Fusion power is still decades and billions of dollars away, even after this week’s major scientific breakthrough

Fusion power is still decades and billions of dollars away, even after this week’s major scientific breakthrough

• Tuesday’s announcement of net power gain from a nuclear fusion reaction is a major scientific breakthrough.
• At the same time, it will be more than a decade until fusion is generating power for the electricity grid.
• Between now and then, there will have to be numerous incremental technical breakthroughs and more money invested into the industry.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/14/fusion-power-wont-be-widespread-for-at-least-a-decade.html