John Kerry, the US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, announced a new US international engagement plan on fusion energy at COP28. Read about why this is important.

COP 28 looms large on the horizon and fusion energy is stealing some of the pre-COP limelight. The momentum is real, then. What does all of this mean for fusion investment and commercialisation?

Our November Q&A session, Nick Walkden talked to us about the vital role of Lithium in the development of fusion energy. Read the important takeaways. here.

The UK and the US have announced an important partnership to accelerate fusion energy . Read about why this is such good news.

The IAEA Fusion Energy Conference was a fantastic demonstration on how fusion energy is coming to the fore. Read our top takeaways from the event.

Join us at FusionXInvest in Boston this February. FusionXInvest is designed to bring capital and investment to the fusion energy industry.

This week, Andrew Bowie MP, Minister of Nuclear and Networks announced the latest UK fusion strategy. Read more to find out what was said.

ITER ("The Way" in Latin) is one of the most ambitious energy projects in the world today. We invited Roberto Hinojosa to our September Q&A session to find out more...

The UK Government announced £650m in new funding for fusion on 7th September 2023. Why is this a significant move for the ambitious UK fusion industry?

Germany has announced a new public programme for fusion. How does this new plan change the level of funding and commitment for fusion in Germany?

General Fusion announced plans to build a new magnetised target fusion (MTF) device in August 2023. Read our blog to find out exactly what is significant about this plan.

In August 2023, SHINE Technologies demonstrated Cherenkov radiation. What is this and why does it matter?

This partnership is an important step to accelerate the delivery of commercial fusion. Find out more...

Amolika - "What excites me is that fusion energy holds the potential to revolutionise multiple sectors by providing a clean, abundant, and sustainable power source."

Fusion isn't just about energy! Find out how First Light Fusion's partnership with IDOM Nuclear Services can benefit medical science

Our interns are with us to learn about fusion energy, so what has Isaac learnt during his time with us?

"The most surprising thing I have discovered is how close we actually are to realising fusion energy" Read more from our student intern, Patrick O'Regan.

Energy, space propulsion and fusion investment--find out about intern Ryan Oatley's motivations and experiences with us this summer.

We had a fantastic evening at the launch event of the FIA's 2023 Fusion Energy report.

The Fusion Industry Association has released its report about the fusion industry. Read our summary of the 3 key insights.

Back in May the FIA published their report on the fusion industry supply chain. Read more to discover one of the problems that report raised.

Our May Insights Q&A covered the NIF announcement of energy gain in December 2022. In this session we get 3 different perspectives of the breakthrough.

Our explanation of what the news that Helion Energy will provide Microsoft with electricity in 5 years means for the industry.

We had a fantastic couple of days at FusionXInvest this week. Read o brief roundup, along with 3 key insights.

The Japanese Government have announced its first nuclear fusion strategy, backing up the collaboration between public and private sectors. Find out more about the strategy and why it's important .

Miki is an engineer with Kyoto Fusioneering, a company that specialises in fusion plant engneering. She works with plasma experts and fusion plant engineers.

The EAST tokamak achieved a stable H-mode plasma for 403 seconds, which is a new record pulse length for high performance operation in tokamaks (over 6.5 minutes).

For our Insights Q&A in April we invited Ahmed Diallo and Sam Wurzel from ARPA-E to share their perspectives on US government initiatives for fusion energy development.

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has voted unanimously for the development of a fusion regulatory framework. What does this mean for fusion?

Cyd Cowley, PhD student at the University of York, presents a summary of recent fusion energy news stories on behalf of The Fusion Industry Association.

A summary of recent fusion energy news stories is presented by Dr Hazel Lowe, Plasma Diagnostician at Tokamak Energy on behalf of The Fusion Industry Association.

Fusion company CFS and energy company Eni have signed an agreement for closer collaboration on fusion. Read to understand why this is significant news.

After the successful placement of two students last year, we’re offering three placements for undergraduate interns via the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) Fusion Industry Programme (FIP).

Dr. Leigh Ann Kesler, a consultant specialising in science communication, gives updates on the latest in fusion for the latest episode of Fusion News on behalf of The Fusion Industry Association.

President Biden has announced the 2024 budget proposal which includes record funding for fusion energy. Here are some details.

Dr. Denise Hinkel is a physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and serves as a Team Lead for predictive capability within the Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) Programme.

Leah Morgan is a Diagnostic Project Engineer at the UK Atomic Energy Authority. She is responsible for defining, designing, and installing diagnostics on the JET, MAST-U, and ITER tokamaks.

Kelli is a Design Physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. She completed her PhD in Nuclear Engineering at Texas A&M University in 2019.

