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Germany鈥檚 research ministry, which is led by the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP), wants to accelerate research into nuclear fusion with a new funding programme. 鈥淭he energy crisis has shown us how essential a clean, reliable and affordable energy supply is. Fusion is a huge opportunity to solve all our energy problems,鈥� said minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger, who presented a聽聽aimed at taking 鈥渇usion research to the next level so that a fusion power plant becomes a reality as soon as possible鈥�. Germany already has a and should make better use of this advantage by launching a new funding programme, she said.

The ministry said its聽聽will form the basis 鈥渇or a strategic reorientation of national fusion research and for the path to a first power plant鈥�, by focusing on the聽strengthening of German companies so that they can build fusion power plants, and to create a fusion ecosystem. 鈥淔ollowing the publication of this paper, a consultation process with the German fusion community (science and industry) is planned so that comments from the community can be taken into account in the creation of a future [science ministry] funding programme.鈥� The paper says that 鈥渙n the way to energy production by means of fusion there are still major challenges that can only be mastered in close cooperation between politics, science and industry鈥�. It also says an open dialogue with the public about the opportunities and risks of the technology is 鈥渙f essential importance.鈥�

The FDP have been repeatedly criticised for their enthusiastic embrace of nuclear fusion, which aims to imitate processes happening inside the sun to generate electricity. Stark-Watzinger was聽聽at the end of last year for saying that a German fusion reactor could be connected to the grid 鈥渋n ten years鈥�, a timetable considered unrealistic even by ardent supporters of the technology. Critics聽聽that the FDP鈥檚 insistence on nuclear fusion is wishful thinking that detracts from immediate steps that are necessary to fight climate change 鈥� in a similar vein as the party鈥檚 controversial embrace of聽synthetic fuels聽for cars, and聽hydrogen boilers聽for heating in the name of 鈥渢echnology openness鈥� or 鈥渢echnology freedom鈥�.聽聽Germany聽switched off聽its three remaining nuclear fission reactors in April.