{"id":18135,"date":"2022-02-10T15:36:30","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T15:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=18135"},"modified":"2024-09-12T12:17:21","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T11:17:21","slug":"sustained-fusion-energy-sustainable-low-carbon-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/sustained-fusion-energy-sustainable-low-carbon-future\/18135\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustained fusion energy for a sustainable and low-carbon future"},"content":{"rendered":"
This week, on 9 February 2022, the EUROfusion consortium announced record results of sustained fusion energy, which is a striking example of the possibilities that stem from the ability of fusion energy to provide safe and sustainable low-carbon energy.<\/p>\n
EUROfusion is a European Commission co-funded association of 4,800 experts, staff, and students from across Europe. \u00a0In this study, the scientists and engineers at world-leading UK Atomic Energy Authority\u2019s Joint European Torus (JET) facility in Oxford were able to more than double past records \u2013 attained in 1997 \u2013 achieving 59 megajoules of sustained fusion energy.<\/p>\n
The record and scientific data from these vital experiments are a massive boost for ITER (initially the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor), the bigger and more developed version of JET.<\/p>\n
ITER is a massive fusion research project endorsed by seven members \u2013 China, the European Union, India, Japan, South Korea, Russia, and the USA \u2013 based in the south of France. Its aim is to further establish the scientific and technological viability of fusion energy.<\/p>\n