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Interview

December 18, 2024

‘We have to find the Europeans who’ve gone to the US and drag them back here’: Proxima Fusion’s Francesco Sciortino

Nuclear fusion may be the biggest industry of the next century, says Proxima Fusion's CEO on the Sifted Podcast — and Europe needs to seize the opportunity

Amy Lewin

12 min read

Developing clean, cheap and abundant energy is about as ambitious as startup dreams come. But spend 30 minutes with Francesco Sciortino, CEO and cofounder of Proxima Fusion, and you might just believe it can happen in your lifetime.

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The Wendelstein 7-X reactor — an experimental stellarator built by the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
The Wendelstein 7-X reactor — an experimental stellarator built by the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
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