Radha Bahukutumbi is currently a Distinguished Scientist at the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE). We asked her to tell us more about her work.

FusionXInvest: the first in a series of global events designed to bring capital and investment to the fusion energy industry.

Last week, Fusion Energy Insights founder, Melanie Windridge, attended a Fusion Energy Breakfast event at No. 10 Downing Street.

In the latest episode of Fusion News, Jasmine Mund, engineering intern at Kyoto Fusioneering, gives updates on the latest in fusion news on behalf of The Fusion Industry Association.

Our first Insights Q&A of 2023 took place on 8th February with Andrew Holland, CEO of the Fusion Industry Association.

In this week's episode of Fusion News, Cyd Cowley, PhD student at the University of York, gives updates on the latest in global fusion energy news on behalf of The Fusion Industry Association.

Dr. Hazel Lowe, Head of Laser Diagnostics at Tokamak Energy, discusses the latest updates in global fusion news from The Fusion Industry Association.

Dr. Leigh Ann Kesler, a consultant specialising in science communication, gives updates on the latest in fusion for this week’s episode of Fusion News from The Fusion Industry Association.

In Friday 16th's episode of Fusion News, Cyd Cowley, shares some of the major fusion developments from this year.

The U.S. Department of Energy announces that the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has achieved fusion energy gain.

Amy Duffuor and Dr. Lauren Hartle joined us for December's Q&A Insights session.

Emre Yildirim, PhD student at the University of Manchester, updates us on the latest in fusion energy news worldwide on behalf of The Fusion Industry Association.

A summary of recent fusion energy news stories presented by Cyd Cowley, Cyd shares the latest news articles about fusion from around the world on behalf of The Fusion Industry

On November 10th we welcomed Thomas P. Davis, President & Chief Technology Officer, Oxford Sigma on to discuss opportunities for SMEs in the growing fusion ecosystem.

Dr. Hazel Lowe, Head of Laser Diagnostics at Tokamak Energy, gives updates on the latest in fusion news from around the world on behalf of The Fusion Industry Association.

It has been a busy autumn for Fusion Energy Insights, with founder Melanie Windridge travelling to both New York and Lisbon to discuss fusion energy, as well as events at home in London.

Dr. Leigh Ann Kesler, a consultant specialising in science communication, gives updates on the latest in fusion for this week’s episode of Fusion News.

On Wednesday 12th October we had an Insights Q&A session with Amanda Quadling, Director of Materials at UKAEA, talking about materials challenges for fusion energy.

Emre Yildirim, PhD student at the University of Manchester studying materials of fusion energy, gives updates on the latest in fusion from The Fusion Industry Association.

On Thursday, September 22, the US Department of Energy (DOE) announced a $50M fusion development program at the Global Clean Energy Action Forum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Dr. Leigh Ann Kesler, a consultant specialising in science communication, gives updates on the latest in fusion for this week’s episode of Fusion News for the Fusion Industry Association.

Gary Reed, Energy Transition Business Manager at Assystem, together with Graham Openshaw, Head of digital at Assystem, discuss what role digital engineering will play in commercialising fusion.

Last week Fusion Energy Insights founder, Melanie Windridge attended the Ox to Zero event that took place at the Blavatnik School of Government in Oxford.

Dr. Hazel Lowe, Head of Laser Diagnostics at Tokamak Energy, gives updates on the latest in fusion news from around the world for the Fusion Industry Association.

This summer, Fusion Energy Insights took on 2 interns as part of the UKAEA Fusion Industry Programme (Education scheme). Safoora Chaudhary is one of our interns...

In this week's episode of Fusion News, Cyd Cowley, PhD student at the University of York, gives updates on the latest in fusion from around the world.

Isabella Cooper-Brown has been working with Future Energy Insights as in intern this summer as part of the Fusion Industry Programme. We caught up with her to find out a bit more about her.

Cyd Cowley, PhD student at the University of York, introduces our summer special episode, in which the Fusion News Team selected their favourite news stories from the past year to highlight.

Our public Q&A Insights in July was with Simon Barber, UK managing director of Assystem on Opportunities of Commercial Fusion.

In this week's episode of Fusion News, Cyd Cowley, PhD student at the University of York, gives updates on the latest in fusion from around the world.

In this week’s episode of Fusion News, Emre Yildirim, PhD student at the University of Manchester, gives updates on key fusion news stories.

July's Q&A Insights session was with Dr Ajay Gambhir, a Senior Research Fellow at the Imperial College London Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment.

In this week’s episode of Fusion News, Dr. Leigh Ann Kesler, Fusion Consultant Specialising in Science Communication, gives updates on key fusion news stories.

