Replacing fossil fuels: Proxima Fusion’s Francesco Sciortino on his mission to revolutionise clean energy

On 2024's last episode of the Sifted Podcast, Amy is joined by an entrepreneur on a very big mission. Munich-based startup Proxima Fusion is developing a nuclear fusion reactor — a technology which many hope could help solve the climate crisis by producing clean, cheap and abundant energy that could replace a lot of fossil fuel power. But the technical challenges are considerable. Nuclear fusion reactors need to remain stable at incredibly high temperatures, while confining volatile plasma ...