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Avalanche is developing a compact fusion reactor called the "Orbitron," a 5kWe power pack with a form-factor the size of a lunch pail. The small size of the Orbitron enables faster development, scalability, and a wide range of applications.
The small size of Avalanche's reactor design allows for the use of conventional manufacturing tools and techniques for testing and production. This ...
Blue Laser Fusion raised $25 million from venture capital firm JAFCO Group and the Mirai Creation Fund, which is backed by Toyota Motor and other investors and managed by the SPARX Group.
Co-founded by Shuji Nakamura, one of 3 winners of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics and Hiroaki Ohta, former president of Tokyo-based drone maker ACSL.
Blue Laser Fusion has filed more than a do ...
CFS (Commonwealth Fusion Systems) is a private company dedicated to developing a compact, high-performance fusion power plant. The company is based on the pioneering research of MIT Professor Maria Zuber and her team, who developed a new approach to fusion called high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets.
CFS is working on the SPARC project, which aims to demonstrate net energy gai ...
Developing a fusion approach based on compression of a field reversed configuration by
implosion of a liquid metal cylinder is stabilized by rotation and free-piston drive, avoiding
instability and permitting safe reversal after peak compression.
Crossfield Fusion has been developing a novel compact fusion reactor targeting carbon free heat and power generation. The company adopted a new approach to building fusion reactors based on patented technology called the Epicyclotron.
...CTFusion is developing the Dynomak approach to magnetic fusion energy that uses spheromak magnetic confinement and imposed-dynamo current drive (IDCD). It aims to enable commercially viable fusion energy for the generation of heat and electricity.
...Deutelio aims to achieve nuclear fusion by magnetic confinement with the Polomac configuration using the deuterium-deuterium reaction. It hopes to build a small prototype to validate the concept within three years, designing the first nuclear reactor in five years and achieving electricity in ten years.
...Electric Fusion Systems was formed out of the founders’ mutual investigations of proton-lithium fusion and insights on how to virtually eliminate the coulomb barrier. They use a supercritical dense liquid metal fuel to create an ultra-low cost (<$5/MWh) direct-to-electricity scalable aneutronic fusion power generator.
...Founded in 2021, Energy Singularity has raised over $115mm as of Q2:2023.
From their website:
We are focusing on the R&D of high-field, high-confinement and compact tokamak with HTS magnets. We believe this represents the fastest, most scientifically-robust and cost-efficient path to commercial fusion energy."
...In 2018, the ENN Fusion Technology R&D Center was established with an aim to deliver clean commercial fusion electricity and heat to customers and radically improve its energy supply network. It is part of the ENN Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd, which is dedicated to addressing humanity’s energy challenges in a sustainable, reliable and economic manner.
...EX-Fusion aims to build and power the first laser-powered commercial nuclear fusion reactor.
...First Light Fusion, a leading inertial fusion start-up, is bringing forth a novel and simpler approach to inertial fusion known as projectile fusion. This approach is not only more energy-efficient but also poses lower physics risk, making it a groundbreaking advancement in the field of fusion energy. The cornerstone of this approach is First Light's unique new target technology, which has been ...
Focused Energy is a US/German startup. The company aims to use the best talent on both
sides of the Atlantic to develop fusion as a clean energy source based on laser technology.
Highlights from website:
-- A Greentech Venture founded by companies with industrial fusion technology experience
-- Implementing a strategy based on high-field magnetic confinement fusion
-- Accelerating fusion with venture speed and via private/public partnerships
-- Collaborating with world leading science and technology institutions
The company plans to use former fissio ...
General Atomics (GA) is a leading developer of nuclear fusion technology, with over 50 years of experience in the field. Their focus is on developing magnetically confined fusion, which uses a combination of magnetic fields and plasma to generate energy.
One of GA's key technologies is the DIII-D National Fusion Facility, which is a tokamak reactor that has been used for a wide range of ...
General Fusion is a Canadian company that aims to revolutionize the energy industry by developing a practical and economically viable nuclear fusion technology that can provide a clean and abundant source of energy. The company has developed a unique approach called Magnetized Target Fusion (MTF) that combines the best features of several fusion techniques to create a practical and scalable sol ...
