Google has invested in fusion startups as potential power suppliers. This latest move suggests Google sees them as potential ...

Google LLC’s DeepMind research unit is partnering with the nuclear fusion startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems LLC to see if ...

“To power one person’s lifetime, it’s a bathtub of seawater and a laptop battery’s size of lithium,” Kritcher said. “It’s not a lot of materials, and there’s no [long-term] radioactive waste like we ...

This story was originally published on Utility Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Utility Dive newsletter. Several utilities are exploring partnerships with nuclear ...

The first fusion reactions in a laboratory were achieved in 1934 — a major breakthrough at the time. Today, however, achieving a fusion reaction is not particularly difficult: in 2018, a ...

A boom in new companies and billions of dollars in private investment could make fusion power a reality in the coming decade.

The lecture by Saskia Mordijck, “Here Comes the Sun: Building a Star on Earth,” begins at 7 p.m. in the Sadler Center ’s Commonwealth Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. Those ...

Tokamaks are machines that are meant to hold and harness the power of the sun. These fusion machines use powerful magnets to ...

Tech giant Google is investing money into a futuristic nuclear fusion plant that hasn’t been built yet but someday will replicate the energy of the stars. It’s a sign of how hungry big tech companies ...

Massachusetts-based energy startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) has struck a deal to deliver 200 MW of electricity to Google from its upcoming ARC power plant in Chesterfield County, Virginia.

Fusion energy is having a moment. Last week, Commonwealth Fusion Energy Systems, which is backed by Google, announced it had raised nearly $3 billion in capital and would start developing a fusion ...

Nobody said that commercializing fusion power would be cheap or quick. TAE Technologies said this week it raised another $150 million in a funding round that included investments from existing backers ...