The US government said it is developing “a bold vision” to accelerate the deployment of nuclear fusion and has asked the Department of Energy to put forward a strategy to accelerate the viability of commercial fusion energy in partnership with the private sector.

Energy secretary Jennifer Granholm said that encouraging the development of fusion energy has been adopted as a goal across the offices within the DOE. She introduced Scot Hsu, a physicist and a programme director at the Advanced Research Projects Agency, to coordinate the agency’s fusion efforts.

Ms Granholm said the Biden administration has set aside $50m to help build a fusion energy facility in the US.