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Proxima Fusion, RWE, the Free State of Bavaria and Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics Sign Agreement to Build the World’s First Commercial Fusion Power Plant in Europe
MUNICH, February 26, 2026--Proxima Fusion, Europe’s fastest-growing fusion energy company, has signed an agreement with the Free State of Bavaria, RWE, and Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) to put the world’s first commercial stellarator fusion power plant on the grid in Europe.
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