The Fusion Report article from last week focused on the state of fusion regulations in the United States. However, while the US may have the most private companies focused on the development of...
Policy & Geopolitics
Permitting, tariffs, US-China competition, DOE programs and state policy shaping the energy buildout.
The State of Fusion Energy Regulations: A Bright Spot for Future Progress!
One of the advantages that fusion energy enjoys versus nuclear fission is its significantly simplified regulatory environment. Nuclear fission, due to events like Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and...
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% funding...
Day 2 Highlights: 2025 Fusion Industry Association Policy Conference
At the Fusion Industry Association (FIA) 2025 annual policy conference last week at Union Station in Washington DC, the second day focused on “supercharging” the road to commercial fusion energy....
Day 1 Highlights: 2025 Fusion Industry Association Policy Conference
The Fusion Industry Association (FIA) had their annual policy conference last week at Union Station in Washington DC. The conference encompassed seventeen (17) sessions over two days, with a number...
How Much HTS Tape Can All Those Pennies Make?
For all of you who have tried to keep up with the myriad of appointments, executive orders, and other goings-on in the second Trump administration, one of the more curious ones was his order on...
The Power Grid, AI, Fusion Energy, and DoE’s Chris Wright
What do the power grid, artificial intelligence (AI), fusion energy, and Secretary of Energy Chris Wright all have in common? If you are a user of electricity from the public power grid in the U.S.,...
Is the Chinese “Great Fusion Dragon” Real?
Fusion energy is one of those subjects that it seems nearly every industrialized country is very interested in. The allure of machines that can essentially convert seawater into limitless clean...
Can Fusion Happen Without Trump?
In a recent article on Axios, “Fusion Industry Makes Its Case to GOP,” by Nick Sobczyk (sorry for the firewall link), Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, the House's top energy appropriator and co-chair of the...
Trump 2.0: U.S. House Of Representatives Energy Committees and Members
Examining the legislative agenda and its impact on U.S. Energy markets. In the House, the most important committees, and historically one of the most powerful, is the House Committee on Energy and...
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