Fusion energy is suddenly flush with cash. Troy Carter knows that won’t be enough

# Fusion Energy Is Getting Billions in Investment, But Money Alone Won't Solve It Fusion energy—a potentially safer and cleaner alternative to nuclear power—is suddenly attracting massive investment from both private companies and governments, with startups raising over $13 billion since 2020 after a major breakthrough in 2022. However, the field's leader at Oak Ridge National Laboratory warns that throwing money at the problem won't automatically overcome the deep scientific challenges that have kept fusion perpetually "just around the corner" for over 70 years. The real test now is whether all this funding can finally crack the physics puzzle that's eluded researchers since the 1950s.