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From 2014 to 2018, research will be funded through the Euratom Horizon 2020 fusion energy research programme, in line with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.euro-fusion.org\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EEurope\u2019s fusion energy roadmap\u003C\/a\u003E, which aims to deliver electricity generated by fusion to the grid by 2050.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENuclear fusion uses the same energy that powers the sun \u2013 heating hydrogen atoms to millions of degrees Celsius so that they fuse together into helium, generating energy in the process.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2018We are at the beginning of an exciting new journey with the launch of EUROfusion,\u2019 said Vice-President responsible for energy, G\u00fcnther H. Oettinger during the launch event in Brussels on 9 October.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Fusion has the potential to become a reliable, safe, non-CO2 emitting and sustainable energy source. 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