Blog, Climate Change, Events, Fusion

A historic day in fusion

By Jane Hotchkiss Mar 19, 2022
When we Spring forward the light shines everywhere. At the White House Fusion Summit on March 17th, Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) offered a poetic introduction of fusion power when he said “…there was light; and that light came from fusion energy.” Beyer, the Chair of the Congressional Fusion Caucus, gave…
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Blog, Fusion, Technology Milestones

2021: The Dawn of the Fusion Age

By Jane Hotchkiss Jan 04, 2022
When humanity looks back at the history of climate actions advanced to build its non-carbon energy cycle, fusion, and the year 2021 will stand out. The year saw significant, announced milestones in plasma physics and engineering—in superconducting magnets and sustained plasma temperatures, for example—complemented by investment milestones—at least $4 billion…
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Fusion

A Note to the Environmental Community

By Jane Hotchkiss Sep 03, 2021
I hope this important editorial (Bloomberg: Get Ready for the Nuclear Fusion Revolution) resonates with you, as we coalesce around the solutions we need to abate climate change. We are experiencing a prelude of its ravages as fires consume vast landscapes dried by drought and hurricanes wreck cities and towns.My…
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