2025 marked a major acceleration in our progress towards realising fusion energy.

Helion, Gauss Fusion and MIT in the news, alongside an analysis of fusion startups across the globe.

This month, in honour of fusion energy week (5-9th May), we have been posting A Question A Day in May for our subscribers.

Donald Trump’s orders to “Unleash American energy” and “Declare A National Energy Emergency“ have loudly set a stage for the expected shift in US energy strategy.

A new whitepaper has been published by Newfront, examining how Lloyd’s of London’s current fission-focused exclusions fail to support the fast-growing fusion industry.

In our member Q&A session on the 20th February 2025, we discussed fusion investment trends for the year ahead with our expert speaker Guy Cohen, Senior Research Associate at Sightline Climate.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

HB11 Energy featured in our ‘5 Questions With…’ interview in the latest June 2024 issue of the Fusion Energy Insights Quarterly. Here is a sneak-peek of some of the things HB11 Energy revealed.

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

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!

KSTAR, or the Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research project, recently broke a world record during its plasma operations. Find out more and why it is important.

Find out who's who in the fusion industry. From fusion related groups to those who support fusion alongside other activities, this explainer will help you understand their remits.

Do you know about 'valley of death'—a phase where technologies falter in the transition from academia to commercialisation? Find out more from these 3 key insights...

We were delighted to be invited to the UKAEA's event at the Royal Institution. Read about what was covered a this near sell-out occasion.

Looking ahead into the new year, Romi Mahajan shares some outsider observations about fusion for consideration.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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