For the last five decades at least, fusion power has always been a decade away from becoming reality. Nuclear fusion of isotopes to form new atoms releases enormous amounts of energy, and uses very little fuel.

But the problem has always been how to contain the super-heated plasma and maintain the reaction over time. Even the most advanced tokamaks typically require more gigawatts to operate than they produce. So, zero net energy.

And the costs involved in building experimental fusion reactors are eye-wateringly high and continuously escalating, meaning only governments could afford it. Until now.

Enter DeSci plus AI. Decentralized Science uses blockchain technologies to democratize access to funding and share the burden of research and experimentation, while AI agents accelerate analysis and simulation, leading to new discoveries.

Together, they have harnessed the wisdom of the finest independent scientists around the world, and provided a method for making cheap fusion power plants that produce ten times the amount of energy required to operate them. Modular and scalable.

The first of these FusionPLUS generation plants is being built in Latvia, with support from Lithuania and Estonia, as these states declare ‘energy independence’ for the first time. As soon as they have demonstrated success, the rest of Europe, and the world, is bound to follow.

There’s only one problem: The distributed and decentralized nature of the invention means that it can’t be attributed to any singular group of people or institution. So, who will get the Nobel Prize?

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Every industry, including energy, is wide open to disruption, exponentially accelerated by new technology developments. To discuss the risks and opportunities for your business, feel free to contact Futureworld Principal Matt Lawlor or the author Doug Vining.