Fusion Power Would Revolutionize Energy, if We Could Just Get It Working
Scientists and startups are edging closer to realizing a decades-old dream.
Scientists and startups are edging closer to realizing a decades-old dream.
Can we harness the power the the sun, and can it bet the solution to our climate crisis?
Will nuclear fusion solve our climate change problem for good?
In the packed field of prospective net-zero solutions, nuclear fusion stands out in its scope and ambition.
Investors are crowding in on the promise of ‘unlimited clean energy’
When the US National Ignition Facility (NIF) sparked a fusion reaction that generated 1.35 megajoules (MJ) of energy, enough to power the typical American household for around 20 minutes, the fusion community rejoiced. For years, researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory facility had been firing intensely powerful laser pulses at peppercorn-sized fuel pellets to claw…
On a quiet industrial estate in England, the silence is occasionally broken by the thump of a 72-foot-long gun. At the end of the barrel, a star is born.
Tokamak Energy has revealed plans for its latest prototype fusion reactor, claiming grid fusion is just over a decade away.
The Fusion22 conference in the UK was told that there is a huge potential fusion industry and businesses were urged to get involved in the supply chain now.
Canada’s General Fusion and the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) will collaborate on projects to “advance the commercialisation of magnetised target fusion energy”.