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Germany’s fusion alliance expands
Germany’s State Alliance for Fusion Research expands with Baden-Württemberg joining six other states as they develop fusion technology and drive…
Korea Launches Fusion Demonstration Reactor Development
South Korea plans to develop a fusion demonstration machine by the mid-2030s, leveraging AI and expanded industry-academia collaboration to advance…
Bavaria Plans Construction of Three Fusion Reactors to Pioneer Clean Energy
Bavaria has announced plans to establish itself as a leading force in fusion by constructing three fusion machines across the…
Thea Energy’s fusion pilot plant preconceptual design certified by U.S. Dept. of Energy
Thea Energy announced that the U.S. DOE has officially certified the preconceptual design of its “Helios” fusion pilot plant. This…
Japan to let private sector use 3 nuclear fusion R&D sites
Japan’s government is planning to open up three major fusion research and development sites so that private companies can use…
China’s Startorus Fusion raises over $143m in Series A funding
China’s Startorus Fusion has raised about $143 million in a Series A round led by CICC Capital alongside several Shanghai…
How fusion energy and AI can power the next era of energy demand
CFS CEO Bob Mumgaard and Relativity Space CEO Eric Schmidt write an op-ed ahead of the World Economic Forum on…
Trump Media to Merge With Fusion Firm in $6 Billion Deal
Trump Media & Technology Group merges with Alphabet-backed TAE Technologies in a merger valued at $6 billion, seeking to capitalize…
Exclusive: Lawmakers push bill showing fusion’s bipartisan appeal
Following the U.S. Department of Energy’s recent reorganization to create a dedicated Office of Fusion, Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and…
Thea Energy previews Helios, its pixel-inspired fusion power plant
Thea Energy published the details of its first fusion power plant design, including the details of the physics that underpin…
Clean, Limitless Energy Exists. China Is Going Big in the Race to Harness It.
Beijing is pouring immense amounts of capital and human resources into being the first to deploy fusion power. NYT covers…
South Korea launches ‘K-Moonshot’ for quantum computing and fusion energy
The Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) is launching the ‘K-Moonshot Project’ to accelerate the development of a domestic quantum…
Fusion energy industry presses US government for billions in support
At a roundtable with the Department of Energy, the private fusion industry urged officials to invest billions in order to…
Japan’s Helical Fusion secures $5.5m series A extension
The extension brings Helical Fusion’s series A funding, including loans, up to US$21 million, and total cumulative fundraising to US$38…
Japanese nuclear fusion startup Helical signs breakthrough energy deal
Helical Fusion inks new power purchase agreement (PPA) with Aoki Super Co., Ltd., a major regional supermarket chain in central…
Fusion Energy Is Happening Now
American Conservation Coalition President Chris Barnard discusses commercialization breakthroughs in fusion energy.
Keio University opens new fusion power generation research center
The Japanese research center will investigate necessary siting and demand conditions for the operation of fusion power plants.
Google-backed fusion firm partners with UK team for neutral beam tech
TAE Technologies and UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) announced a bilateral joint venture, TAE Beam UK, to commercialize proprietary particle…
Ontario investing $19.5M for Centre for Fusion Energy in Pickering
The Ontario government, Stellarex Group Limited, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), and Ontario Power Generation (OPG) have announced a…
China Built the Solar Century; The Fusion Century Can Still Be Ours
In The National Interest magazine, Helion’s VP of Public Affairs Jackie Siebens notes that while fusion dominance is not yet…
Fusion Energy Is Happening Now: The Global Race to Commercialization
U.S. Congressman Brian Babin (R-Texas) discusses how fusion is on the path to commercialization and urges federal leadership to match…
Fusion Company Warns UK Risks Falling Behind US And China
UK-based inertial fusion energy company First Light Fusion has warned that the UK risks falling behind the US and China…
California Holds First Statewide Summit on Fusion Energy
More than 200 leaders from science, government, industry, and academia gathered to accelerate California’s growing role as a top fusion…
UK-Saudi to boost fusion tech
UK-based Tokamak Energy and Saudi Arabia’s King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) inked an agreement to advance and…
Local governments scramble to host ‘artificial sun’ lab to develop fusion energy
Local governments across Korea are pushing to host a fusion research center. The project, led by the Ministry of Science…
Chris Sacca’s Venture Firm Is Raising a Second Fusion Fund
Lowercarbon Capital is doubling down on fusion as it seeks to raise their second fund dedicated to the sector.
