Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik (IPP)

IPP Develops Superconducting Coil Models for Future Fusion Power Plants

In the HTS4Fusion project, the IPP is working with THEVA Dünnschichttechnik and FRM II to develop robust magnetic coils for future fusion power plants based on high-temperature superconductors (HTS). The first models are being built at IPP in Garching. www.ipp.mpg.de/5548072/hts4... #fusionenergy

Plasma beats at Expo 2025 Osaka: ASDEX Upgrade data turned into an audiovisual show. A Berlin-based artist duo used measurement pulses from ASDEX Upgrade to design a monumental sound and light show. The ITER Organisation presented it on 13 July as part of Fusion Energy Day in Osaka. #fusionenergy

Last Friday, representatives of one of the most influential executive networks in German economy visited our institute in Garching. The 40 members of the Baden-Baden Entrepreneur Talks were also informed about Bavaria's high-tech agenda by Markus Blume, Bavarian Minister of State for Science.

Federal Minister Bär (right) talking to Sibylle Günter, Scientific Director of the IPP, in the control room of ASDEX Upgrade.

Today, Federal Minister of Research Dorothee Bär visited us in Garching. After meeting IPP directors, she toured the ASDEX Upgrade fusion facility and learned about the status of fusion research.
Photo: Mrs Bär (right) & Sibylle Günter, IPP's Scientific Director
#fusionenergy #nuclearfusion

Congratulations to the four winners of the IPP Master's Thesis Prize 2025, which we awarded on Thursday. With this prize, we annually honor the authors of outstanding master's theses written at our institute. #nuclearfusion #fusionenergy

Through collaboration between European and US researchers, Wendelstein 7-X achieved a world record for the central parameter of fusion physics - the triple product. This value surpasses the previous tokamak records for long plasma durations. www.ipp.mpg.de/5532945/w7x

SharePic: Foto der Fusionsforschungsanlage Wendelstein 7X - Text: 30 Jahre, 30 Stories / Unsere Mission: Energie gewinnen wie in der Sonne

Die Sonne als Vorbild: In Greifswald erforscht das @plasmaphysik.bsky.social gemeinsam mit den Helmholtz-Zentren @kit.edu und @fz-juelich.de die Energiequelle von morgen.

Jetzt mehr erfahren: t1p.de/bbntt #Helmholtz30 #Fusion

Thursday marked the end of the experimental campaign that have been running since last fall. After tightly choreographed plasma runs at Wendelstein 7-X, our international team is leaving the control room - tired, proud, & full of enthusiasm. #fusionenergy #nuclearfusion @eurofusion.bsky.social

Did you know that nuclear fusion plasmas are heated with waves – similar to a microwave oven, but way more powerful?
This week, 130 scientists, engineers and industry representatives from around the world meet at Schloss Hohenkammer to discuss latest advances. #fusionenergy #nuclearfusion

What we see glowing in our fusion experiments is just the cooler edge of the plasma with "only" 100,000 degrees Celsius. For a fusion reaction, we need more than 100 million degrees – hotter than the Sun. The radiation emitted in that inner plasma zone is invisible to the human eye. #dayoflight

European Labs Leading Fusion Research with high-intensity operational phases—an extraordinary push toward #FusionEnergy!

Read more: euro-fusion.org/eurofusion-n...

#EUROfusion #CleanEnergy #Innovation #Sustainability

Day 1 of the Hannover Messe: Federal Research Minister Cem Özdemir visited our stand yesterday. Physicist Humberto Trimino Mora informed him about the state of fusion research.
We will be in Hall 2, Stand 28 (BMBF joint stand) until Friday.
Photo: BMBF/Hans-Joachim Rickel #nuclearfusion #kernfusion

Congrats to Benedikt Zimmermann on the PhD Research Award from EPS Plasma Physics Division. Benedikt conducted his doctoral research on the ASDEX Upgrade tokamak at our institute in Garching. #fusionenergy #nuclearfusion

Milestone achieved in predicting turbulence in fusion plasmas

#Nuclearfusion: Milestone achieved in predicting turbulence in fusion plasmas
In a comprehensive experimental study, a team of researchers has confirmed the calculations of a leading turbulence simulation code to an unprecedented degree. www.ipp.mpg.de/5503641/natu...

