USA will have cheap UNLIMITED energy in 15 years and it could come to the UK.
THE US is on the verge of perfecting fusion which will produce unlimited green energy in just 15 years which could mark the end of mankind's need for expensive fossil fuels, it has been revealed this week.
On Friday, scientists at MIT and Commonwealth Fusion Systems, a private company, announced that they will be working together and the US could have completely green energy within two decades.
The collaborators believe they are on the verge of breaking the code of nuclear fusion.
Fusion is the energy source of the universe, which powers our sun and the distant stars.
Bob Mumgaard, CEO of the private company Commonwealth Fusion Systems, said: “The aspiration is to have a working power plant in time to combat climate change.
"We think we have the science, speed and scale to put carbon-free fusion power on the grid in 15 years.” But the collaborators working on the project think they have found a new way to make it work.
Their system uses a new high-temperature superconductor which they predict will allow them to create the world’s first fusion reactor which produces more energy than needs to be put in to get the fusion reaction going.
The company has attracted $50 million in support of this project from the Italian energy company Eni.
Maria Zuber, MIT’s vice-president for research, said: “At the heart of today’s news is a big idea — a credible, viable plan to achieve net positive energy for fusion.
“If we succeed, the world’s energy systems will be transformed. We’re extremely excited about this.”
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