Although scientists have made enormous strides toward making fusion a viable energy source, success seems perennially a decade away.
In line with the Trump administration’s stated determination to “unleash American energy,” the Department of Energy on Oct. 16 released a fusion roadmap.
The aim is to “accelerate the path to commercial fusion power,” said Energy Department Under Secretary for Science Darío Gil.
One firm pursuing that vision is SHINE Technologies, based in Janesville, Wisconsin.
“The whole approach of our company is commercialized fusion today,” CEO Greg Piefer told The Epoch Times. And while SHINE’s ultimate goal is to make fusion a viable energy source, “in the meantime, we’re using forms of fusion, simpler confinement systems, that can address real market needs today,” he said….