On 20th June 2022, the UK government announced that fusion energy facilities will continue to be regulated by the Environment Agency (EA) and Health & Safety Executive (HSE).

This week’s episode of Fusion News is a summary of recent fusion energy news stories presented by Dr. Hazel Lowe, Plasma Diagnostician at Tokamak Energy.

June's Q&I Insights was with Dr Alan Costly on The physics of fusion, tokamaks and beyond. Dr Costley has a PhD in plasma spectroscopy from Imperial College London.

Cyd Cowley, PhD Student at the University of York and working at the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, gives updates on the latest in fusion for this week’s episode of Fusion News.

Led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and held annually on June 5th since 1974, World Environment Day is the largest global platform for environmental public outreach.

In this week’s episode of Fusion News by the Fusion Industry Association, Dr. Erica Salazar, Magnet Systems Lead at Commonwealth Fusion Systems, discusses several key fusion news stories.

Our May Insights Q&A event was with Dr Ashley Finan, the Director of the National Reactor Innovation Center and a Division Director at Idaho National Laboratory.

Emre Yildirim, PhD Student at the University of Manchester, gives updates on the latest in fusion for this week’s episode of Fusion News.

In this week’s episode of Fusion News, Dr. Leigh Ann Kesler, Fusion Consultant Specialising in Science Communication, gives updates on several fusion news stories.

Governments now are increasingly thinking about how to regulate the new fusion industry. A good regulatory framework needs to be proportionate to the hazard.

First Light Fusion has achieved fusion reactions by a new approach, proving their unique new target technology.

Our March Insights Q&A event was with Prof. Gerry Thomas, Chair in Molecular Pathology at Imperial College London and Director of the Chernobyl Tissue Bank.

In this summary of Fusion News, Cyd Cowley presents a series of stories about the White House fusion energy event, a 100 million degree breakthrough at Tokamak Energy and more.

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the U.S. Department of Energy hosted a White House Summit where fusion energy leaders set out their proposal for an updated fusion strategy.

A roundup of the latest fusion news from The Fusion Industry Association presented by Dr. Erica Salazar, a Magnet Systems Lead at Commonwealth Fusion Systems.

The Tokamak Energy team has achieved plasma temperatures of 100 million degrees in their spherical tokamak fusion device ST40. This is the temperature threshold required for commercial fusion energy.

Our February Q&A event was with Chris Ajemian, VP Business Development and Regulatory Affairs at CTFusion.

A summary of the latest fusion news from the Fusion Industry Association. This episode is presented by presented by Emre Yildirim, a PhD student working on materials for fusion energy.

A summary of the latest fusion news from the Fusion Industry Association. This episode is presented by Cyd Cowley, a PhD student working at the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy.

On Wednesday 9th February, EUROfusion and the UK Atomic Energy Authority announced the results of the latest experimental campaign on the JET tokamak.

A profile of Rhiann Canavan, a Research and Development Engineer at the Culham Science Centre.

3 insights from author Q&A with Arthur Turrell, discussing fusion energy from a physics and economics viewpoint.

A summary of the latest fusion news from the Fusion Industry Association. This episode is presented by Dr Hazel Lowe, Plasma Diagnostician at Tokamak Energy, UK.

A summary of the latest fusion news from the Fusion Industry Association. This episode is presented by Cyd Cowley, a PhD student working at the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy.

A summary of the latest fusion news from the Fusion Industry Association. This episode is presented by Dr. Erica Salazar, a Magnet Systems Lead at Commonwealth Fusion Systems.

Until now, fusion has predominantly been focused on technological innovation and not on commercialisation....

A summary of the latest fusion news from the Fusion Industry Association. This episode is presented by Emre Yildirim, PhD student at the University of Manchester.

We’re really seeing the momentum build in the fusion space now and the increased funding will allow the plans to be executed faster.

There are various areas where we still need technology development or facilities to do research or testing because we just don’t have all the answers yet.

Private fusion company Helion has secured $500m to deliver a fusion demonstrator, and there’s additional commitments of $1.7bn going forward.

Renewables are changing energy systems and LCOE may not always be the most important metric for clean energy companies seeking to compete.

The UK government has released a fusion strategy document and declared that the UK will become the first country in the world to legislate the safe and effective rollout of fusion energy.

Why do mega-projects often fail, and what could fusion learn?

Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) announced the successful test of the world’s strongest high-temperature superconducting (HTS) fusion magnet. So, what have they done and why does it matter?

A National Ignition Facility (NIF) experiment achieved a fusion energy release of 1.3 mega joules (MJ). So, what have they done and why does it matter?