Highlights from nuclear fusion research at the Hannover Messe

From 31 March to 4 April 2025, the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) will be demonstrating technologies that are intended to pave the way to a fusion power plant in Hannover using models and interactive applications. Institute director Sibylle Günter will be discussing the topic of energy in an expert panel.

March 25, 2025

IPP exhibit at the Hannover Messe: The scaled-down model shows a segment of the vacuum vessel of the Wendelstein 7-X fusion experiment in Greifswald. Inside, the facility generates a gas several million degrees Celsius hot, which is confined by a complex magnetic field in a quasi contact-free manner.

MPI for Plasma Physics, Beate Kemnitz

IPP exhibit at the Hannover Messe: The scaled-down model shows a segment of the vacuum vessel of the Wendelstein 7-X fusion experiment in Greifswald. Inside, the facility generates a gas several million degrees Celsius hot, which is confined by a complex magnetic field in a quasi contact-free manner.

MPI for Plasma Physics, Beate Kemnitz

On 31 March, one of the world's most important industrial fairs opens its doors in Hannover. Under the motto ‘Shaping the Future with Technology’, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is presenting pioneering technologies and innovative ideas from funded projects and initiatives at its joint stand. Among the eleven exhibitors on the topics of ‘Future of Value Creation’, ‘Future Technologies’ and ‘Future Energies’ is the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP), which is presenting current developments in the field of fusion research.

Visit us at the BMBF stand in the ‘Future Hub’ area – exhibition hall 2, stand A28 – and learn more about the future-oriented technologies that will shape our world tomorrow. We look forward to exciting discussions and an exchange with you. We will be showing a model of a segment of our large-scale Wendelstein 7-X experiment in Greifswald – the world's largest and most powerful fusion device of the stellarator type. You can also use interactive applications to find out more about technologies and the current state of fusion research.

A special highlight is the panel discussion on ‘Energy technology & energy efficiency’, which will take place on Monday, 31 March 2025 at 4:30 p.m. in Hall 2, Stand B02. The discussion will feature

Prof. Dr. Sibylle Günter, Scientific Director of the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics,
Holger Lösch, Deputy Director General of the Federation of German Industries (BDI),
Professor Dr. Veit Hagenmeyer, Director of the Institute for Automation and Applied Information Technology at the KIT,
Professor Dr. Holger Hanselka, President of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft.

https://www.hannovermesse.de/veranstaltung/night-of-innovations-zukunftsenergie-/pan/9287