Fusion News: August 6, 2025
Dr. Cyd Cowley, working at the intersection of fusion and AI at FIA affiliate member digiLab, gives today's global fusion news update. Links to all of the stories mentioned are included below.
1. Helion Energy starts construction on nuclear fusion plant to power Microsoft data centers
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/helion-energy-starts-construction-nuclear-fusion-plant-power-microsoft-data-2025-07-30/
2. Germany advances plans for world's first fusion power plant in “High-Tech Agenda”
https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/germany-advances-plans-worlds-first-fusion-power-plant-high-tech-agenda#:~:text=The%20German%20government%20has%20fleshed,fuels%2C%20and%20industrial%20carbon%20capture.
3. Avalanche Energy hits key milestone on the road to a desktop fusion reactor
https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/23/avalanche-energy-hits-key-milestone-on-the-road-to-a-desktop-fusion-reactor/
Bonus:
FIA 2025 Global Fusion Industry report launch makes headlines
https://www.fusionindustryassociation.org/in-the-news-the-global-fusion-industry-in-2025/
https://www.fusionindustryassociation.org/over-2-5-billion-invested-in-fusion-industry-in-past-year/
Overview of "BEST" tokamak in China
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/china-fusion-energy-best-reactor/
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Fusion News: August 6, 2025
Dr. Cyd Cowley, working at the intersection of fusion and AI at FIA affiliate member digiLab, gives today's global fusion news update. Links to all of the stories mentioned are included below.
1. Helion Energy starts construction on nuclear fusion plant to power Microsoft data centers
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/helion-energy-starts-construction-nuclear-fusion-plant-power-microsoft-data-2025-07-30/
2. Germany advances plans for world's first fusion power plant in “High-Tech Agenda”
https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/germany-advances-plans-worlds-first-fusion-power-plant-high-tech-agenda#:~:text=The%20German%20government%20has%20fleshed,fuels%2C%20and%20industrial%20carbon%20capture.
3. Avalanche Energy hits key milestone on the road to a desktop fusion reactor
https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/23/avalanche-energy-hits-key-milestone-on-the-road-to-a-desktop-fusion-reactor/
Bonus:
FIA 2025 Global Fusion Industry report launch makes headlines
https://www.fusionindustryassociation.org/in-the-news-the-global-fusion-industry-in-2025/
https://www.fusionindustryassociation.org/over-2-5-billion-invested-in-fusion-industry-in-past-year/
Overview of "BEST" tokamak in China
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/china-fusion-energy-best-reactor/
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