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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…
Japan can get the energy it needs from nuclear fusion
People often ask me when fusion energy will become available. It is well understood that if nuclear fusion becomes a…
‘Desktop fusion’ startup Avalanche Energy lands $40M and logs new tech achievement
The news: Micro-fusion startup Avalanche Energy announced a $40 million funding round on Monday. The Seattle-based company is developing a small-scale solution for…
Tech Billionaires Bet on Fusion as Holy Grail for Business
Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates are among titans chasing almost Iimitless energy source
Nuclear fusion will not be regulated the same way as nuclear fission — a big win for the fusion industry
The top regulatory agency for nuclear materials safety in the U.S. voted unanimously to regulate the burgeoning fusion industry differently than the nuclear fission…
Japan adopts national strategy on nuclear fusion as competition intensifies
Japan on Friday adopted its first-ever national strategy on nuclear fusion, highlighting the need to create a domestic industry in…
Investors Hold The Key To Fusion And Our Clean Energy Future
Recently I’ve been having a lot of interesting conversations with investors about fusion energy.
UK Power Grid Could Have World’s First Commercial Fusion Reactor By 2030s
Science fiction writers have been touting fusion as the utopian future energy production technology for decades.
Helical Fusion Raises USD 6M in Seed Funding
Helical Fusion, a Tokyo, Japan-based provider of a helical fusion reactor, raised USD 6M in Seed funding.
Fusion startup Type One Energy gets $29M seed round to fast-track its reactor designs
The oversubscribed round is yet another sign of fusion’s maturity
Fusion power is coming back into fashion
This time it might even work
Prince Hassan opens virtual symposium on fusion energy
AMMAN — HRH Prince Hassan, chairman of the Higher Council for Science and Technology, on Wednesday opened a virtual symposium…
Commercializing laser-driven fusion energy by 2030s will ‘take entire village’
Putting carbon-free laser-driven fusion energy on the grid by the 2030s will require building out a supply chain ecosystem within…
Five Enabling Technologies A Fusion Industry Will Need
Fusion energy needs more than a sustained fusion reaction before it can help the world produce sufficient carbon-neutral energy. The…
Amid renewed interest in nuclear fusion, Japan’s research reaches critical stage
NAKA, IBARAKI PREF. – Scientist Shunsuke Ide points to the large screen in the control room of the JT-60SA, a giant…
Tokamak Energy’s fusion prototype to be built at UKAEA’s campus
A new fusion energy advanced prototype with power plant-relevant magnet technology will be built by Tokamak Energy at UKAEA’s Culham…
Prepare for ignition: The future of fusion
The world needs fusion more than ever. For those in the hunt to harness nature’s most tantalizing and challenging energy…
Fusion energy breakthrough sparks calls for more government backing
Last year’s achievement of ‘scientific energy gain’ has galvanised a sector that has long been in development
How big are the implications of the nuclear fusion ignition breakthrough?
In December, the U.S. Department of Energy announced that researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory achieved nuclear fusion ignition,…
NT-Tao raises $22M to explore way to generate energy from nuclear fusion
NT-Tao has raised $22 million to explore a way to generate clean energy from nuclear fusion in an efficient way.
Renaissance Fusion raises $16.4 million to build nuclear fusion technology in Europe
Meet Renaissance Fusion, a Grenoble-based startup that has been working on nuclear fusion for the past couple of years. The company…
First Light Fusion to build demonstration facility at UKAEA’s Culham Campus
UKAEA and First Light Fusion to construct a new facility to house First Light’s new net energy gain demonstrator (“Machine…
Nuclear Fusion: Inside the breakthrough that could change our world | 60 Minutes
On December 5th, scientists at the National Ignition Facility reached a breakthrough in nuclear fusion by producing a reaction with…
I’m a video game developer but this technology to drop your energy bill $820 per year is no fantasy
A major breakthrough in fusion energy occurred in 2022 thanks to US scientists. We have a revolutionary opportunity on our…
Fusion power: how close are we? | FT Film
For the first time, US scientists have achieved a fusion reaction with net energy gain. But the dream of limitless…
EX-Fusionの松尾CEO「核融合発電に貢献」
「核融合発電の実現に貢献したい」。核融合発電向けのレーザー機器を開発するEX-Fusion（エクスフュージョン、大阪府吹田市）の松尾一輝最高経営責任者（CEO）は意気込む。2022年12月、オーストラリア政府が支援する国家プロジェクトにも参画した。
The 2022 Good Tech Awards
Nuclear fusion, generative A.I., bee tracking and more. There’s a lot to like.
Neue Expertengruppe soll Kernfusion in Deutschland voranbringen
Die Kernfusion gilt als Hoffnungsträger für die Energie der Zukunft. Ein Konsortium im Forschungsministerium soll sie voranbringen. Doch der Weg…
The Biggest Tech Innovations And Breakthroughs Of 2022
Each year, a handful of innovations, breakthroughs, and discoveries push the boundaries of what is possible using technology.
After ‘breakthrough,’ DOE eyes fusion power plant
The Department of Energy on Tuesday celebrated a major fusion energy milestone, outlining how scientists for the first time were…
Inside ‘holy grail’ fusion experiments to create a mini Sun after biggest-ever breakthrough in race for UNLIMITED energy
THE “Holy Grail” of virtually limitless clean energy from nuclear fusion reactors is within reach after a series of major…
Scientists Make Fusion Energy “Breakthrough”—What Does that Mean for Cars and the Future of Power?
The nuclear fusion energy that powers our sun inched closer to viability on Earth in February.
Breakthrough in nuclear fusion energy announced
Physicists have pursued the technology for decades as it promises a potential source of near-limitless clean energy.
What to know about DOE’s fusion milestone
Experiments at a U.S. government lab may have provided “proof that the physics work.”