- Gauss Fusion will hand over Europe’s first fusion power plant design to the German chancellery.
- Germany said it aims to move beyond basic research and adopt an industry-led approach, positioning itself as a global leader in the race to develop fusion energy — a technology that replicates the process powering the sun to generate electricity.
Gauss Fusion, a German technology company, said that it will hand over Europe’s first fusion power plant design to the German chancellery within ten days.
Gauss Fusion CEO Milena Roveda was scheduled to present the design at a climate congress hosted by Germany’s BDI industry federation. The event comes just days after the German government unveiled a 2 billion euro ($2.33 billion) Fusion Action Plan, which will run to 2029.
Germany said it aims to move beyond basic research and adopt an industry-led approach, positioning itself as a global leader in the race to develop fusion energy — a technology that replicates the process powering the sun to generate electricity.
Germany’s conservative-led government supports the technology within its energy agenda.
Competition is intensifying across several fronts: between state and private companies, among governments in Europe, the United States and China, and between different technological approaches — such as plasma confinement and the use of lasers.
Germany’s Fraunhofer organisation of applied science said last week that coordinated research and investment in Germany could produce globally leading laser systems within three to five years.
Gauss Fusion’s next design phase is set to start after the review of the CDR by an independent panel in January 2026.