2024 – An Inflection Point for Fusion Energy?
Blog, Fusion

2024 – An Inflection Point for Fusion Energy?

By ECG Dec 21, 2023
Fusion energy has gained momentum in 2023 after the successful laser-driven ignition at Lawrence Livermore Lab in December 2022. As we look back at 2023, fusion has much to celebrate: Private and federal investment in research and development of fusion energy has increased. New fusion energy start-ups with diverse solutions are…
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You’ve Seen This Before: Fusion in Science Fiction
Blog, Fusion

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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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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