11.06.2024
Source: Energy & Management Powernews
Representatives of various companies from the field of nuclear fusion have founded the "Pro Fusion" association in Nuremberg.
"The commercial use of nuclear fusion for energy generation is technologically within reach", according to a statement from industrial services provider Bilfinger, which is one of the founding members of the "Pro Fusion" association. The association was founded in Nuremberg as a "central lobby group of the German industry for commercial fusion energy".
The objectives of the association, which according to the press release aims to "address the challenges in shaping the opinions of society and political players as well as adapting legal regulations", are
- to sustainably shape public opinion on nuclear fusion
- to be the point of contact for politicians and the media on all topics relating to fusion energy and
- to contribute to the further development and structuring of the economic fusion ecosystem
Founding members include
- Bilfinger Nuclear & Energy Transition GmbH,
- Focused Energy GmbH,
- Framatome GmbH,
- MAN Energy Solutions SE,
- Marvel Fusion GmbH,
- Pro Beam GmbH & Co. KGaA,
- Proxima Fusion GmbH c/o Werk1 Bayern GmbH,
- ProZukunft GmbH,
- RI Research Instruments GmbH,
- Rolf Kind GmbH,
- Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG,
- Thiele Technologie & Management GmbH and the
- German Fusion Industrial Liaison Officer.
All organizations or companies that provide or are considering providing merger-related commercial services as well as all persons interested in the objectives of the association are invited to become members, according to the announcement on the occasion of the founding.
Heike Freund (Marvel Fusion), Markus Kind (Rolf Kind), Ulli Kraft (Filo), Ulf Thiele (Thiele), Hannes Vogel (Proxima Fusion) and Wolfgang Walter (Bilfinger) were appointed to the founding board.
Author: Katia Meyer-Tien