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Fusion gets a bipartisan boost
A major bipartisan bill that seeks to create a regulatory framework for commercial fusion energy and bolster funding for research…
3 Laser Fusion Research Hubs Picked by Energy Department
With $42 million, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Colorado State University and the University of Rochester will work on studies to…
U.S. Set to Lead Global Research for Nuclear Fusion
U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said the U.S. is ready to work with other governments on research and development of…
US unveils global strategy to commercialize fusion as source of clean energy during COP28
The United States will work with other governments to speed up efforts to make nuclear fusion a new source of…
Companies say they’re closing in on nuclear fusion as an energy source. Will it work?
Companies say they’re closing in on nuclear fusion as an energy source. For decades, government scientists have toiled away trying…
Who Will Lead The Age Of Fusion Energy?
Every now and then, a scientific breakthrough changes the world. From the Copernican heliocentric model of the universe and electricity…
Fusion industry outlines ambitious plans to deliver electricity to the grid by 2035
Andrew Holland, chief executive of the Fusion Industry Association, tells Hamish Johnston how commercial fusion could be delivering electricity to…
US to announce global nuclear fusion strategy at COP28
The U.S. will lay out the first international strategy to commercialize nuclear fusion power at the upcoming UN climate summit…
Janesville nuclear fusion tech company with Madison-area facilities gets $70M
A Janesville-based nuclear technology company with Madison-area facilities has received a $70 million investment to expand “near-term applications” of nuclear…
Start-Ups With Laser Beams: The Companies Trying to Ignite Fusion Energy
Companies are looking to commercialize advances made by federally supported research labs in the quest for boundless energy.
Pursuing fusion power
Scientists have been chasing the dream of harnessing the reactions that power the Sun since the dawn of the atomic…
Seattle is emerging as Fusiontown, U.S.A.
The Seattle region is solidifying its place as a global leader in the race for fusion energy, with five major…
Fusion Energy: Seizing Our Opportunity for a Clean Energy Future
Now is the time for Congress to double down on support for fusion energy development. Our nation is at a…
IAEA Opens Initiative to Enhance Fusion Energy Collaboration
The IAEA’s Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi opened the IAEA’s 29th International Fusion Energy Conference (FEC) in London with the…
Closer than ever to making fusion energy generation a reality – IAEA
When a reality, fusion will be a source of low carbon energy and can contribute to decarbonisation and diversification of…
Fusion’s friends on the Hill
Bipartisan fusion support and activity in Congress grows.
California recognises fusion energy as distinct from nuclear fission
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed Assembly Bill 1172 into law, making California the first state in the US to…
Laser-fusion experiment squeezes out even more energy
Lightning has struck a second time for physicists using lasers to achieve nuclear fusion—the process in which two atomic nuclei…
Osaka University establishes world’s largest laser facility as base for nuclear fusion research
Osaka University will operate a laser facility with one of the world’s largest average output powers by 2024. It will…
A Futuristic Plan to Make Steel With Nuclear Fusion
Helion Energy and Nucor are teaming up to build a power plant at one of Nucor’s U.S. steel mills.
U.S. aims to create nuclear fusion facility within 10 years, Energy chief says
The Biden administration hopes to create a commercial nuclear fusion facility within 10 years as part of the nation’s transition…
Fusion is almost here: This is no time for Congress to shortchange research funding
Congress should step up and invest in fusion. Don’t let this incredibly promising technology, with its potential economic and national…
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology begins support for fusion power generation startups, first round
Japan will begin supporting startups related to nuclear fusion power generation, which is expected to be a carbon-free power source…
Britain rejoins EU’s Horizon science programme in further boost for ties
Britain said on Thursday it would rejoin the European Union’s flagship Horizon science research programme, ending a two-year post-Brexit standoff…
Governments join race for commercial fusion power
Goal of abundant, zero-carbon electricity from fusing atoms brings together private and public sector.