HB11 Energy aims to create a new source of clean, safe and reliable energy using laser technology to fuse Hydrogen and Boron-11.
The choice of fuel source eliminates the need for expensive, hard-to-find and hard-to-make tritium. The pB11 reaction does not produce excess neutrons so there is less risk of damage to reactor walls.
...Helical Fusion aims to realize the world’s first fusion reactor with the helical (heliotron) magnetic configuration.
...HelicitySpace Corp. develops in-space fusion propulsion engines for deep space travel.
...Helion is a company focused on making electricity from fusion a reality. They believe that fusion is an engineering problem rather than a fundamental physical problem and are working towards clean, safe, and limitless electricity.
Helion's approach to fusion is different from other fusion approaches in three major ways:
They use a pulsed non-ignition fusion system, which helps o ...
Horne Technologies is a commercial fusion company targeting affordable advancement of fusion technology for near-term energy and neutron production. Horne Technologies’ hybrid approach enables rapid low-cost iteration with fusion-capable, continuously operating devices.
...A company developing Plasma Jet driven Magneto Inertial Fusion
...ITER is a collaborative international project that aims to demonstrate the feasibility of nuclear fusion as a source of energy. The project is based on a tokamak, a magnetic confinement device that contains a plasma of hydrogen isotopes that are heated to more than 150 million degrees Celsius, which allows them to fuse and release energy. ITER is a collaboration between 35 countries and is fund ...
Kyoto Fusioneering (KF) is a privately-funded technology startup established in 2019 with a mission to establish fusion as the ultimate energy source for humanity. They specialize in developing state-of-the-art technologies for commercial fusion reactors, including gyrotron systems, tritium fuel cycle technologies, and breeding blankets for tritium production and power generation. KF partners w ...
Longview Fusion Energy Systems is focused on revolutionizing the energy sector by introducing laser fusion energy to the global grid within the next decade. Their mission aligns with the global shift towards a carbon-neutral economy. Key milestones include:
2021 - National Ignition Facility Achievement: Demonstrated laser fusion burn, a critical step towards fusion energy commercializat ...
Lowercarbon Capital, founded by Chris Sacca and Crystal Sacca in 2018, is at the forefront of venture capital investments in carbon reduction technologies. They have made signficant investments in the nuclear fusion energy space.
"Fixing the planet is just good business. Shame and guilt won’t get us there, markets will."
Managed by a diverse team, including Chri ...
Fusion R&D company with a view to developing fastest route to fusion, using techniques based on the Dense Plasma Focus device and hydrogen-boron fuel.
...MIFTI is trying to achieve fusion energy based on the idea of stabilized Staged Z-pinch where a high Z-liner implodes on a fusible target by multi-MA current machines. This approach will produce compact, low cost and scalable reactor, which it hopes will provide the fastest path to achieve fusion power.
...Marvel Fusion pursues a non-thermal direct drive inertial confinement approach with the goal of commercializing fusion energy using low-neutronic fuels. Highly intense short-pulsed lasers and proprietary nanostructured fuel targets enable a highly efficient fusion process with a clear path to commercialization.
...NearStar Fusion is developing a simplified, modular approach to fusion energy that promises limitless, clean power for the planet.
Their design focuses on a proven pulsed fusion method to avoid complexities associated with steady-state plasma, allowing rapid development and mass production of fusion drivers, fuel capsules, and reaction chambers.
The approach, called Hyperveloc ...
NK Labs, LLC, is an engineering company. We are developing muon-catalyzed fusion for production of clean energy and clean fuels. Our approach builds on decades of work by government labs worldwide and leverages recent developments in advanced materials and computational optimization.
...The Novatron reactor is designed to confine plasma by increasing the magnetic field away from the confinement region. Its concave magnetic field design aims to guarantee confinement and plasma stability.
Novatron aims to build a reactor with low design complexity, using conventional electromagnets. This should achieve a lower capital costs and operating costs.
The company announced ...
