China News Service, Fuzhou, September 22 (Ye Qiuyun) On the 22nd, Fuyao University of Science and Technology Nova Fusion Innovation Research Institute and Fuyao University of Science and Technology Nova Fusion Innovation Laboratory were officially unveiled at Fujian Fuyao University of Science and Technology. Zhang Fuli, executive vice president of Fujian Fuyao University of Science and Technology, presided over the ceremony.
The national “15th Five-Year Plan” clearly proposes to promote hydrogen energy and nuclear fusion energy to become new economic growth points. In addition, projects related to controllable nuclear fusion were selected into 109 major engineering projects during the 15th Five-Year Plan. This marks that controllable nuclear fusion, as the ultimate clean energy source with great potential that has been conceived by mankind so far, has entered a critical stage of transition from experimental verification to engineering.
The newly established Fuyao University of Science and Technology Nova Fusion Innovation Research Institute and Fuyao University of Science and Technology Nova Fusion Innovation Laboratory are jointly built by Fujian Fuyao University of Science and Technology and Nova Fusion Energy Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Nova Fusion"). They are committed to creating a comprehensive innovation platform that integrates technological research, pilot test verification, and achievement transformation, and promote fusion energy technology from the laboratory to commercial applications. The dean of the institute and the director of the innovation laboratory are Guo Houyang, a distinguished professor at Fujian Fuyao University of Science and Technology and founder of Nova Fusion.
"Fujian Fuyao University of Science and Technology focuses on the 'four aspects', not only exploring the sky, but also pursuing the application of the ground, and promoting the implementation and transformation of scientific research results." Wang Shuguo, president of Fujian Fuyao University of Science and Technology, said that this cooperation with Nova Fusion is an important exploration for the school to serve the national energy strategy and promote the deep integration of industry, academia and research. It is also a measure for both parties to complement each other's advantages and collaboratively tackle the key core technologies of fusion energy.
Guo Houyang said at the unveiling ceremony that he looks forward to joining hands with Fujian Fuyao University of Science and Technology to leverage the company's engineering and industrialization advantages, and leverage the school's scientific research and talent training capabilities to accelerate the transition of fusion energy technology from laboratories to applications.
According to reports, in the future, focusing on the goal of industrializing nuclear fusion energy, the two parties will give full play to the industrialization advantages of Nova Fusion, combine "one laboratory, one research institute" to build an overall industry-university-research structure, and actively apply for the Fujian Provincial Innovation Laboratory, the National Key Laboratory and the National Engineering Research Center, forming a collaborative innovation pattern in which "the laboratory focuses on applied research, pilot testing, and transformation, and the institute focuses on cutting-edge scientific research."
Industry insiders believe that the cooperation between Fujian Fuyao University of Science and Technology and Nova Fusion is a typical example of two-way empowerment of university scientific research forces and private scientific and technological innovation enterprises, injecting new momentum into China's exploration of diversified technology routes for controllable nuclear fusion.
