Proxima Fusion

End of February, Proxima CEO Francesco Sciortino signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Dr. Markus Söder, Markus Blume, Hubert Aiwanger, Markus Krebber, and Sibylle Günter at the Bavarian State Chancellery, aligning on a concrete path to building the first commercial stellarator fusion power plant, Stellaris.

The roadmap is clear: the net energy gain demonstration stellarator, Alpha, will be built in Garching near Munich, next to the IPP, while Stellaris will subsequently be built at the former power plant site in Gundremmingen.

By linking scientific leadership, industrial expertise, and public commitment, this cooperation between RWE, the Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik - IPP (IPP), and Freistaat Bayern lays the foundation for a new European fusion ecosystem – strengthening energy sovereignty, creating economic opportunities, and opening the door to a world powered by safe, clean, and abundant fusion energy.

Fusion is moving from the lab to the grid in Europe.