by Michael Heumann | Apr 1, 2025 | Fusion Energy, Fusion Investment
The Q1 2025 Fusion Funding Update: On Pace for $3B+ in Funding for 2025 If you have been following the news over the past few weeks, it is hard not to notice that US economic expectations for 2025 are not particularly positive. Overall, US economic growth is...
by Michael Heumann | Mar 28, 2025 | Fusion Energy, This Week's Fusion News
This Week’s Fusion News: March 28, 2025 This Week's Fusion Energy News - March 28, 2025 https://thefusionreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/audio_this-weeks-fusion-news_032825.mp3 Things You Gotta Know Type One Energy Unveils World’s Largest...
by Michael Heumann | Mar 25, 2025 | Fusion Energy, Lasers
Lasers for Fusion Energy – The Basics When most people think about lasers for fusion energy, their minds immediately jump to the topic of inertial confinement fusion (ICF) where a large number of laser beams are used to concurrently heat and compress fuel...
by Michael Heumann | Mar 20, 2025 | Energy Industry, Fossil Fuels, Fusion Energy
ARPA-E Conference Highlights: The Return of “Coolness” to Fossil Fuels This week saw the 2025 ARPA-E Conference for the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) being held at the National Harbor Gaylord Conference Center. While ARPA-E officially stands for “Advanced...
by Michael Heumann | Mar 18, 2025 | Fusion Energy, Fusion Supply Chain
Increasing Fusion Supply Chain Diversity: High-Temperature Semiconductors In our last article, we discussed the fusion supply chain and how the difference in risk appetites between fusion machine companies and supply chain companies produced a disconnect in...
by Michael Heumann | Mar 13, 2025 | Fusion Energy, Fusion Supply Chain
The Fusion Supply Chain – Scaling Fusion Energy from FOAKs to Thousands Today, there may be up to 50+ different versions of first-of-a-kind (FOAK) fusion machines in development across dozens of private and public fusion programs. While they typically fit into...