Japan to funnel investments in 17 strategic sectors to ignite growth
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi designated fusion as one of 17 strategic sectors to target for economic growth through public-private…
Bipartisan duo moves to extend tax credits for fusion
U.S. Senators John Curtis (R-Utah) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) introduced the Fusion Advanced Manufacturing Parity Act, aiming to bolster the…
Germany bets billions on nuclear fusion for energy future
DW considers Germany’s fusion energy future under the government’s recently-released High Tech Agenda.
Why the AI Industry Is Betting on a Fusion Energy Breakthrough
Time Magazine discusses why leaders in the AI industry betting big on commercial fusion energy.
Exclusive: US Department of Energy forms $1 billion supercomputer and AI partnership with AMD
Energy Secretary Chris Wright suggested the new partnerships could supercharge DOE research, including on fusion energy.
Japan startup touts ‘world first’ in key electromagnets for fusion energy
Helical Fusion has achieved a key milestone in the development of special electromagnets, crucial to the deployment of magnetic confinement…
DOE details plans for fusion in first road map
U.S. Department of Energy releases roadmap for fusion energy to power the grid by the mid-2030s.
Nuclear fusion, the ‘holy grail’ of power, was always 30 years away—now it’s a matter of when, not if, fusion comes online to power AI
Fortune covers the history of fusion R&D, recent breakthroughs, and industry’s acceleration.
Meet the key players in the Pacific Northwest’s fusion energy hub
GeekWire profiles the major fusion players in the Pacific Northwest.
Governor announces $1 billion fusion research and manufacturing campus in New Mexico – Pacific Fusion project will create hundreds of jobs
Pacific Fusion’s planned facility aims to create hundreds of jobs and generate $400 million in economic activity within the first…
Nuclear fusion: The race among start-ups to harness limitless, clean energy
An increasing number of players are entering the private sector in pursuit of harnessing clean and reliable energy from commercial…
First Light Fusion presents novel approach to fusion
The British inertial fusion energy developer published a white paper on their Fusion via Low-power Assembly and Rapid Excitation (FLARE)…
Eni strikes more than $1 billion power deal with US fusion firm Commonwealth
Italian energy company Eni agreed to purchase more than $1 billion of power from Commonwealth Fusion Systems’ (CFS) 400-MW ARC…
House lawmakers move to give nuclear fusion industry manufacturing subsidies
Representative Carol Miller (R-WV) introduced a bill to expand the 45X Advanced Manufacturing tax credit to include fusion energy components.
US nuclear fusion builders fired up by Big Tech investments
With surging energy demand forecasts, private sector investment in U.S. fusion companies is on the rise.
Fusion Power Possible in Eight Years, US Energy Chief Says
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright says commercial fusion electricity should be on the grid within the 2030s.
Nvidia Joins Google to Fund Commonwealth’s Fusion Power Plant
The $863 million in funding broadens CFS’ range of global investors, and will support completion of their “SPARC” tokamak, currently…
Jeff Lawson and fusion scientists launch startup Inertia
A new fusion startup, Inertia, plans to commercialize the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s inertial confinement approach that has repeatedly achieved…
General Fusion escapes funding crunch with $22-million financing to achieve key scientific milestone
General Fusion has secured $22 million to finance the pursuit of its next scientific milestone on the path to commercial…
Startup secures major funding in quest to build ‘another sun’ on Earth: ‘The ultimate step’
Tokyo-based Helical Fusion has raised $15 million in Series A funding, accelerating the launch of their steady-state net power fusion…
China just bet $2 billion on fusion energy. The US must respond.
Commonwealth Fusion Systems CEO Bob Mumgaard urges US policymakers to more strongly back fusion as China’s fusion programming advances.
Germany advances plans for world’s first fusion power plant in “High-Tech Agenda”
Germany’s High-Tech Agenda sets out plans to make fusion and other key technologies central to innovation and clean energy.
Startup begins work on US fusion power plant. Yes, fusion.
Helion Energy has begun construction on a fusion power plant in Washington that aims to supply power to Microsoft data…
With Google Deal, Fusion Energy Inches Closer to Reality
Google’s deal to buy fusion-generated power from Commonwealth Fusion Systems reflects growing investment and partnership in commercial fusion.