Nuclear fusion news: The science behind the energy technology
2024年2月22日 · The UK's Minister for Nuclear and Networks, Andrew Bowie, said: "JET's final fusion experiment is a fitting swansong after all the ground-breaking work that has gone into the project since 1983. We are closer to fusion energy than ever before thanks to the international team of scientists and engineers in Oxfordshire."
Here's why fusion experiments matter | World Economic Forum
2020年12月11日 · The Joint European Torus located at the UK’s Atomic Energy Authority in Culham, Oxfordshire is the world’s most successful machine; it holds the record for producing fusion energy of around two-thirds of the power put in to heat the plasma. Since the 1990s the UK has pioneered developments of spherical tokamaks, which are typically smaller ...
Is the world ready for the transformational power of fusion?
2025年1月7日 · Fusion is the future of the global energy sector and the first fusion power plant is due to begin operations imminently. The world’s first commercial fusion power plant should break ground in the next few years. The global race for commercial fusion is on while the fusion-powered future is just beginning.
5 ways fusion energy can change the world for the better
2023年2月16日 · A number of clean and important inventions have lagged because of high energy costs. It’ll take years to get there, but at fusion’s fullest capacity, anyone will be able to use as much electricity as they need, with no environmental costs and very little expense. Fusion energy is arguably the most exciting human discovery since fire.
The case for fusion energy | World Economic Forum
2015年9月8日 · Fusion energy projects and start-ups around the world may pursue the goal of fusion energy in different ways by playing to their distinctive strengths. The increasing number of start-ups coming onto the scene is encouraging. A competitive race and more private investment would be good for the progress of fusion.
This giant magnet could be a new zero-carbon energy source
2021年6月25日 · So a big challenge is to ensure that the new fusion reactor creates more energy than it uses. The current world record for fusion power is held by the European experimental Tokamak called JET which needed 24 megawatts of heating power to produce 16 megawatts of …
What the return of the stellarator means for fusion energy
2023年6月13日 · Also, commercial startups that bring fusion energy out of the lab and onto the grid have emerged, two of them with stellarators: Renaissance Fusion in Europe and Type One Energy in the United States. And as argued previously, only startups can move deep tech out of the lab because research institutions and big companies aren’t incentivized to ...
Davos 23: The future of nuclear fusion, according to the lead …
2023年1月19日 · The ignition resulted in a net energy gain for the first time, meaning the fusion reaction produced more energy than it consumed - a net gain of 1.5 megajoules. In a statement, the US Department of Energy hailed the breakthrough as a "historic, first-of-its kind achievement" that will provide "invaluable insights into the prospects of clean ...
4 key trends to watch in clean energy technology in 2025
2025年1月9日 · Clean energy investments are surging as costs plummet and industrial policies gain traction globally. Solar and energy storage are leading the charge. Artificial intelligence’s (AI) insatiable energy demand is reshaping the grid, pushing for rapid deployment of clean and reliable energy sources while advanced nuclear builds momentum for the ...
Nuclear fusion energy calculations - Physics Forums
2022年8月8日 · As I understand it, fusing deuterium with helium 3 produces 18.3 MeV of energy, while fusing Helium-4 together produces a net energy of 7.275 MeV (as I understand that fusing two Helium-4s together is actually an energy loss, but fusing the resultant Beryllium-8 atom with another Helium-4 is what gets you Carbon-12, releasing energy).