Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
As climate change fuels more extreme weather events, and environmental disasters threaten wildlife and human health, more people are banking on clean, carbon-free energy to speed the world’s transition away from fossil fuels and slow global warming, at a time when energy demand is constantly growing. As the move is made to decarbonise the whole energy sector, and several countries have the target to produce net zero emissions by 2050, emphasis has been growing on energy efficiency. The Institute of Physics (IOP) and German Physical Society (DPG) come together to explore how fusion could be the ultimate clean power solution, representing a low carbon, safe, continuous and effectively unlimited energy source with Europe, Germany and the UK being widely recognised as world-leaders in the most promising fusion technologies. Furthermore, while Germany has been phasing out nuclear power, speakers will discuss how renewable energies have strengthened their position in the German energy mix and how innovations can shape future energy systems. Robert Wolf, the Max Planck Society and director at the Greifswald Branch of Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics, chairs the discussions between the panel of experts from the UK and Germany. Tim Bestwick (Deputy CEO of UKAEA), Claudia Brunner (Head of the Max Plack Research Group), Thomas Hamacher (Chair of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems, Technical University of Munich) and Melanie Windridge (CEO of Fusion Energy Insights) contribute with their expertise for this lively discussion.
As climate change fuels more extreme weather events, and environmental disasters threaten wildlife and human health, more people are banking on clean, carbon-free energy to speed the world’s transition away from fossil fuels and slow global warming, at a time when energy demand is constantly growing. As the move is made to decarbonise the whole energy sector, and several countries have the target to produce net zero emissions by 2050, emphasis has been growing on energy efficiency. The Institute of Physics (IOP) and German Physical Society (DPG) come together to explore how fusion could be the ultimate clean power solution, representing a low carbon, safe, continuous and effectively unlimited energy source with Europe, Germany and the UK being widely recognised as world-leaders in the most promising fusion technologies. Furthermore, while Germany has been phasing out nuclear power, speakers will discuss how renewable energies have strengthened their position in the German energy mix and how innovations can shape future energy systems. Robert Wolf, the Max Planck Society and director at the Greifswald Branch of Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics, chairs the discussions between the panel of experts from the UK and Germany. Tim Bestwick (Deputy CEO of UKAEA), Claudia Brunner (Head of the Max Plack Research Group), Thomas Hamacher (Chair of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems, Technical University of Munich) and Melanie Windridge (CEO of Fusion Energy Insights) contribute with their expertise for this lively discussion.
