Fusion Energy and the Growing Fusion Industry

Fusion energy has the potential to provide safe, carbon-free, dispatchable baseload electricity to the grid starting in the early 2030s. Fusion is what powers the stars, combining hydrogen atoms into larger helium atoms and releasing energy in the process. It has a tremendous energy density, requiring approximately a million times less fuel than conventional thermal energy generation. While governments have been sponsoring fusion research for decades, progress has recently accelerated significantly due to several billion dollars in private investment into more than 40 private companies working to build demonstration power plants. This talk will describe the fundamentals of fusion energy, the state of the fusion industry, and topics of common interest in engineering that translate from other fields to fusion. All content contained within this webinar is copyrighted by Alex Creely and David Young and its use and/or reproduction outside the portal requires express permission from Alex Creely and David Young.

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