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Starlight Engine has pulled in JPY 6.06 billion in what it calls its first external funding round, to push ahead with the FAST fusion energy project a bit faster, kind of. The company says it will lean on the money for things like engineering design, technology development, picking a site, regulatory preparation, supply chain building, plus expanding the team, as it heads toward showing fusion power generation sometime in the 2030s.<\/p>\n

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This funding arrives while fusion energy is sort of moving, from being mostly research focused to turning into more of an industrial race that\u2019s nudged along by governments, utilities, manufacturers, and also financial institutions. Starlight Engine<\/a>\u2019s plan builds on decades of tokamak research coming out of efforts such as ITER, and JT-60SA but at the same time it\u2019s aiming to turn the whole thing into something commercial led by the private sector. The round also feels like a signal of more belief in Japan\u2019s goal to become a major participant in the new fusion economy that\u2019s still forming.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Starlight Engine has pulled in JPY 6.06 billion in what it calls its first external funding round, to push ahead with the FAST fusion energy project a bit faster, kind of. The company says it will lean on the money for things like engineering design, technology development, picking a site, regulatory preparation, supply chain building, plus expanding the team, as it heads toward showing fusion power generation sometime in the 2030s. Also Read: Mitsubishi Electric Unveils High-Temperature Heat Pump White Paper to Accelerate Industrial Decarbonization This funding arrives while fusion energy is sort of moving, from being mostly research focused to turning into more of an industrial race that\u2019s nudged 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