Overview
- Minister-President Markus Söder said Bavaria will pursue three fusion facilities, with letters of intent for sites in Garching and Gundremmingen to be signed soon.
- IPP confirmed it aims to build a Stellarator demonstrator in Garching to prove net energy output as a step toward a commercial power plant.
- Gundremmingen, the former nuclear power station site, was identified for a subsequent fusion power plant, drawing public support from local CSU leaders.
- The next milestone is entering federal application procedures, aligning with a coalition pledge to invest up to €2 billion in fusion development by 2029.
- Expert estimates put the Garching demonstrator’s cost in the hundreds of millions of euros, leveraging experience from the Wendelstein 7‑X project in Greifswald.