Fusion News: Redmond Reporter – Helion Energy wins Northwest Cleantech Open with fusion research
Helion Energy recently won a cleantech competition for developing a breakthrough that could result in commercialized fusion reactors, as reported by the Redmond Reporter in their article “Helion Energy wins Northwest Cleantech Open with fusion research.”
Helion’s new approach generates fusion by accelerating two specialized plasmas into a central chamber where they are further compressed with a magnetic field, raising heat and density to levels required for fusion and energy release, the website reads. The power plant design is compact, modular and competitive in today’s market. Unlike nuclear fission, fusion is clean and neither uses nor produces dangerous materials. The machine runs on a completely safe fuel found in everyday water — a molecular variant of hydrogen.
