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31 August 2015 Illustration of tokamak with plasma © ITER Organization Fusion energy offers the tantalising possibility of clean, sustainable and almost limitless energy. But can it be an economically viable option? Research led by Durham University, in collaboration with the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, has looked in-depth at the economics of fusion energy. … Read more
Seattle Times Rachel Lerman July 7, 2015 Redmond-based Helion Energy has raised $10.6 million, according to a filing, to build a fusion engine that would create power. Helion Energy has raised $10.6 million in a new funding round to develop technology that aims to create a fusion reactor to generate power. The company disclosed the … Read more
JEFF BEZOS, Amazon founder/CEO, INVESTS $19.5 MILLION IN GENERAL FUSION’S NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY. In 2011, Mr. Bezos became the first high profile investor in a private sector fusion company; General Fusion, founded by Michel Laberge in Canada. Since then, Paul Alan, a co-founder of Microsoft has invested significant amounts in Tri-Alpha a fusion start up in … Read more
Defense News August 29, 2015 Near the banks of the Sabarmati, in the green city of Gandhinagar, a team of 122 scientists and engineers from across India is working silently on building some crucial nuclear components. Near the banks of the Sabarmati, in the green city of Gandhinagar, a team of 122 scientists and engineers … Read more
Eurekalert 29-JUN-2015 Laser beam ‘smoothing’ with University of Rochester to play key role IMAGE: AMPLIFIED LIGHT PASSES THROUGH THE LARGE TUBES OF SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES’ Z-BEAMLET LASER, ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL IN THE WORLD. CREDIT: RANDY MONTOYA, SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A two-year, $3.8 million award has been received by Sandia National … Read more
Spie Heinrich Hora 14 July 2015 A laser-driven technique to ignite hydrogen-boron fuel offers the possibility of nuclear fusion for clean, sustainable energy generation. For more than 70 years, scientists have sought to harness energy from nuclear fusion as the ultimate sustainable power source. Initially, they considered fusion of heavy and very heavy hydrogen isotopes … Read more
Yahoo news Aug 27, 2015 Fusion has always been maligned by the old joke that it is a breakthrough technology that is just 20 years away…and always will be. Indeed, fusion energy has failed to materialize despite decades of hype. Although the idea has repeatedly disappointed, the concept of generating energy from fusion is still … Read more
The Hill By Caroline Von Wurden and Andrew Holland January 13, 2015 Fusion energy research holds the promise of clean, safe, and secure energy. It is not an exaggeration to say that developing fusion energy would revolutionize America’s energy security, climate policy, and global scientific leadership. However, despite decades of path-breaking scientific research, the U.S. … Read more
Science Daniel Clery 24 August 2015 FOOTHILL RANCH, CALIFORNIA—In a suburban industrial park south of Los Angeles, researchers have taken a significant step toward mastering nuclear fusion—a process that could provide abundant, cheap, and clean energy. A privately funded company called Tri Alpha Energy has built a machine that forms a ball of superheated gas—at … Read more
Next Big Future : brian wang on 8/19/2015 In April, General Fusion issued a crowdsourcing challenge to come up with a written proposal for a “robust seal technology” capable of withstanding extreme temperatures and repetitive hammering for the purpose of isolating “the molten lead from the vacuum” inside their fusion reactor. And after examining the … Read more