Scientific Net Energy Breakthrough
Fusion

Scientific Net Energy Breakthrough

By ECG Dec 12, 2022
ECG celebrates the scientific breakthrough on net energy, which has been widely discussed in the press. The Department of Energy will host a press conference tomorrow, December 13th at 10:00 AM to discuss it in greater detail.  More information can be found here.
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Here’s what ECG has been up to in October!
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Here’s what ECG has been up to in October!

By ECG Oct 20, 2022
ECG's Jane Hotchkiss and Wally Johnston attended FUSION22, hosted by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and the Fusion Cluster, on October 18 at the Science Museum in London — no doubt a hub that will someday exhibit early fusion devices! Many of our friends and colleagues spoke at…
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Our efforts of September, 2022
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Our efforts of September, 2022

By ECG Sep 20, 2022
Today we launch our inaugural monthly update. Here you will find information about what ECG has been up to in September as well as highlights from the fusion community broadly. On September 29th, ECG sponsored a webinar hosted by BBVA on “New Tech to Expand the Power Grid and Reduce…
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You’ve Seen This Before: Fusion in Science Fiction
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You’ve Seen This Before: Fusion in Science Fiction

By ECG Sep 08, 2022
Guest blog by Sophia Famular What’s the first thing you think of when you hear “solar energy”? A solar panel. “Wind power”; a windmill. Both these terms conjure an image in your mind. Correct? What about “fusion energy”? What do you picture? Unless you possess a vast knowledge of plasma…
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ECG remembers Dr. Bernard Bigot, the Director-General of ITER
Fusion

ECG remembers Dr. Bernard Bigot, the Director-General of ITER

By ECG May 17, 2022
Energy for the Common Good, Inc. (ECG) extends its condolences to the family and colleagues of Dr. Bernard Bigot, the Director-General of ITER, who passed away on May 14th following an illness. Jane Hotchkiss, Founder and President of ECG, said “Dr. Bigot was in many ways larger than life…his passion,…
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Climate Change, ECG in the News, Fusion, Technology Milestones

Boston Globe, “After years of doubts, hopes grow that nuclear fusion is finally for real and could help address climate change”

By ECG Dec 28, 2021
“I started in renewables 25 years ago, when we were being told that photovoltaics was a pipe dream, similar to what the conversation is today about fusion,” said Jane Hotchkiss, president of Energy Common Good, a Concord-based advocacy group for fusion energy. “It’s not just about technological viability; there are…
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ECG in the News, Fusion

ECG President Jane Hotchkiss on The Stream

By ECG Dec 09, 2021
"We celebrate all the global private and public fusion development going on because this is a very exciting moment in fusion and in clean energy. For instance, two companies in the U.S. have raised $4 billion in the last two months. This equals 10% of our total fusion research funding…
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