By Christofer Mowry, Chief Executive Officer at General Fusion
Fusion is ubiquitous. Every ray of light that shines down on earth, that nurtures our gardens, that warms our world, has its source in the fusing heart of the sun. It is so elegantly simple. Stars are nothing more than giant spheres of hydrogen, heavy enough to push these most basic atoms together and transmute them into helium in the alchemy of fusion. And yet, the incredible elusiveness of emulating this simple feature of the natural world was fusion’s paradox, at least until now.
By Christofer Mowry, Chief Executive Officer at General Fusion
The 21st century’s most famous energy graphic, the one which undeniably charts the continued upward trend of global carbon emissions, is the source of much passionate discourse. Why has there been no discernible “bend in the curve”, after almost two decades of concerted effort?
By Michael Delage, Chief Technology Officer at General Fusion and Dave Plant, Director of Program Management.
General Fusion’s system, with its piston-studded spherical chamber, has an industrial look about it. Hundreds of powerful pistons, driven by steam, will push down on a liquid metal liner, which in turn pushes on a plasma of superhot hydrogen gas, compressing the fuel to fusion conditions. Underneath the pragmatically industrial exterior, however, are cutting edge electronics that give these pistons an incredible level of control.