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News4c.com By Daniel Knighten -July 3, 2017 Earl Marmar, director of the Alcator C-Mod Tokamak project of the US Massachusetts Institute of Technology, says that from 2030 we will have nuclear fusion energy. The nuclear fusion will change the energy industry on the ground, being the only true source of renewable and environmentally friendly energy. … Read more
Futurism June 29, 2017 In Brief Earl Marmar, MIT’s Alcator C-Mod tokamak fusion project, said that we could potentially have nuclear fusion powering electric grids by the 2030s — that is, if we continue to pursue research aggressively. Fusion on the Horizon In the continuous pursuit of a truly renewable and clean energy source, nothing … Read more
Econotimes June 30, 2017 Nuclear Fusion Reactor.Steve Jurvetson/Flickr Since being sworn into office, President Donald Trump has done everything in his power to undermine the progress of renewable energy. He backed out of the Paris Accord and is giving the fossil fuel industry preferential treatment. However, the current administration is proposing a budget cut that … Read more
Bloomberg June 29, 2017 By Jing Cao As a power source, it’s like re-creating the sun on Earth, but the administration wants to reduce its funding. This reactor under construction in the south of France is said to be the first that will yield enough energy to sustain itself (and power about 375,000 homes). Source: … Read more
Royal Society of Biology 28 June 2017 The biggest science policy event in the Parliamentary calendar heard from Jo Johnson MP that the UK Government will continue to underwrite the Joint European Torus (JET) project post Brexit. Jo Johnson MP announces the UK Government will continue to fund JET post-brexit (photo: RSB) The announcement came … Read more
EUactiv Jun 27, 2017 Inside the JET facility. [EUROfusion] The British government said on Tuesday (27 June) it would continue to fund a collaborative nuclear fusion project with the European Union to 2020 if the bloc extends Britain’s contract to host the facility beyond 2018. The Joint European Torus (JET) project, located in southeast England … Read more
National Review by Robert Bryce June 24, 2017 The National Academy of Science refutes Mark Jacobson’s dream that our economy can run exclusively on ‘green’ energy.. Installing solar panels on a home in San Diego, Calif. (Reuters photo: Mike Blake) The idea that the U.S. economy can be run solely with renewable energy — a … Read more
Newsweek By Hannah Osborne On 6/22/17 The prospect of fusion energy—a potentially limitless and clean source of power—has just edged a little closer. Scientists believe they have solved a fundamental problem with building reactors that produce fusion power. Nuclear fusion produces energy in the same way as the sun and stars, combining lightweight atomic nuclei … Read more
PPPL June 22, 2017 Physicist C.S. Chang A nationwide team of researchers led by physicist C.S. Chang of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has won the use of 269.9 million supercomputer hours to complete an extreme-scale study of the complex edge region of fusion plasmas. The award was made … Read more
Times of India Jun 20, 2017 Padma Shri Prof Predhiman Krishan KawPadma Shri Prof Predhiman Krishan Kaw Highlights Prof Predhiman Krishan Kaw was the founder director of Institute for Plasma Research (IPR), Gandhinagar The institute catapulted India to being one among the seven member entities that is building the world’s largest fusion experiment AHMEDABAD: The … Read more