On May 31, 2023, the United States Department of Energy announced the first round of awardees of the milestone-based public private partnership program. Congratulations to the awardees, all FIA members: Commonwealth Fusion Systems, Focused Energy, Princeton Stellarators, Realta Fusion, Tokamak Energy, Type One Energy Group, Xcimer Energy, and Zap Energy.
Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) published a memorandum on inertial fusion energy (IFE) in May 2023. An expert panel of scientists analyzed the status of fusion energy, its position in Germany, and its unparalleled potential in the global clean energy transition. In their report, they give high level recommendations, listed below, to ensure Germany’s position as a global leader in fusion development.
The US Department of Energy will announce the first round of awardees of the Milestone-Based Fusion Development Program on Wednesday, May 31 at 2pm ET via live-stream (embedded video below).
The U.S. Government Accountability Office released a technology assessment report on fusion energy, GAO-23-105813, on March 30, 2023.
FIA looks forward to working with the Senate for passage of S.1111, which would clarify fusion’s regulatory regime.
The FIA sent a letter requesting that Brussels recognize fusion as a key technology aiming to reach the goal of zero emissions by 2050
On Thursday, March 9, the White House released their budget request for the 2024 fiscal year, set to begin in October. Within the budget is record funding of over $1 billion for fusion energy research in the Department of Energy Office of Fusion Energy Sciences. The FIA is pleased that the Biden Administration has recognized…
The Fusion Industry Association signed a letter in December 2022 in support of funding the Department of Energy’s Office of Science.
On Monday, January 23, Representative Lofgren and Senator Padilla wrote a letter to President Biden in support of funding fusion energy.
On Tuesday, January 17, the Department of Energy announced $2.3 million in funding for the second round of the 2022 INFUSE awards.