On the 16 March, the government launched its Fusion Strategy, backing jobs, investment, and energy sovereignty and delivering on its Industrial Strategy.
The strategy builds on the government’s record £2.5 billion investment in fusion research and development secured at the Spending Review, and the government’s £20 million cornerstone investment into Starmaker One, a UK fusion investment fund – backing British innovation and attracting the best technologies to UK shores.
The UK government has announced a £45 million investment in a 1.4MW mission-focused supercomputer named ‘Sunrise’. It is a key first step in establishing the country’s first AI Growth Zone, at UKAEA's Culham Campus.
Funded by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), Sunrise is targeted for operation this June, and will tackle key fusion energy challenges in areas such as, plasma turbulence, materials development and tritium fuel breeding, while delivering benefits to other clean energy technologies and the UK’s broader net zero ambitions.
UK Industrial Fusion Solutions, soon to be known as UK Fusion Energy will appoint ILIOS as the Construction Partner for the STEP Fusion programme. ILIOS is a consortium led by a joint venture between Kier and Nuvia, and supported by AECOM, AL_A Architects and Turner & Townsend.
The contract, valued at £200m, is a major milestone in transforming the West Burton site into the UK’s world-leading prototype fusion energy plant.
On the 16 March, the government launched its Fusion Strategy, backing jobs, investment, and energy sovereignty and delivering on its Industrial Strategy.
The strategy builds on the government’s record £2.5 billion investment in fusion research and development secured at the Spending Review, and the government’s £20 million cornerstone investment into Starmaker One, a UK fusion investment fund – backing British innovation and attracting the best technologies to UK shores.
The UK government has announced a £45 million investment in a 1.4MW mission-focused supercomputer named ‘Sunrise’. It is a key first step in establishing the country’s first AI Growth Zone, at UKAEA's Culham Campus.
Funded by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), Sunrise is targeted for operation this June, and will tackle key fusion energy challenges in areas such as, plasma turbulence, materials development and tritium fuel breeding, while delivering benefits to other clean energy technologies and the UK’s broader net zero ambitions.
UK Industrial Fusion Solutions, soon to be known as UK Fusion Energy will appoint ILIOS as the Construction Partner for the STEP Fusion programme. ILIOS is a consortium led by a joint venture between Kier and Nuvia, and supported by AECOM, AL_A Architects and Turner & Townsend.
The contract, valued at £200m, is a major milestone in transforming the West Burton site into the UK’s world-leading prototype fusion energy plant.