As the world looks toward fusion energy as a long-term, low-carbon solution to global energy demand, enabling technologies are becoming increasingly critical. Among them, high-power microwave systems play a central role in heating fusion plasma to the extreme temperatures required for fusion to occur – many times hotter than the core of the sun.
Founded in 2023 as a spin-out from the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), MuWave is translating decades of publicly funded fusion research into commercially deployable high-power microwave technology. Built on innovation developed at UKAEA’s Culham Campus, MuWave is engineering the next generation of microwave systems – including advanced gyrotrons – to support the commercialisation of fusion energy, while also unlocking applications across adjacent sectors such as space, geothermal energy, radar and medical imaging.
By combining deep scientific know-how with industrial engineering capability, MuWave is transforming national fusion expertise into scalable products with global relevance.
