Helion secures funding to accelerate the development of its commercial-scale fusion power plant, aiming to deliver ...

The company will also use the capital to support the construction of a 50-megawatt fusion power plant Microsoft Corp. commissioned in 2023. The facility is expected to come online in 2028.

“This accelerates the construction of the world’s first fusion power plant and then all our plants to come,” he said in a statement. Nuclear fusion technology, which harnesses the energy ...

Robert Rosner, a professor of astrophysics and astronomy at the University of Chicago, estimated the soonest a fusion power plant could be built is the last 2030s. He said scientists have been ...

which is quick by fusion industry standards. But to hit its ambitious 2028 deadline for Microsoft, the startup will have to move even faster on its commercial-scale power plant. The difficulties ...

Helion intends for its first fusion power plant to be sited in the state of Washington. In 2023, the company announced a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Microsoft to deliver electricity from a ...

This accelerates the construction of the world’s first fusion power plant and then all our plants to come." Last month, Helion deployed its latest prototype, Polaris, after three years of development.

Fusion is desirable because it is an essentially limitless source of carbon-free power waiting to be unlocked. “We’re really excited for what we’re building,” said Helion CEO and co ...

The research facility, located in Mianyang, Sichuan province, has been analysed by multiple experts that have identified the plant's design ... in nuclear fusion. However, the Chinese experiment ...