Helion Energy announced the “world’s first fusion energy purchase agreement” in May 2023, after Microsoft signed a power purchase agreement to buy electricity generated from its fusion reactors.

We started in the magnet factory. SPARC is a tokamak, a device relying on powerful magnets to contain the plasma where fusion reactions take place. There will be three different types of magnets in ...

The American power grid is buckling under pressure. Climate change and increasing energy demands are pushing the dated infrastructure to its limit. While plans are under way to revamp the power ...

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory has constructed a fusion reactor from parts it 3D-printed and bought off the shelf. It fits on a kitchen table. It’s a simple-sounding machine—a glass tube coated ...

OpenStar Technologies completes New Zealand's first fusion energy device core component - a half-tonne doughnut-shaped magnet ...

The strength and longevity of the first wall are key to any nuclear fusion power plant’s service life and longevity.

Fusion energy has the potential to be an effective clean energy source — but we're not there yet. Here's what scientists still need to figure out.

Leadership of the UK's STEP (Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production) programme has transitioned to UK Industrial Fusion ...

In the last couple of months, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon, in that order, made announcements about using nuclear power for ...

Future fusion reactors will likely need to contain a tritium breeding subsystem to secure a steady supply of the isotope, and in February 2024, the U.K. and Canada announced a joint research ...