Here’s what ECG has been up to in March!
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Here’s what ECG has been up to in March!

By ECG Apr 08, 2023
Is Fusion the Answer to Net Zero? ECG President Jane Hotchkiss attended CERAWeek in Houston on March 6-10 where she caught a standing-room only fusion panel at the AGORA, CERAWeek’s innovation hub. Pictured above, CFS, TAE and MIT were discussing the fast advancing fusion industry and expectations of commercial energy…
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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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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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Climate Change

A game changer in our war on climate change

By ECG Dec 02, 2021
Fusion energy is not only coming, the private device companies and their investors are steaming ahead. Yesterday, Commonwealth Fusion Systems, building its proof-of-concept compact fusion device at Devens, Massachusetts, announced $1.8 billion in funding commitments and a net energy goal of 2025. This week, General Fusion closed an oversubscribed $130 million financing round; this…
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