Japan laser fusion startup seeks more partners
A Japanese startup with roots in Osaka University has drawn worldwide attention for its advances in laser-powered nuclear fusion, viewed as a next-generation clean energy source.
A Japanese startup with roots in Osaka University has drawn worldwide attention for its advances in laser-powered nuclear fusion, viewed as a next-generation clean energy source.
California-based Longview Fusion Energy Systems has contracted US engineering and construction firm Fluor Corporation to design the world’s first commercial laser fusion power plant.
The U.S. government will increase funding for fusion energy research to $790 million for the Department of Energy’s Office of Fusion Energy Sciences.
Trading house Itochu and telecom company SoftBank are investing in Blue Laser Fusion, a nuclear fusion startup in the U.S. headed by a Japanese Nobel Prize winner in physics that is developing a method for stable power generation using proprietary laser technology.
The FIA endorsed passage on February 28, 2024 of H.R.6544, the bipartisan Atomic Energy Advancement Act with the Trahan-Obernolte Fusion Energy Act included.
Type One Energy Group has announced plans to build a prototype stellarator nuclear fusion reactor at the TVA’s Bull Run Fossil Plant site in Clinton, Tennessee. The company could start construction of the fusion reactor, known as Infinity One, as early as 2025.
Op-ed by Ylli Bajraktari, President and CEO of Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP)
FIA member Thea Energy raises funding.
In its final experiments before being shut down for good last year, the UK’s JET reactor set a world record for the energy output of a fusion reaction.
A nascent caucus pushing fusion energy is adding lawmakers at eye-popping rates. Bills have advanced. Whether it all translates into results is a big question.