Via Fusion Energy Leauge: “ARPA-E will host a workshop entitled ‘Drivers for Economical Fusion Technologies’ on October 29-30, 2013 in the San Francisco Bay Area of California.“
-Identify and explore promising approaches/opportunities for fusion energy, understand their driver requirements (pressure, energy, flux, limitations on pulse width, etc.) and the associated challenges;
-Identify and explore promising approaches to low cost drivers (e.g., ion or macron accelerators, plasma guns, masers/lasers, pulse power, table-top/MEMS accelerators, or others) and assess applicability of new driver technologies to various regions of fusion parameter space;
-Assess current state of understanding for proposed fusion approaches across the range of fusion parameter space, and the needs for modeling or experimental validation to address key challenges;
–Understand challenges in development and demonstration of driver technologies for the requirements of fusion power; and
–Propose appropriate performance metrics to govern a potential Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) in this area.
Looks like a possible start in the right direction for some diversified fusion funding. What’s ARPA-Es track record so far?
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