Max Planck Innovation Supports Clean Energy Startups

Max Planck Innovation is supporting the development of clean energy technologies through startups like Proxima Fusion.

• The startup is developing fusion power plants based on the stellarator concept, aiming to build Germany’s first fusion power plant in the 2030s. Key technology: stellarator concept, Location: Germany, Timeline: 2030s.
• The Max Planck Society is encouraging researchers to validate and commercialize their scientific findings, with a new internal validation program to assess the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of potentially exploitable research results. Program focus: Technology Readiness Level (TRL) assessment.
  The development is expected to contribute to addressing global challenges such as climate change and energy shortages.