Jacobs among recipients of funding to bring fusion energy closer to commercial reality

摘要

Jacobs is among 18 organisations that have secured contracts with the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) to demonstrate how they can help make fusion energy a commercial reality. The contracts - feasibility studies from ￡50,000 up to ￡200,000 from a ￡3.1m pot of funding - are supported by the UKAEA's Fusion Industry Programme and awarded through the government's Small Business Research Initiative. The projects will target specific challenges linked to the commercialisation of fusion energy, from novel fusion materials and manufacturing techniques through to innovative heating and cooling systems. For its part, Jacobs will use the funding to create a liquid lithium testing facility at its Technology Innovation Centre at Birchwood Park, Warrington.