FIA CEO Andrew Holland Writes OPED for Investment in Fusion Energy as an Infrastructure Priority

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…

Bipartisan Fusion Energy Caucus Seeks Energy Department Update on Public-Private Partnerships

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

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…

Fusion Legislation Signed into Law

Fusion Legislation Signed into Law

On Sunday, December 27, President Trump signed into law the COVID relief and omnibus appropriations bill. Within this large bill, there was an amendment, added by Representatives Lamb and Trahan, that will support the development of fusion energy in the United States. This landmark legislation will accelerate fusion energy development by authorizing new programs in…

FIA Members Receive DOE Funding from Second Round of 2020 INFUSE Grants

FIA Members Receive DOE Funding from Second Round of 2020 INFUSE Grants

December 3, 2020 In the second round of funding from the Department of Energy’s Innovation Network for Fusion Energy (INFUSE) program, eight Fusion Industry Association Members were awarded funding for 10 grants to partner with National Labs on advancing fusion energy. The announcement was made through Oak Ridge National Lab, which chairs the INFUSE program….