EIT InnoEnergy has announced its latest investment in Sweden-based Novatron Fusion Group AB. The company is developing a new proprietary fusion power concept, aiming to make fusion energy production a commercially viable source of energy.
The partnership will build a new test facility to validate Novatron Fusion Group’s approach to plasma confinement and conduct research and education in the area.
The goal is to demonstrate within the coming year that stable plasma can be achieved – a fundamental prerequisite for achieving stable and continuous fusion. Long term, the vision is to have a commercial fusion design that enables net-power to the energy grid in the final stage before 2040.
Peter Roos, CEO at Novatron Fusion Group, said on the tech: “Fusion power has long been suggested as the technology breakthrough needed to support reaching with the global shift to net zero goals. However, it has also struggled to be proven technically and commercially viable. We believe our innovation is the key to unlocking the large-scale production of energy through fusion.”
The Group aims to make commercial development and construction of fusion energy power plants economically viable at a fraction of the cost of current methods, providing access to large-scale clean, safe, sustainable and stable energy production for all.
Diego Pavia, CEO of EIT InnoEnergy, said on their investment in the Group: “Beating climate change demands big-impact innovations, and these innovations require resources and investment to scale them…Fusion power is a crucial base-load solution in our zero-carbon journey. It is for that reason, I am greatly excited about the impact Novatron Fusion Group’s unique solution could have on industry by making fusion a reality.”
The investment is reinforced by a partnership between KTH Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Novatron Fusion Group and EIT InnoEnergy, with the aim of taking fusion together into a future global large-scale green energy source.
