Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Facility for Laboratory Reconnection Experiments (FLARE)
Jun 18, 2025

NJ plans $49M plasma lab in Princeton with SOSV, PPPL

NJEDA will invest $24.5M in the new hub – the state's latest Strategic Innovation Center – which aims to support startups and commercialize advanced tech in the space.

Facility for Laboratory Reconnection Experiments (FLARE)
Jun 16, 2025

PPPL launches FLARE for next-gen plasma research

The groundbreaking new facility at Princeton Plasma Physics Lab focuses on magnetic reconnection and solar flare behavior.

The more than $100 million Princeton Plasma Innovation Center project, being constructed on the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory headquarters on Princeton University’s Forrestal Campus in Plainsboro, will serve as an international hub of fusion research.
May 20, 2024

Princeton Plasma Physics Lab uses AI machine learning to advance fusion research

NJBIZ recently reported on a groundbreaking for a more than $100 million effort at PPPL headquarters on Princeton University’s Forrestal Campus in Plainsboro.

Officials take part in a May 9, 2024, groundbreaking ceremony for the Princeton Plasma Innovation Center project, being constructed on the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory headquarters on Princeton University’s Forrestal Campus in Plainsboro.
May 10, 2024

PPPL breaks ground on $100M innovative fusion research hub

Located at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory headquarters on Princeton University’s Forrestal Campus in Plainsboro, the state-of-the-art project aims to make advances in the study of the virtually limitless clean energy source.

Mar 21, 2022

Fusion energy: A different kind of nuclear power

A lab in Great Britain recently reported a breakthrough advance in its development, a source powers the sun and could help make fossil fuels obsolete. And a group of physicists at Princeton contributed.