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Context: Commonwealth's initial site west of Boston — intended to show fusion is commercially viable — is roughly 70% finished
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Follow the money: The Trump administration has been extremely bullish on fusion's potential, and Congress in 2024 increased spending on fusion research to record levels — roughly $1.5 billion.
Key facts
- Follow the money: The Trump administration has been extremely bullish on fusion's potential, and Congress in 2024 increased spending on fusion research to record levels — roughly $1.5 billion
- Commonwealth's initial site west of Boston — intended to show fusion is commercially viable — is roughly 70% finished
- Two prominent fusion companies — Commonwealth Fusion Systems and Realta Fusion — said Thursday they're teaming up to give the frantic push toward commercial fusion even better odds
- Fusion promises near-limitless electricity without the safety concerns of conventional nuclear power, and with none of the emissions of its main round-the-clock rival, natural gas
Summary
Two prominent fusion companies — Commonwealth Fusion Systems and Realta Fusion — said Thursday they're teaming up to give the frantic push toward commercial fusion even better odds. Executives said the successful development of fusion — the energy powering the sun — has become even more urgent at a time when the Iran war has shown a pressing need to diversify energy supplies. The war "does open the world's eyes to what could be a solution that doesn't rely on those geopolitically fraught supply chains," said Rick Needham, Commonwealth's chief commercial officer. The companies also want fusion to power AI data centers' massive electricity needs. Commonwealth and Realta are partnering to design and manufacture high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets that Realta will use to speed up the commercialization of its fusion system.