The UK Government has announced a £410 million investment into fusion energy over 2025 and 2026 as part of their Plan for Change which is targeting economic growth.

Over 55 companies worldwide are racing to deliver commercial fusion power. Many now focus on specific ‘enabling technologies’ that form the backbone of their fusion machine designs.

On December 17, 2024, Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) announced plans to build the world’s first commercial fusion power plant, ARC, in Chesterfield County, Virginia.

Longview Fusion Energy Systems featured in our ‘5 Questions With…’ interview in the December 2024 issue of the Fusion Energy Insights Quarterly.

As the year ends, we run down what the team at Fusion Energy Insights see as some of the 3 biggest fusion trends of the year.

The report gives insight into the skills needed today/tomorrow and recommends ways policymakers, fusion developers, suppliers and academia can support the rapidly expanding industry.

Tokamak Energy, in partnership with the DOE and the UK’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), has announced a $52 million upgrade to its record-breaking ST40 spherical tokamak.

Discussing the financing of fusion's global commercialisation--and cocktails. What to expect from FusionXInvest:Global in Silicon Valley.

The Japanese Fusion by Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (FAST) project is a private initiative targeting fusion-based electricity generation by the 2030s. Find out why it's different to others.

In our member Q&A session on the 21/11/2024, we discussed fusion activity in the EU with Milena Roveda, CEO of Gauss Fusion and Chair of the European Fusion Association (EFA)

According to the latest IAEA report, 2024 marks a dynamic phase in fusion energy, characterised by technological diversity, strategic planning and enhanced drive for public–private collaboration.

The Clean Air Task Force has released a report at COP29 that explores the transformative role of high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI) tools in advancing fusion energy.

The first ministerial meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) World Fusion Energy Group (WFEG) brought together high-level figures to discuss the global development of fusion power.

Pacific Fusion has raised a remarkable $900 million in Series A funding. But the funding is not yet all “unlocked” so is the commitment meaningless?

Zap Energy’s recent $130 million Series D investment, places them in the top 5 of fusion companies ordered by secured funding.

A first of its kind fusion energy workshop was held at Seattle Fusion Week to consider the possible benefits of a public/private federal/state regional approach to commercialisation of fusion energy.

The optimism coursing through FusionXInvest:Japan last week has made clear that stakeholders across the fusion industry believe that fusion commercialisation is coming soon.

Australia does not yet have many private companies working in fusion, but the situation may change quickly in light of Australian policy changes to enable fusion.

The establishment of Plynth’s fusion fund signals a growing interest from Middle Eastern countries in establishing a strong foothold in the fusion energy sector.

The Helixos team has conceived a framework bringing together policy, regulatory, financial, and scientific aspects needed for the commercialisation and deployment of fusion energy in a country.

First Light Fusion takes a unique approach to inertial fusion energy (IFE) using shocks and amplifier technology.

In April 2024, Japan launched their first national strategy for fusion to look at the commercialisation of fusion and set out its ambitious power generation plan

The Royal Society published a special edition of its esteemed journal, highlighting the challenges that need to be overcome to bring fusion energy into the commercial realm.

Yan, a 4th year Physics student, wanted to learn about private fusion companies and their individual approaches to fusion energy.

The South Korean government recently committed to a decade-long program to develop nuclear fusion technologies, focusing on establishing a public-private partnership (PPP) model.

Our intern Thomas Rainford, believes Fusion is going to make the world a better place for everyone.

The WHAM team's achievement has profound implications for the future of fusion and the experiment now serves as a crucial testbed for the magnetic mirror reactor design.

Whilst fusion energy is broadly viewed positively, most people admitted in recent research, to knowing little about the technology.

Fusion has a wider range of applications than energy generation and one such use is fusion propulsion to enable travel in space.

Building on a heritage of fusion science and engineering, in recent months the US and Japan announced a strategic partnership to accelerate fusion commercialisation.

As global warming continues to threaten the lives of billions, where do we go from here? Romi Mahajan, CEO of ExoFusion, gives his perspective.

Large growth in the global fusion supply chain reported in the Fusion Industry Association's latest report.

Fusion24, the world’s greatest fusion showcase, returned to London’s Science Museum. Find out more...

Ferrari's 2nd Sustainability Workshop took place in June. Melanie attended and spoke about fusion. Here are her 3 key insights.

We spoke to Sachin Desai, General Counsel at Helion Energy, to understand the regulatory framework which is crucial for investors in fusion technology.

Focused Energy featured in our ‘5 Questions With…’ interview in the March 2023 issue of the Fusion Energy Insights Quarterly. Here is a sneak-peek of some of the things Focused Energy revealed.

ITER’s inaugural private-public fusion workshop took place in May at the ITER site in France. Read on to discover our 3 key insights.

In our third member Q&A session of 2024, we discussed waste generation from fusion. Our expert speaker was Sehila M. Gonzalez de Vicente, Global Director of Fusion Energy at the Clean Air Task Force.

The DIII-D tokamak has pushed its fusion plasmas to new high-performance, power-plant relevant regimes. How can these experiments enable the fusion power-plants of the future?

TechFest was a chance to showcase some of the incredible work and people driving continuous innovation across our company on the path to commercialising fusion in the 2030s. Find out more!