Working together to make fusion a reality
In this interesting article in The Innovator, Lisa Ericsson outlines The Royal Institute of Technology’s deep-tech collaboration project with Novatron Fusion Group and how the university got it up and running.
Lisa Ericsson, head of KTH Innovation and CEO of KTH Holding
State-funded European universities and research institutions often face regulatory framework challenges when they want to collaborate with privately funded innovation companies. This is especially true in deep-tech projects that require extensive knowledge and research from many academic disciplines. And there is also the issue where support by a publicly funded university to a private entity can be considered state aid.
“Frameworks can be changed and to level the playing field and bring Europe to the top, we hope that European decision makers will work with us to facilitate these kinds of collaborations in the future.”
But it’s not impossible. In this article, Lisa explains KTH’s approach in working within the existing framework by reinterpreting some of the rules to get the joint Swedish deep-tech fusion project with Novatron Fusion Group off the ground.
Read the full article here.
