ARPA-E programs on fusion energy: status and perspectives

The Advanced Research Project Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has the mission to advance high-impact technologies that have the potential to transform the energy industry. Fusion energy sits in the highest risk part of the ARPA-E portfolio. Accelerating the development of enabling technologies for Inertial fusion energy (IFE) is a key focus of ARPA-E. ARPA-E intends to surgically target technologies, which will significantly reduce the time to market and engineering risk of any first of a kind commercial fusion power plant. I will provide a summary of existing ARPA-E IFE related programs and the vision for future programs.