How do we handle extreme conditions at the plasma edge? A monumental scientific review, co-authored by our institute, summarises latest advances in scrape-off layer & divertor physics—crucial for #ITER & future reactors. doi.org/10.1088/1741... #FusionEnergy #nuclearfusion Film: ASDEX Upgrade

YouTube video by Urknall, Weltall und das Leben Rekorde in der Fusionsforschung • 22 Minuten Plasmaentladung! | Hartmut Zohm

17,7 und 22 Minuten stabile Plasmaentladung: Warum die jüngsten Rekorde in den Fusionsanlagen EAST (China) und WEST (Frankreich) echte Meilensteine sind, erklärt IPP-Direktor Hartmut Zohm in diesem Video. #Kernfusion #nuclearfusion #fusionenergy
youtu.be/uNAu9V0dFas?...

YouTube video by Urknall, Weltall und das Leben Rekorde in der Fusionsforschung • 22 Minuten Plasmaentladung! | Hartmut Zohm

Good explanation by Prof.Zohm from @plasmaphysik.bsky.social regarding plasma discharge duration of W 7-X, EAST and WEST - auch mit deutscher Erklärung, Rekorde bei Plasmaentladungsdauer youtu.be/uNAu9V0dFas?...

WEST beats the world record for plasma duration 👏

🔗 Read more about CEA IRFM achievement: https://buff.ly/4b5drrs

#WEST #Record #EUROfusion #EURATOM #fusion #plasma

Photo credits: CEA

Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. And here are some of our female scientists who are driving fusion research forward.
#womeninscience #fusionenergy

Great atmosphere at the "AI in Fusion" workshop at IPP in Garching – organized by Cyd Cowley (digiLab) and Frank Jenko (IPP). For one and a half days, experts from IPP and several companies discussed concrete applications of artificial intelligence in fusion research. #fusionenergy #nuclearfusion

US research initiative: IPP is a partner in developing reliable simulations for fusion power plants

We are now a partner in a $14 million project of
the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Together with US institutions, we will develop simulations for key requirements of #nuclearfusion power plants. The GENE-X code developed at IPP plays a key role in this. www.ipp.mpg.de/5486519/doe_...

2024 was an incredible year for fusion.
To be continued in 2025.
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
#fusionenergy #physics #science #nuclearfusion

Tokamak+Stellarator = Hybrid! IPP scientists have developed a model combining the best of both worlds: simple design like a tokamak, continuous operation like a stellarator. Still fundamental research, but very exciting. Universities are interested in building it. doi.org/10.1103/Phys... #science

YouTube video by Urknall, Weltall und das Leben Plasma auf Rekordtemperatur.• Wie Gyrotrons die Plasma-Heizung revolutionieren | Hartmut Zohm

How do you reach temperatures of 100 million degrees in plasma? What trick must be used to reach such high temperatures? Prof Hartmut Zohm explains in the video on YouTube. #Kernfusion #science #plasmaphysics
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgAS...

You've never seen our fusion experiment ASDEX Upgrade like this before: This is our new film about our unique tokamak and about #nuclearfusion in general. With spectacular footage, drone sequences and great animations. Watch and enjoy.
youtu.be/i-bUO1luw6o?...

hope we can now activate and pull over more fusion experts,companies,institutions,I know @andrew-holland1.bsky.social ,it will not be easy,so have a little more patience @steffidiem.bsky.social please,at least some bigger players are with us like @plasmaphysik.bsky.social @ukaeaofficial.bsky.social

New stellarator design points the way for future fusion power plants

New stellarator design points the way for future fusion power plants. Using a new approach, our researchers have developed a #stellarator design that fulfils all basic physics requirements for a viable fusion power plant. www.ipp.mpg.de/5457187/SQul... #fusionenergy #science

Kernfusion: Wendelstein 7-X startet in neue Experimentkampagne. www.ipp.mpg.de/5440259/W7X_...

Willkommen, Josefine Proll! Die Physikerin baut seit Anfang des Monats eine neue Arbeitsgruppe am IPP in Greifswald auf. In ihrer Arbeit geht es darum, reduzierte numerische Modelle für Turbulenz in Stellaratoren zu entwickeln. Dabei wird sie nahe an Wendelstein 7-X-Experimenten operieren.

Wir gratulieren den Trägern des IPP Master Thesis Prize 2024, den wir erstmals verliehen haben. Mit dem Preis würdigen wir Autor:innen herausragender Masterarbeiten, die am IPP angefertigt wurden: Roxána Takács, Riccardo Stucchi (Foto mit IPP-Direktorin Sibylle Günter), Hannah Lindl.
#kernfusion