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Founded2009
HQWashington, D.C.
RoleFederal funder of transformational energy research
AffiliationU.S. Department of Energy
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CategoryGovernment R&D agency
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A decade of fusion, in one bet
ARPA-E pledged $135 million over 18 months to chip away at the toughest technical barriers blocking commercial fusion — almost exactly what the agency had spent on fusion across the entire prior decade.
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