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Helion is projecting a small amount of net electrical energy out of their next reactor, which they project to come online in 2024. And that reactor is designed
by smaddox 5y ago
Helion is projecting a small amount of net electrical energy out of their next reactor, which they project to come online in 2024. And that reactor is designed primarily for producing He3, which they will use in their follow-up reactors designed for power generation.
So any fusion fans who still say we won't have grid energy from fusion for another 30 years are either misinformed or not very optimistic.
- p1mrx 5y agoSome brilliant investor-speak from Helion's FAQ: "A handful of organizations have performed bulk fusion, where a large volume of particles reaches temperatures high enough for fusion to occur on a large scale. [...] none of the organizations that have managed to do bulk fusion have done it in a practical way that can be used to make electricity."
- smaddox 5y agoSeems pretty straightforward and accurate to me. Helion is already re-capturing most of the energy from each pulse. I'm not aware of a single other approach that has demonstrated direct conversion from plasma energy to electric energy.
- p1mrx 5y agoHint: The United States first demonstrated bulk fusion in 1952.