Tech group to purchase from US-based Commonwealth Fusion Systems in only second such deal in nascent sector
EQT Ventures and Siemens Energy among new backers in Munich-based start-up’s latest funding round
Lightspeed and SoftBank’s second Vision Fund among Helion’s new investors in latest funding round
Collaboration with Darpa agency among ways Tokamak Energy is seeking to monetise its magnet breakthroughs
Bloc tells London it will be locked out of Iter project in France within months unless it rejoins civil atomic programme
Experiment was ‘fitting swansong’ for UK’s JET facility outside Oxford
The country must act fast to avoid being overtaken by international competitors
Energy gain breakthrough has raised hopes for a technology long seen as decades from reality
Commercial use is many years away but investors should start thinking through the implications now
Investors are crowding in on the promise of ‘unlimited clean energy’
Funding for TAE Technologies comes as money pours into sector promising abundant, zero-carbon energy
Experiment at UK’s JET facility boosts hope that clean power source could soon be harnessed commercially
Siemens Energy, Thales and Trumpf to ‘jointly develop’ promising technology with German start-up Marvel Fusion
Commonwealth Fusion Systems boosted by investors including Bill Gates’ fund
Advances in technology and funding have sparked optimism in an area that has promised much but delivered little in six decades
Helion secures $500m investment in latest sign of investor confidence in the technology
Replicating the reaction that powers the sun has tantalised scientists for more than 60 years
Prototype to pave way for plants which would provide large amount of Britain’s energy
Both groups have set ambitious goal of delivering working reactor by 2030
