Copenhagen Atomics has been named the winner of the Technology Whitespace category at the 2025 Reuters Global Energy Transition Awards, recognizing its work in developing compact thorium molten salt reactors as a pathway to scalable low-carbon energy.
The award, announced at a ceremony in New York City, highlights innovative technologies that address currently unmet needs in the energy transition. More than 500 entries were submitted from around the world and evaluated by an independent panel of 20 prominent judges in their respective fields representing energy, research, finance, and climate policy institutions.
The Technology Whitespace award specifically honors technologies that operate in areas where mature solutions do not yet exist and where new approaches are required to achieve net-zero goals. Copenhagen Atomics was selected for its work developing modular molten salt reactors, a technology with the potential to provide reliable, dispatchable clean energy at scale.
Thomas Jam Pedersen, CEO and co-founder of Copenhagen Atomics, says:
“We are proud to receive this recognition from Reuters. The energy transition requires more than incremental improvements. It requires disruptive innovation into new territory. We believe our approach represents one of those.”
Copenhagen Atomics is developing a new type of nuclear reactor that uses thorium dissolved in molten salt as fuel. The company’s reactors are designed to be manufactured in series and shipped in standard containers, with the goal of offering a more flexible and cost-effective energy solution for industrial heat and electricity production.
The Reuters Global Energy Transition Awards aim to spotlight organizations that are not only adapting to the energy transition but actively shaping it. The Technology Whitespace category is one of several designed to recognize leadership and innovation in advancing energy transition, circular technologies, and community impact.
About Copenhagen Atomics
Copenhagen Atomics has invented a new energy technology, which can provide energy at lower cost than other energy technologies and CA reactors can be installed much faster than other nuclear reactors. Copenhagen Atomics has achieved this through an innovative thorium reactor design with the size of a 40 foot shipping container and the company aims to mass manufacture these thorium reactors on assembly lines. When the rules are in place for spent nuclear fuel recycling, then these thorium reactors are able to consume all transuranics in the world.
Founded in 2014 https://www.copenhagenatomics.com/