Fusion could be transformative for energy security and promises to support the fight against climate change
The low carbon energy created from fusion will be used to generate electricity in the same way as existing power stations
Fusion has the potential to provide 'baseload' power, complementing renewable and other low carbon energy sources as a share of many countries' energy portfolios
To produce fusion energy here on earth two forms of hydrogen are heated to extreme temperatures (10 times hotter than the core of the sun) to fuse them together. When this happens large amounts of low-carbon energy is released.
There is more than one way of achieving this, but all require heat, pressure, or both.
Keeping plasma well confined and stable enough to sustain fusion is hard. If the plasma cools, the fusion will stop. This is one reason why fusion is inherently safer than fission.
UKAEA uses strong magnets of hold the hot plasma in a ring-shaped machine called a tokamak.
Why not check out our Fusion 101 series, where we explain more about how fusion energy works, its benefits, and even dispel a few myths in less than a minute.
To produce fusion energy here on earth two forms of hydrogen are heated to extreme temperatures (10 times hotter than the core of the sun) to fuse them together. When this happens large amounts of low-carbon energy is released.
There is more than one way of achieving this, but all require heat, pressure, or both.
Keeping plasma well confined and stable enough to sustain fusion is hard. If the plasma cools, the fusion will stop. This is one reason why fusion is inherently safer than fission.
UKAEA uses strong magnets of hold the hot plasma in a ring-shaped machine called a tokamak.
Fusion could be transformative for energy security and promises to support the fight against climate change
The low carbon energy created from fusion will be used to generate electricity in the same way as existing power stations
Fusion has the potential to provide 'baseload' power, complementing renewable and other low carbon energy sources as a share of many countries' energy portfolios
Why not check out our Fusion 101 series, where we explain more about how fusion energy works, its benefits, and even dispel a few myths in less than a minute.
