Startups with laser beams: The companies trying to ignite fusion energy
The sun generates heat and light by jamming or fusing hydrogen atoms together into helium.
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The sun generates heat and light by jamming or fusing hydrogen atoms together into helium.
Companies are looking to commercialize advances made by federally supported research labs in the quest for boundless energy.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) has awarded a grant to HB11 Energy as part of its ‘Innovation Network for Fusion Energy’ (INFUSE) program with the
SYDNEY, Aug. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) has awarded a grant to HB11 Energy as part of its 'Innovation Network for Fusion Energy' (INFUSE) program with the objective, "to accelerate basic research to develop cost-effective, innovative fusion energy technologies in the private sector." The HB11 Energy team at Edward Teller Education Center, University of California - from left: Ellen Gorissen (GM Commercial), Dr. E. Michael Campbell (Scientific Advisory Board), Prof. Thomas A. Mehlhorn (Lead Target Design, Scientific Advisory Board), Dr. Warren...
HB11 Energy will get cash and access to massive lasers to help it build a nuclear fusion system it says will be capable of clean, near-limitless electricity generation.