The race to commercialise fusion energy is on. Europe could lead the charge

The unimaginably complex task of creating, containing, and commercialising fusion energy is undoubtedly one of the greatest scientific endeavours of our time.  Since the 1950s, hoards of the world’s top scientists and engineers have toiled away trying to turn the process that powers the Sun into a clean, safe, and virtually limitless energy source for humanity.  Despite huge progress, fusion energy has always seemed to be that “20-years-away” technology. But the tides are changing.  “We now have all the materials, magnets, and lasers we need to make fusion viable today,” Peter Roos, CEO at Novatron Fusion, told TNW.  “Now we…

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