![As CEO of the Fusion Industry Association, Andrew Holland has helped to steer the sector through an era of unprecedented growth. When the association launched in 2018, there were just 14 private fusion companies in existence. Today, there are at least 43 and private investment during the same period has jumped from EUR 922 million to EUR 5.5 billion. (Photo Christian Lünig) (Click to view larger version...)](../../img/resize-450-90/www/content/com/Lists/Stories/Attachments/4038/iter-workshop-luenig-andrew_holland_fia.jpg)
As CEO of the Fusion Industry Association, Andrew Holland has helped to steer the sector through an era of unprecedented growth. When the association launched in 2018, there were just 14 private fusion companies in existence. Today, there are at least 43 and private investment during the same period has jumped from EUR 922 million to EUR 5.5 billion. (Photo Christian Lünig)
Holland attributes this growth to the engineering and scientific progress made by the companies he represents, as well as energy-security and net-zero incentives to develop fusion energy. He describes the Fusion Industry Association's specific mission as "driving the case to policymakers in Washington, and increasingly in governments around the world, that fusion is a viable energy choice. Fusion is something that is coming on a time scale that matters to them."
![Melanie Windridge's organization, Fusion Energy Insights, aims to serve as a ''fusion translator'' between the complex, technical world of fusion science and outside investors, stakeholders, and the general public. (Photo Christian Lünig) (Click to view larger version...)](../../img/resize-450-90/www/content/com/Lists/Stories/Attachments/4038/iter-workshop-luenig-melanie_fusion_energy_insights_2.jpg)
Melanie Windridge's organization, Fusion Energy Insights, aims to serve as a ''fusion translator'' between the complex, technical world of fusion science and outside investors, stakeholders, and the general public. (Photo Christian Lünig)
Fusion Energy Insights offers a host of services directly targeting the specific needs of players across the industry, including a quarterly magazine, live online Q&A events and technical discovery sessions for members, plus specialized analyses for companies, governments, or investors in the form of targeted reports. "Our platform brings visibility to the goals and challenges that fusion companies have, in order for suppliers to understand the needs of their customers and propose solutions."