The world needs more energy—we think we can all agree on that. That new energy ought to be clean, firm, and abundant. The fusion industry is rising to meet that challenge.
Realta Fusion is tackling the problem via the magnetic mirror approach, which—like many fusion concepts—was explored back in the ‘70s before falling off the funding priority list in the ‘80s. It’s back with a vengeance in Wisconsin, where the company is currently operating the WHAM experiment, using Commonwealth Fusion Systems-built superconducting magnets to fire plasma.
Ignition sat down with Realta CEO Kieran Furlong to talk about the company’s approach to fusion, the macro environment driving the need for new energy production, and what an eventual market for fusion might look like.
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