New financing models for funding fusion energy

Andrew Lo

MIT Sloan School of Management

Monday, January 23, 2017

2:00pm

NW17-218

IAP Seminars

The idea of fusion energy is nearly half a century old, yet we still seem far away from "ignition." One of the biggest hurdles is lack of funding. However, the recent announcement by Softbank of a $100 billion technology fund suggests that there *is* money available if we can create a financially attractive investment vehicle to commercialize fusion technology. In this talk, Prof. Lo will describe some of the necessary financial ingredients for launching such a fund.