Fusion energy is the process that powers the sun and now it can be created here on Earth. Fusion energy could revolutionise the way we produce food and drinking water and heat our homes. Fusion energy could also increase carbon sequestration and reduce carbon emissions.
AI is accelerating breakthroughs in fusion energy, helping tackle challenges in plasma physics and bringing zero-carbon power closer to commercial reality.
How AI will help get fusion from lab to grid by the 2030s
Nuclear fusion, the process that powers the Sun and stars, promises inexhaustible, emission-free power for the energy transition. Globally, both government labs and private-sector companies are racing to generate power from fusion, but despite growing momentum, progress has remained slow.
Fusion energy can provide the large amounts of reliable, emissions-free power that advanced AI systems require. In turn, AI can accelerate the design, operation and commercialization of fusion itself.
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Fusion is the future of the global energy sector and the first fusion power plant is due to begin operations imminently. The world’s first commercial fusion power plant should break ground in the next few years. The global race for commercial fusion is on while the fusion-powered future is just beginning.
The stellarator could see a comeback in fusion energy research, after years of tokamak focus, which could mean fusion electricity on the grid in the 2030s.
Kim Budil oversaw the recent fusion breakthrough in the pursuit of clean, abundant energy at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. She told the Forum what happens next.