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Private sector funding for fusion energy has surged to nearly US$10 billion, driven by technological advances, climate urgency, and major investments from tech billionaires, with several companies aiming to commercialize fusion power by the 2030s, despite the significant technical and construction challenges involved.
TAE Technologies has announced the first observation of proton-boron fusion in a magnetic confinement configuration, which has been hailed as another major fusion breakthrough. However, the significance of these results is still uncertain, and the choice of fuel and energy delivery mechanisms remain critical tradeoffs and uncertainties in the emerging fusion industry. While the TAE results represent incremental progress toward commercial fusion energy, it is too early to predict which fusion approaches will turn out to be most suitable for large-scale dissemination of fusion energy production.