With extra government help German firms are attempting to make working fusion reactors.
Last month the German government announced an additional €370m in funding for nuclear fusion research and development.So is Germany about to take a leap forward in fusion engineering?
But the engineering hurdles are daunting. Sparking a fusion reaction and keeping it going needs immense temperature and pressure, and will require technology that is yet to be invented. "Things are moving too slowly, and they're not moving at scale. The main part missing in Germany is a clear political commitment that the government is supporting this, the next is subsidies,"They have agreed to collaborate in a number of key areas in a bid to accelerate research and development.
Milena Roveda, chief executive of Gauss Fusion, agrees that Germany has the potential to play a pivotal role in making fusion energy a reality. "Two of the greatest fusion research devices are in Germany. We have excellent physicists. In Germany, nothing except to say, 'Okay, we'll do it now'." Headquartered in Hanau, near Frankfurt, Gauss Fusion's roadmap sees the company opening fusion power plants by the beginning of the 2040s.
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