“Huge opportunity to solve energy problems”: Research Minister wants one billion released for fusion research
Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger believes that the question is no longer whether the merger will happen, but rather whether Germany…
7 founders explain what fusion power needs to go mainstream
If the 2020s are going to be the decade of AI, then the 2030s could be the decade of fusion…
Fusion Research Shouldn’t Be a Nuclear Weapons Side Hustle
If humanity survives for thousands more years, our primary energy source could very likely be nuclear fusion. It’s clean, the…
Projectile fusion reactor could generate much-needed medical isotopes
Harnessing the power of nuclear fusion to generate electricity is a longstanding aspiration of the physics community. One company working…
How a US lab created energy with fusion—again
About eight months ago, scientists at a US-government-funded lab replicated the process that powers stars—nuclear fusion—and created more energy than…
General Fusion lands $25M and reveals plans for demo machine in B.C.
General Fusion today announced $25 million in new funding and plans to build a demonstration machine in its home province…
Colorado State University, German company partner on cutting-edge fusion energy project
Colorado State University and a German technology company are teaming up on what is expected to be one of the…
US scientists repeat fusion power breakthrough
US government scientists have achieved net energy gain in a fusion reaction for the second time, a result that is…
Mapping Europe’s nuclear fusion industry
Meet the startups attracting investor attention and leading the race for nuclear fusion energy.
German private fusion firms multiply as government pledges fresh research money
$1.4B has been raised and 13 fusion start-ups have launched in the past year globally. But the industry now faces…
Nuclear fusion race draws in Nobel-winning LED pioneer
A new U.S. startup led by a Nobel Prize-winning electronics engineer aims to build a nuclear fusion reactor by around…
This Fusion Reactor Is Held Together With Tape
High-temperature superconducting tape is behind one hope for a tinier tokamak
Investment in fusion has reached USD 6.21 billion, says FIA
Investment in the global fusion industry has now reached a cumulative USD6.21 billion, up from USD4.8 billion a year ago,…
‘There is still lots to play for’ says fusion energy report
Total investment in the fusion industry has reached $6.21 billion, up from $4.8 billion last year, according to the Fusion…
Welcome to Fusion City, USA
“In Everett, WA, nuclear fusion is no longer 10 years away.” Zap Energy and Helion are highlighted in IEEE.
Fusion energy projects present the civil engineering sector with huge opportunities
Since the 1950s, fusion and its promise of near-limitless, emission free energy has always been 20 years away, so the…
Gauss Fusion nombra a Milena Roveda como nueva consejera delegada
Gauss Fusion, empresa de tecnología verde fundada en 2022 por varias compañías de Alemania, Francia, Italia y España, ha nombrado…
The race is on to crack commercial nuclear fusion
“In Everett, WA, nuclear fusion is no longer 10 years away.” Zap Energy and Helion are highlighted in IEEE.
Our fusion moment has arrived. We can’t afford to let it pass
Rep. Brandon Williams’ op-ed in The Hill: The House Science Energy Subcommittee hearing on fusion that I chaired this week…
Commonwealth Fusion has raised $2 billion to make energy like the sun and stars — here’s a look inside
Bob Mumgaard, CEO of Commonwealth Fusion Systems, spoke with CNBC about why now is a tipping point for the fusion…
German start-up wins initial funding for revolutionary fusion energy machine
A German start-up has secured initial funding to develop a revolutionary fusion energy machine that it hopes can provide a…
First nuclear fusion plants to need $7 billion supply chain, survey shows
Companies looking to harness the process that powers the sun and stars to generate electricity expect to spend about $7…
Mitsubishi Corp., others make $73.6m bet on fusion power in Japan
A consortium of public- and private-sector groups in Japan will invest in a startup working to commercialize fusion power, a…
Fusion power by 2028? Microsoft is betting on it.
A Washington state start-up backed by hundreds of millions of dollars of venture capital announced Wednesday that it expects to…
Microsoft to buy power from nuclear fusion company Helion
Private U.S. nuclear fusion company Helion Energy will provide Microsoft with electricity in about five years, the companies said on…