NT-TAO aims to revolutionize the global energy sector with its breakthrough compact fusion technology. The company's proprietary plasma heating method reaches 1000 times higher density, making fusion reactions a million times more effective and resulting in greater energy production. Co-founded by Oded Gour-Lavie, Doron Weinfeld, and Boaz Weinfeld, NT-TAO is committed to providing a clean, flex ...
On Oxford Sigma's website their mission is stated:
"To deliver materials technology, materials solutions, and fusion design services in order to accelerate the commercialisation of fusion energy"
The company is developing materials technologies for fusion energy plants and projects, along with providing manufacturing, design and advisory services to the nuclear fusion industry.< ...
Princeton Fusion Systems is a niche company dedicated to constructing small, environmentally friendly fusion reactors for use both on Earth and in space.
The Princeton FRC reactor, their flagship product, is the culmination of over a decade and a half of research and expertise at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, primarily funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and NASA. Their o ...
Proxima Fusion, a startup spun out of the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP), raised €7m in pre-seed funding for their stellarator concept, a novel design for fusion power plants. The fundraising round was co-led by Plural and UVC Partners and included High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and the Wilbe Group.
The company was founded by a group of scientists and engineers from Max Pl ...
Pulsar Fusion currently delivers both rocket and electric propulsion systems. They are developing a Direct Fusion Drive (DFD) system that will provide thrust and electrical power to spaceships.
...Realta Fusion is an early-stage spin-out from the University of Wisconsin-Madison developing a modular fusion reactor. The compact, high magnetic field, tandem mirror reactor offers significant advantages in terms of reliability, maintenance, and operability. Realta is targeting initial uses in process heat.
...Renaissance Fusion builds on the success of stellarator experiments, makes them reactor-ready by quadrupling the magnetic field and simplifies them using proprietary High-Temperature Superconductors manufacturing and flowing liquid-metal walls.
...Sekaitekina Yugo plays a key role in the important field of making fusion energy a commercial reality. The company uses lasers to move closer to the objective of clean energy. With a background in both government and private industry, the company has the skills needed to create and manage various types of fusion reactors. The aim is to identify the most effective reactor design as quickly as po ...
SHINE is a leading fusion technology company aiming to make fusion energy a practical and economically competitive part of the world's energy production. The company applies a phased approach to its development, focusing on practical applications that create value and promote reinvestment, as it works towards fusion power.
In the first phase, SHINE focuses on the valuable neutrons produ ...
TAE Technologies, founded in 1998, aims to develop commercial fusion power with a clean environmental profile. The company has filed over 1,800 patents globally, raised $1.2 billion in private capital, built five National Laboratory-scale devices, and has a team of over 400 employees. TAE's main goal is to reduce human impact on the environment through safe, clean, and economically competitive ...
Thea Energy (formerly known as Princeton Stellarators - name changed in 2023) is leveraging recent breakthroughs and IP that revolutionize stellarator technology. Their proprietary approach aims to eliminate the complex 3D magnet coils that are commonly used in other stellarator designs.
Thea Energy's first system, the Eos neutron source stellarator, is capable of producing tritium, a v ...
Tokamak Energy, founded in 2009, is focused on developing affordable and competitive fusion energy using their two world-leading technologies: compact spherical tokamaks and High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) magnets.
The spherical tokamak, a more efficient alternative to the traditional doughnut-shaped plasma, offers the smallest and most cost-effective solution for fusion energy. ...
Type One is commercializing the stellarator fusion concept, the ultimate clean power source, and making it affordable and available to all.
...Xcimer Energy is developing an inertial fusion energy system that will overcome long-standing obstacles to viable fusion power by integrating low-cost and high-energy excimer laser technology with the HYLIFE thick-liquid-wall chamber concept.
...Zap Energy is developing an affordable, compact, and scalable fusion core that aims to offer a shorter path to commercially viable fusion without the need for costly and complex magnetic coils. The company achieved verified fusion reactions in 2018 and is working towards scientific energy breakeven on its FuZE-Q platform. Zap Energy's team consists of experienced entrepreneurs, investors, diplo ...
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