Fusion energy may be one of the most promising clean power sources of the future—but only if scientists can precisely measure the extreme, fast-moving plasmas that make it possible. A new U.S.

US private fusion company Commonwealth Fusion Systems has applied to connect its first ARC fusion power plant to PJM Interconnection, the largest US competitive wholesale electricity market. The plant ...

A Massachusetts-based fusion company took another step this week in its race to become the first to get the same power fueling the sun and stars onto the US electrical grid. Commonwealth Fusion ...

Nobody said building a fusion power plant would be easy. Physicists and engineers have been working for decades to crack the problem. But over the last year or so, fusion startup Zap Energy took a ...

Zap Energy says its ultimate goal is safe, clean energy from fusion. To help get there, it’s starting to build fission reactors. By Raymond Zhong Atomic fusion has long been seen as the ultimate ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Helical Fusion Co., Ltd., a fusion energy company developing a Helical stellarator power plant, today announced the launch of Helix Program Official Partners, a new strategic ...

Commonwealth Fusion Systems, a company backed by Bill Gates and venture capitalist John Doerr, is seeking permission to connect what may be the world’s first commercial fusion power plant to the ...

On Tuesday a fusion energy start-up announced that it has applied to join a U.S. power grid—a first that could one day see households and businesses powered by nuclear fusion. Commonwealth Fusion ...

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation, Jim ...

New research suggests that cost declines could be slow for the technology. Fusion power could provide a steady, zero-emissions source of electricity in the future—if companies can get plants built and ...

OpenAI is reportedly negotiating a landmark energy agreement with nuclear fusion startup Helion Energy, potentially securing gigawatts of electricity to power its AI operations. The deal secures 5 ...