Hydrogen fusion and the importance of thermal energy storage systems. Development of the DEMO balance of plant

According to ITER General Director Bernard Bigot, hydrogen fusion is the new synonym of nuclear fusion. One reason is that nuclear technology is experiencing a kind of renaissance in the light of climate change. Another reason is an impending energy crisis throughout Europe, unless society rethinks with regard to the acceptance of nuclear energy. An electricity-generating "hydrogen" fusion power plant still seems tobe a far-off vision. Europe, however, is already on the verge of developing DEMO, the electricity-generating successor to ITER. Kraftanlagen Heidelberg (KAH) has a long-standing partnership with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and with its strategic orientation to support the development of future carbon-free fusion power plants, the final piece of the puzzle for a sustainable power generation.