Berlin (d.de) – Germany is taking part in a new Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI) on innovative nuclear technologies that aims to promote fusion technology and the related value chains. By participating in this project, the Federal Government wants to help advance fusion as a strategically important key technology for Europe. Around 2.4 billion euros in funding are to be made available in this legislative period alone.
“It is a clear aim of the Federal Government that Germany should be home to the world’s first fusion power plant. With our German High-Tech Agenda and the Fusion Action Plan we are setting the course for developing the type of fusion ecosystem that is necessary for making fusion accessible as an energy source,” says Research Minister Dorothee Bär. Minister for Economic Affairs Katherina Reiche adds:
“Fusion is not a topic for the distant future but a strategic task. By participating in the IPCEI we are bringing together research, start-ups and the industry – from articulating ideas through to initial application.”
Based on a combination of investment from companies and state funding, IPCEIs are designed to contribute to the development of European ecosystems for key technologies and to thus promote Europe’s sovereignty in strategic technologies.
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