Fusion Power by 2035?

I had to check the date, that it wasn’t April 1, when I read Ambrose Evans-Prichard in the Torygraph this morning (I always read the Torygraph – “to know what the enemy is thinking”). He says the UK may strike gold in the race for commercial Fusion – leading a quantum leap in superconductors, lasers and advanced materials that will enable it. The trick is superconductivity and magnetic power. It could become commercial by 2035 – about the time the UK’s new Gas power stations (a desperate recently announced measure to cope with delayed nuclear sites) kick in! This is real tech – if it happens, it will absolutely change the global energy equation.

Ambrose picks a great quote, from Lev Artsimovich, the Polish father of the Tokomak to finish on. When asked when fusion would come of age: “when humanity really needs it“. Now is the time.