Fusion Energy Action Plan Outlined in Special Competitive Studies Project Report

Fusion Energy Action Plan Outlined in Special Competitive Studies Project Report

The Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) published an Interim Panel Report, Harnessing the New Geometry of Innovation, laying out actions for the U.S. to strategically position itself as a long-term leader of fusion energy acceleration and commercialization. The report is the fourth interim panel report using the work collected by the SCSP over the past…

Senate Energy and Water Subcommittee Includes Fusion Energy Provisions in FY 22 Appropriations Bill

Senate Energy and Water Subcommittee Includes Fusion Energy Provisions in FY 22 Appropriations Bill

Chairwoman of the Energy and Water Development Subcommittee Dianne Feinstein, along with Ranking Member John Kennedy, included $ million to invest in fusion energy research and $ million for a milestone-based public-private partnership program in their budget for the Senate’s Energy and Water FY 22 Appropriations Bill. The funding provided in this bill incorporates an…

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…

Congress Would Fund Fusion Cost-Share Program in Committee-Passed Appropriations Bill

Congress Would Fund Fusion Cost-Share Program in Committee-Passed Appropriations Bill

On July 12, 2021, the Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee passed a bill that includes $45 million in Fiscal Year 2022 funding for a new milestone-based public-private partnership cost-share program for fusion energy as was authorized in the Energy Act of 2020. The bill includes $698 million…