Nearly a century after construction began on Rock Island Dam — the first hydroelectric power plant on the Columbia River — a ...

America could lose the race to create energy from fusion, tech leaders warned, as China is dramatically outspending the U.S.

Few fusion startups have been as closely watched as Helion. The 12-year-old company is backed by Sam Altman, rumored to be in talks with OpenAI, and has a deal to supply Microsoft with electricity ...

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WASHINGTON, May 10 (Reuters) - Private U.S. nuclear fusion company Helion Energy will provide Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab with electricity in about five years, the companies said on ...

Few energy startups are better positioned to cash in on Stargate than Helion, which has raised major funding from the AI initiative’s leaders, and signed a contract with another. Sam Altman ...

Fusion energy developer Helion Energy has broken ground on a new facility in Everett, Washington, which will house its seventh generation fusion prototype, known as Polaris. Construction of the ...

Among other things, the new Washington law is the first in the U.S. to define fusion as a clean energy source.

The longest fusion reaction is 1,066 seconds (17 minutes and 43 seconds), set just recently by the EAST reactor in China. So how does Helion think it can succeed? Most experimental reactors ...

The conversation got heated at a Seattle-area conference Tuesday when three companies vying to commercialize fusion power ...

Helion Energy aims to produce fusion-based electricity by 2028, powering Microsoft in a large-scale deal. Helion has the backing of several high-profile investors like OpenAI’s Sam Altman.

Despite the challenges, Helion claims it will build the world’s first nuclear fusion power plant by 2028 and has already secured a purchase agreement from Microsoft. The US tech giant made the ...