Congress Provides Record Funding for Fusion Energy and Initiates New Public Private Partnership
Congress has created a new public-private partnership and provided record funding for fusion energy research.
House of Representatives Passes Amendment to Increase Fusion Energy Support
House of Representatives will consider whether to amend legislation to increase fusion energy funding
Support for Fusion Energy in the House-passed Build Back Better Legislation
The FIA applauds the U.S. House of Representatives for passing HR5376, the Build Back Better Act, because it will make transformative investments into fusion energy research, development, and deployment as a part of the legislation’s climate and energy provisions. The Build Back Better infrastructure package includes, among other sections, significant new investments into clean energy…
IAEA Webinar: Pushing for fusion energy – what is happening now?
You’re invited to join an IAEA-sponsored Webinar on Monday, Nov 22 2021 from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM ET. This meeting will feature comments by FIA CEO Andrew Holland and a discussion led by FIA Director of Communications Melanie Windridge. The agenda is below. Agenda17:00 CETOpening Remarks by Ms. Sehila M. Gonzalez de Vicente (IAEA)…
U.S. Fusion Community Sends Letter to Congressional Leaders Supporting Fusion Funding
FIA joins letter to Congress in support of R&D funding for fusion energy
Science Committee Passes Legislation Making Significant Investments in Fusion Energy
A key committee in Congress has passed legislation investing in fusion research, and creating a new public-private partnership program
FIA CEO Andrew Holland Writes OPED for Investment in Fusion Energy as an Infrastructure Priority
Fusion Industry Association CEO Andrew Holland published the opinion piece, “US Must Make an Infrastructure Investment in Fusion Energy” in the Washington Examiner on July 13, 2021, pushing for the American government to increase its funding for fusion energy in order to combat the global climate crisis and assert the United States as a leader…
DOE Awards FIA Members Fusion Public-Private Partnership INFUSE Grants for 2021
FIA Members and Others Receive DOE Funding from Fusion Public-Private Partnership Awards of 2021 INFUSE Grants Totaling at $2.1 Million.
Bipartisan Fusion Energy Caucus Seeks Energy Department Update on Public-Private Partnerships
On May 24, members of the bipartisan Congressional Fusion Energy Caucus wrote to Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm seeking updates on the Department of Energy’s progress in implementing directives from Congress to support the development of key fusion energy programs. The letter, led by Fusion Energy Caucus chair Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), was signed by…
FIA Applauds American Fusion Community for Supporting an Ambitious Fusion Plan
Now FIA calls on Congress and the new Administration to support and fund the ambition, including new public-private partnerships The U.S. Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee has released a new report that amounts to an ambitious new mandate to prioritize fusion energy development, leading to a fusion power plant. The members of the Fusion Industry…