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Advances in Fusion Science

Pushing fusion conversations to the forefront.

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How Fusion Energy Works.

Fusion powers the sun and the stars, where immense forces compress and heat hydrogen plasma, fusing it into helium and releasing enormous amounts of energy. Commercial systems seek to replicate this fusion process, but need to create the pressure and heat by means other than gravity.

Fusion fuel has an energy density that is millions of times greater than fossil fuels.

Three factors put fusion at the forefront of conversations about the planet’s clean energy future:

Fusion Science

Experts in the fusion field have more powerful tools today. They are increasingly able to model and understand the fundamental physics of fusion and, as a result, more properly control the behaviour of fusion plasma. Learn how General Fusion’s plasma injector systems have put these tools to use.

Enabling Technologies

Supercomputing, artificial intelligence, advanced composite materials, high-speed digital control systems, and additive manufacturing (3D printing) offer a wide range of new ways to resolve historical barriers to practical fusion energy. Learn about our practical approach to fusion energy.

Private Industry

After decades of government-led research programs, business leaders have taken initiative to bring entrepreneurial, business-oriented approaches to commercializing fusion energy. In just a few years, investors have injected more than $6 billion into private fusion companies. Learn more about what motivates General Fusion’s investors.

Building value around new and existing technology.

The core technologies required for Magnetized Target Fusion (MTF) make our approach practical.

We invent and maintain intellectual property where we can achieve the greatest gains. We innovate where we can maximize the application of proven industrial technologies. This balance allows us to design a cost-effective fusion energy facility.

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Leading us to a net-zero future.

“Today, fusion energy is considered one of the key technologies capable of leading us to a net-zero future, with the International Atomic Energy Association ranking it “among the most environmentally friendly sources of energy.”

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The art of building winning partnerships.

General Fusion will maximize the value of fusion technology by taking it out of the lab to industry leaders.

We are specialists and we know the best work happens with multidisciplinary teams. Establishing successful partnerships worldwide allows us to pay attention to characteristics of what energy consumers need all over the planet. To fulfill our mission, the design of our commercial fusion plant must benefit users anywhere.

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Discover how fusion power technology is transforming the world today.

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September 5, 2023

Former CEO of UKAEA, Norman Harrison, Joins General Fusion’s Board of Directors

RICHMOND, Canada (September 6, 2023): Today, General Fusion announced the appointment of Norman Harrison to its Board of Directors. Norman is a world-class executive in the energy sector, with 40 years of unique experience providing leadership to both the fusion

Most Recent, News, Press Releases

August 9, 2023

General Fusion Announces Funding to Build New Fusion Machine Targeting Scientific Breakeven by 2026

RICHMOND, Canada (August 9, 2023): Today, General Fusion announced a new Magnetized Target Fusion (MTF) machine that will fast-track the company’s technical progress. To be built at the company’s new Richmond headquarters, this ground-breaking machine is designed to achieve fusion

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July 10, 2023

Conceptual Design of a Magnetized Target Fusion Power Plant

This poster was presented at the 30th IEEE Symposium on Fusion Engineering, Oxford, UK, July 9-13, 2023. Download Poster as PDF Daymon Krotez, Raphael Segas, Ivan Khalzov, Victoria Suponitsky.

Research Library

April 19, 2023

Energy Star

In an interview with Pivot magazine, CEO Greg Twinney shares his career journey, what drives him, and how General Fusion is going to change the world in an in-depth interview with PIVOT magazine. Read the article here

Industry Updates, Most Recent

April 6, 2023

MTF: A clear path to commercial fusion energy

On December 5 of 2022, the team at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab shot 192 high-powered lasers at a manufactured fuel pellet. The power of the lasers caused the deuterium and tritium atoms within the pellet to fuse and ignite,

Insights, Most Recent

March 28, 2023

Meet the team: Kathryn Leci

Kathryn is a Plasma Injector Engineer who primarily works on the plasma injector PI3, the world’s largest and most powerful of its kind. “Our focus is to continuously improve plasma performance by controlling key parameters like the magnetic configuration, pulsed

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