the action is expected to prepare for a potential future Public-Private Partnership (PPP) on Fusion Energy, in the form of a European co-programmed partnership, by:
- establishing an industry-led European association, representing the European fusion industry and relevant fusion-related technology centres and research organisations, which could possibly evolve into a long-term European Technology and Innovation Platform;
- laying down a Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda on Fusion Energy,
- meeting other relevant requirements, such as drafting a memorandum of understanding with provision for managing intellectual property and technology transfer.
The Commission aims to support and incentivise the European fusion community and industry and to act decisively to strengthen and deploy the EU's technological leadership and expertise in this field. This will ensure the EU's strategic autonomy and competitiveness for the future commercial deployment of fusion energy.
The EU has a world-leading industrial capability in mainstream magnetic confinement fusion (MCF). The know-how in the construction and assembly of tokamaks and stellarators has primarily been developed through involvement in ITER and other publicly funded devices either via F4E or EUROfusion.
However, large-size EU industries have been mainly involved as suppliers rather than R&D partners. There is also a significant risk that the engineering fusion know-how and industrial potential could
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