At the ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit held just outside Washington, DC, 75% of the opening session’s focus was on nuclear power and fusion technologies. US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright and acting ARPA-E director Daniel Cunningham emphasized American energy dominance. Climate change, a central topic two years ago, was not mentioned once during the opening session. Wright praised companies like Commonwealth Fusion Systems and Zap Energy, as well as small modular reactors. In contrast, renewable energy sources like wind and solar were only discussed in terms of their inconsistency, despite being among the cheapest methods of generating electricity today. The conference showcased cutting-edge innovations in energy technology, from next-generation batteries to metal-mining plants. However, recent federal government actions, including mass layoffs and attempts to freeze spending from the Inflation Reduction Act, have created uncertainty among researchers and industry experts.
Will Shackel
@ShackelWill
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Feb 26 BREAKING: The US Secretary of Energy has told CNN he wants to launch an “American nuclear renaissance”.
As power demand rises for AI, the world is embracing nuclear power as a reliable source of clean energy.
Bob Mumgaard
@BobMumgaard
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21h Fusion took center stage at this year’s CERAWeek — the Super Bowl of energy events. I joined
@GovernorVA
Glenn Youngkin and Dominion Energy CEO Robert Blue onstage to talk about how we’re bringing
@CFS_energy
‘s first grid-scale fusion power plant to Virginia.
@DanielYergin
— the
Oliver (EU/acc)
@0xAngler
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Mar 4 While Europe lags behind in AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) and quantum computing, it has the potential to lead in the third key pillar of future dominance: nuclear fusion.
Proxima Fusion, a Munich-based startup spun out of the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, is
CERAWeek
@CERAWeek
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Mar 14 #CWAgora Pod Pitch – Michael Ginsberg of
@TokamakEnergy
discusses the future of energy through fusion. Their compact spherical tokamak and high temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets offer efficient and commercially attractive route to fusion energy
TerraPower
@TerraPower
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Mar 13 TerraPower President & CEO Chris Levesque spoke at #CERAWeek on “Nuclear: The Next Generation.” He discussed how the Natrium® reactor and energy storage system is advancing the next wave of nuclear innovation and supporting energy expansion. #NuclearInnovation #CERAWeek
Commonwealth Fusion Systems
@CFS_energy
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Mar 19 2/3 So concludes
@KatieTarasov
of
@CNBC
on how the US could lose the race with China in developing fusion energy at scale. Fusion energy promises clean power, with no greenhouse gases or long-lived radioactive waste, that can meet the growing power demands of AI.
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