What ARPA-E has spent so little money on nuclear fusion over the past 12 years! Incredible! No wonder nuclear fusion is still not harnessed as a source of energy generation!
How much did the US DoE spend on solar and wind power (so called renewables) over the same time period? I bet much more! What a joke!
"In keeping with President Donald Trump’s priority of developing fusion energy, the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) tech development wing will significantly boost its investment in fusion research. The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) will provide $135 million in funding for cutting-edge fusion research over the next 18 months, the agency announced on 8 April. That equals the amount ARPA-E spent on fusion over the past 12 years.
Those earlier investments helped launch several startup companies that are developing novel fusion reactor concepts, notes Conner Prochaska, director of ARPA-E. And they have triggered $1.5 billion in private investment, he says. “We want to double down on that,” Prochaska says. ..."
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