by Michael Heumann | May 15, 2025 | Fusion Energy
The Growing Role of State Governments in Funding Fusion Development A lot has been written lately about the pullback of U.S. federal government funding of science research under the Trump Administration. Examples of this include large cuts at the NIH (37%...
by Michael Heumann | May 13, 2025 | Fusion Energy
How Close Are We to Commercial Fusion? Maybe Closer Than You Think… A perennial (or even more often) question that you hear in this field of endeavor is “how close are we to having commercial fusion energy?” Last week, The Fusion Report (TFR) ran a story...
by Michael Heumann | May 8, 2025 | Fusion Energy
Key Fusion Energy Subsystems: Marx Generators If you have been around fusion energy for a while, you have probably heard the term “Marx Generator” before. Like me, you probably wondered what a Marx Generator is, how it is constructed, and what it is used for?...
by Michael Heumann | May 6, 2025 | Fusion Energy
Is Fusion Energy Development Stalling? A couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine asked me if I thought the development of commercial fusion energy was stalling. After all, most of the headlines regarding fusion energy from this year were in the first quarter of...
by Michael Heumann | May 5, 2025 | Company Profiles
7 Questions with Xcimer Energy About Xcimer Energy Xcimer is an inertial fusion company combining novel laser technology with proven science to achieve commercial deployment of fusion energy. Its approach to inertial fusion holds the best prospect for...