extension would create better engagement between the NRC and the commercial fusion industry, as well as develop better understanding of the key…