A decisive step toward the production of clean, safe and unlimited energy: the first superconducting magnet of the DTT (Divertor Tokamak Test) project, the entirely Italian experimental nuclear fusion machine under construction at the ENEA Research Center in Frascati (Rome), was presented today in La Spezia. The component, more than six meters tall and weighing 16 tons, was made by ASG Superconductors, a Malacalza family company based in Liguria, and represents the technological heart of the entire facility. Also present at the ceremony was the Minister of the Environment and Energy Security, Gilberto Pichetto Fratin, who stressed the importance of the project to the national energy strategy. The magnet is the first in a series of 18 to be produced that will have the task of containing and controlling 33 cubic meters of plasma brought to temperatures above 100 million degrees, conditions necessary to replicate in the laboratory the same process that powers the Sun, that is nuclear fusion. The DTT project stands as a link between the two major international fusion programs: ITER, currently under construction in France, and DEMO, the first demonstration reactor designed to produce fusion power and feed it into the grid after 2050. DTT, therefore, is shaping up to be a crucial test bed to address some of the major technological challenges still open, such as managing the very high power flows generated by plasma. ENEA Director General Giorgio Graditi expressed great satisfaction with the outcome: "We are particularly proud to contribute, with our expertise and infrastructure, to the realization of DTT, a strategic initiative for the future of energy. ENEA plays a key role in fusion research, thanks to the Frascati and Brasimone centers of excellence, the ability to design highly complex components and the use of advanced computing infrastructure". Graditi also recalled that these activities are being carried out in the framework of Eurofusion, the European consortium that brings together EU countries, as well as Switzerland and Ukraine, and reiterated ENEA's role as the national program manager, in charge of coordinating the work of 22 partners including Italian universities, industries and research institutions.