The United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry has announced the launch of an international engagement plan to boost nuclear fusion.
The presidential candidate has claimed that the emissions-free technology could become a vital tool in the fight against climate change.
This announcement comes as Kerry defends the United States’ position as a climate-change leader at COP28 after the country had a surge in gas production rates and US oil production is reportedly at an all time high.
“The increased production is a reflection of Ukraine, the effort to come back from Covid and the reflection of what happened with Russia cutting off all the gas to Europe . . . We’re on a pathway to keep 1.5 alive,” said Kerry in an interview with the Financial Times, referring to the goal to limit global warming.
Mr Kerry’s plan follows a White House press release from at the weekend about building international partnerships in a new era of fusion development.
Private fusion energy company TAE Technologies is expressing its support for the plans. As a leading research company in hydrogen-boron fusion, TAE’s non-radioactive approach represents a fast, practical, and economically competitive solution to bring abundant carbon-free energy to the grid.
TAE Technologies CEO Michl Binderbauer said:
“…hydrogen-boron, on the order of just 1% of today’s current boron production could power enough fusion energy to meet the world’s electricity needs. Deployed at scale, this would allow everyone access to affordable, reliable power without damaging the environment or contributing to geopolitical conflict.”
