The SpringThe subsidiary, Pulsed Light Technologies, will work on topics that are essential for the development of laser-driven nuclear fusion, but are not core developments for startups working on fusion power plants. The company will therefore not develop physical fusion processes itself, but rather support startups in the field through material studies using high-intensity neutron beams. The startups that will benefit from this commitment are explicitly identified as: Marvel Fusion from Munich and Focused Energy from Darmstadt. The offer is also aimed at potential future market participants.
“A functioning and economically viable fusion power plant would be a real breakthrough innovation,”
says Rafael Laguna, Director of Sprind.
"Fusion could offer a relatively clean and geologically independent means of continuous power generation without requiring scarce resources. Therefore, it makes sense, not least in view of the intended phase-out of fossil fuels and the simultaneously ever-increasing demand for electrical energy, to accelerate the development of this technology with public funds."
Sprind subsidiary offers laser systems, diagnostics and computing power for nuclear fusion startups
The designated Managing Director of Pulsed Light Technologies Antonia Schmalz says:
“Our plans call for investing up to 90 million euros in the technology over the next five years.”
The planned infrastructure, to be provided by the Sprind subsidiary, primarily includes the laser systems, but also necessary diagnostics, optics, and central robotics and mechatronic elements. Pulsed Light Technologies will also provide computing power for complex and sophisticated plasma simulations.
