Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2023 16:51:40 +0000
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the first round of awardees of the Milestone-Based Fusion Development Program. The program is the latest in a series of efforts designed to […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 10 May 2023 15:46:40 +0000
Software giant Microsoft on May 10 announced it has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with nuclear fusion startup Helion Energy to buy electricity from Helion as soon as 2028. […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Thomas W. Overton| Date: Mon, 01 May 2023 04:19:54 +0000
Over the last three years, electricity generation from fusion has moved from the realm of science fiction to the brink of serious development. A lot has happened, but challenges remain before fusion arrives on
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2023 16:58:42 +0000
Engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) giant Fluor Corp. will serve as an engineering and construction partner to design and plan laser fusion power plants developed by Longview Fusion Energy Systems—a […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2023 13:30:13 +0000
A California-based group said it has completed the first-ever hydrogen-boron fusion experiments to produce a sustainable fuel for utility-scale fusion power. TAE Technologies on Feb. 28, in a peer-reviewed paper published by the scientific journal Nature Communications, said its research supports the path to providing electricity from nuclear reactors fueled with hydrogen-boron, also known as […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2023 05:19:00 +0000
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced on Dec. 13 “the achievement of fusion ignition.” The milestone is a major scientific breakthrough, decades in the making. Fusion, of course, is the process by
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2023 20:38:50 +0000
A prototype fusion power plant designed by a UK-based architectural and design firm has been approved by local regulators. The South Oxfordshire District Council’s planning committee on Jan. 11 gave the go-ahead to a project led by renowned architect Amanda Levete. Levete’s AL_A group is expected to build the prototype, developed by Canada’s General Fusion, […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2022 18:53:08 +0000
The announcement that scientists at a California laboratory achieved a net energy gain from a fusion reaction sparked plenty of debate about what it means for the power generation industry. The breakthrough at the world’s largest nuclear-fusion site—the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at the Lawrence Livermore lab—which occurred on Dec. 5 and was publicly announced […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2022 18:53:08 +0000
The announcement that scientists at a California laboratory achieved a net energy gain from a fusion reaction sparked plenty of debate about what it means for the power generation industry. The breakthrough at the world’s largest nuclear-fusion site—the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at the Lawrence Livermore lab—which occurred on Dec. 5 and was publicly announced […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 15:08:55 +0000
The first nuclear fusion reaction to result in a net energy gain has been successfully completed by scientists at a laboratory in California, a milestone in the decades-long pursuit of a way to produce unlimited energy with no carbon emissions or nuclear waste. U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm made the official announcement Dec. 13 during […]
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