Thea Energy lands $20M federal grant to build its magnets for fusion reactors
Fusion power startup Thea Energy snagged a $20 million award from ARPA-E to scale production of its high-temperature superconducting magnets.
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Why Realta Fusion is building a fusion reactor at an old hot dog factory
An old Oscar Meyer factory in Wisconsin will become America’s latest fusion power research and development hub.
Investors send General Fusion soaring in debut as first publicly traded fusion company
General Fusion started trading on the Nasdaq following a reverse merger that saw high redemptions.
Realta Fusion generates electricity directly from a fusion reaction, an apparent first
“We can take power from a plasma,” Kieran Furlong, co-founder and CEO of Realta Fusion, told TechCrunch. The milestone shows “what’s possible,” he added.
Every fusion startup that has raised over $100M
Fusion startups have raised $7.1 billion to date, with the majority of it going to a handful of companies.
Avalanche’s desktop fusion reactor delivers blistering-hot plasma
Fusion power startup Avalanche Energy said its reactor prototype heated a plasma to over 10 million degrees C.
Helion, the Sam Altman-backed fusion startup, raises $465M to build a power plant for Microsoft
Fusion startup Helion is racing to complete a power plant for Microsoft by 2028. A fresh infusion of cash should help with that.
The world’s largest privately owned laser just turned on
Fusion startup Xcimer fired up the world’s largest privately owned laser.
Focused Energy raises whopping $240M Series A for laser-powered fusion tech
Another fusion startup has raised another a massive round to make this type of power a reality.
Pacific Fusion’s latest prototype packs 440 gigawatts into an 80-nanosecond burst
Pacific Fusion’s sub-scale prototype delivered enormous amounts of power in a flash, setting the company up for its demonstration power plant.