{"id":52614,"date":"2024-11-08T08:48:44","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T08:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=52614"},"modified":"2024-11-08T08:48:44","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T08:48:44","slug":"harnessing-fusion-energy-with-benefits-for-the-energy-and-industrial-strategy-of-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/harnessing-fusion-energy-with-benefits-for-the-energy-and-industrial-strategy-of-europe\/52614\/","title":{"rendered":"Harnessing fusion energy with benefits for the energy and industrial strategy of Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"
Fusion energy cannot satisfy our acute need for green energy and it cannot replace a rapid energy transition to renewable energies. However, it can play an important role in meeting our ever-growing future energy needs<\/a>. It can deliver locally produced, base-load capable and CO2<\/sub>-free energy, independent of geological and climatic conditions, in a comparatively compact setup.<\/p>\n Fusion research has long been regarded as fundamental research. However, technological breakthroughs like new and extremely powerful supercomputers, advances in the development of artificial intelligence (AI), new laser diodes, and high-temperature superconductors have brought fusion much closer to commercial application. In recent years, these technological leaps have also motivated private investors to invest in the fusion industry for the first time, in the context of an ever-growing demand for energy.<\/p>\n Worldwide, more than 45 fusion start-ups, including several in Germany, have raised a total of more than $7bn in private investment.1<\/sup> The start-ups are pursuing a very broad range of technological approaches, and each start-up has its own unique approach. The variety of technologies being explored by all the start-ups increases the chances of finding a commercial approach quickly. However, at this stage of development, it is not possible to predict which technologies will ultimately reach the market. Therefore, focusing on one or a few technologies cannot be scientifically justified today and is not recommended.2<\/sup><\/p>\n SPRIND \u2013 the Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation in Germany<\/a> \u2013 is a federal government company tasked with identifying, developing, financing, and scaling groundbreaking innovations. Inspired by DARPA in the US, its main goal is to provide agile and proactive support, both financially and structurally.<\/p>\n Fusion energy, if done right, will be one of the major breakthrough innovations of the future and part of the solution to satisfy our hunger for energy. Society will be enabled to power mobility and industry, but also a circular economy or new ways of desalinating seawater. For Germany and Europe, this can result in additional economic success. It can be a key technology for which Europe can provide large parts of the supply chain with industrial sectors in which Europe is strong.<\/p>\n SPRIND is therefore supporting companies that are tackling the challenge of building a commercially viable fusion plant and at the same time is a spokesman in favour of supporting developments in the supply chain.<\/p>\nAdvancing fusion research closer to commercialisation<\/h3>\n
What is SPRIND?<\/h3>\n
Supporting fusion innovation<\/h3>\n