A Berlin-based company has unveiled what it claims to be Europe’s first full design for a commercial nuclear fusion power plant, marking what it called “the shift from research to reality”.

Gauss Fusion introduced its conceptual design report (CDR) – a comprehensive conceptual blueprint for its commercial fusion power plant, Giga.

The company, founded in 2022 by an alliance of five private companies from Germany, Italy, Spain and France, said the CDR, developed with partners across five countries, embodies plans for a pan-European alliance to deliver fusion power at scale.

The release of the CDR coincided with Germany’s €2bn ($2.3bn) Fusion Action Plan announcement last week. Gauss Fusion said the CDR will be delivered to the German government and places the company “at the centre of Europe’s race to deliver fusion power”.