US Moves to Accelerate Fusion Energy Amid Slow Progress
- Energy Department offers $180 million more for fusion research
- Researchers have replicated key breakthrough four times
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The Biden administration is stepping up its efforts to support research into fusion energy, saying more financing is needed to meet its bold vision for harnessing the energy of the stars.
The US Energy Department announced $180 million to support fusion research at an event in Washington Thursday. That’s paired with plans to develop a public-private consortium framework that would boost federal efforts by tapping funding from state and local governments, philanthropists and private industry, according to a statement.