Nuclear fusion

Technology

What is green gas and where could it come from?

It could herald an end to fossil fuel heating and cooking, but can green hydrogen be sourced at scale? IMechE's Dr Jen Baxter mulls some of the options

clock 18 April 2019 • 4 min read

R&D

'Fusion Island': UK start up reveals plans for pioneering nuclear fusion research

UK Atomic Energy Authority and First Light Fusion team up for project that aims to deliver fusion breakthrough by 2024

clock 06 December 2018 • 3 min read

Nuclear

Nuclear fusion on brink of being realised, say MIT scientists

Carbon-free fusion power could be 'on the grid in 15 years'

clock 09 March 2018 • 4 min read

Nuclear

Government announces plans for new nuclear, large and small

Three-year funding programme announced for small modular reactors, alongside proposals for large power stations across the UK and £86m for nuclear fusion research

clock 07 December 2017 • 4 min read

Nuclear

Google enters race for nuclear fusion technology

The tech giant and a leading US fusion company develop a new computer algorithm that significantly speeds up progress towards clean, limitless energy

clock 26 July 2017 • 4 min read