Overview

• The federal cabinet adopted the roadmap “Deutschland auf dem Weg zum Fusionskraftwerk” under the Hightech Agenda to strengthen Germany’s innovation base.
• Measures include increased funding, new and expanded research infrastructure, and tighter connections between science and industry to accelerate technology transfer.
• Officials emphasize fusion as a long-term effort with substantial technical hurdles before any power-plant-ready system can be realized.
• Hesse’s state leadership welcomed the decision and proposed Biblis for a future laser-fusion site, saying the region is ready to host an initial reactor.
• The government highlights comparatively limited radioactive waste versus fission and envisions fusion complementing renewables, while environmental groups warn against false hopes.