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General Fusion achieves first plasma in new machine – a milestone for private fusion venture Vancouver, Canada – Ten times more powerful than its predecessor, the world’s largest and most powerful plasma injector has begun operation at General Fusion’s facilities in Vancouver, Canada. This new...
Expanded team accelerates transition to integrated prototype program Clean energy leader General Fusion is enhancing the company’s design engineering capabilities and strategic partnerships with new leadership from veteran energy industry experts. The move comes as the company begins to transition its systems-level dev
More than 50 of the world’s foremost scientists meet in Canada for the first time VANCOUVER, CANADA – An annual gathering focusing on cutting-edge fusion energy research is being held outside the U.S. for the first time, with Vancouver-based clean energy leader General Fusion hosting...
General Fusion’s scientists working with Microsoft’s software experts to explore experimental plasma data in greater depth than previously possible Vancouver, Canada – General Fusion, an industry leading clean energy company, is partnering with Microsoft’s Developer Experience Team to unlock critical insights int
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Combatting climate change while powering the world is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. Fusion energy has the potential to meet this challenge with clean, safe, affordable, and on-demand energy. A commercial fusion power plant will make a 100% zero carbon grid technically and economically viable, resulting in a practical energy portfolio that addresses climate change.
General Fusion has developed the key subsystems for its unique technology, including the world’s largest and most powerful plasma injector, and is now embarking on its most ambitious project to date: a fusion demonstration plant that will confirm the capability to produce electricity from fusion energy – a world first.
Since its founding in 2002 by Dr. Michel Laberge, the company has grown to a team of more than 70 engineers, scientists, physicists, and business development professionals at its world-class laboratories near Vancouver, Canada.
Global energy demand and the threat of climate change pose twin challenges on a grand scale. The International Energy Agency forecasts that by 2040, China will need an additional 3 to 4 thousand terawatts of electricity supply, the equivalent of adding the entire existing US electrical grid.
Electricity demand is the fastest form of energy use and will be pushed further by electric vehicles and the move to electric heating.
One of the climate goals in the Paris Agreement is to keep a global temperature rise well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increases over 1.5 degrees Celsius. To keep up the climate goals in the Paris Agreement, new technologies are needed to safely and economically deliver clean energy on-demand.
Newly matured enabling technologies such as 3D printing, machine learning and high-speed electronics are now opening innovative new pathways to commercial fusion energy.
Fusion has the potential to provide, clean, safe, affordable, and on-demand energy and complement renewables like wind and solar while replacing fossil fuels.
General Fusion is the only private fusion company working towards an end-to-end fusion demonstration plant that will confirm the capability to produce electricity from fusion energy.
Energy and technology visionaries including Bezos Expeditions, Malaysian sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional, and Cenovus Energy have seen these breakthroughs and invested in the future of clean energy, everywhere, forever.
2002: General Fusion is founded by Dr. Michel Laberge
2009: Full-scale piston system successfully tested
2011: Multi-piston liquid metal compression prototype tested
2013: Plasma Milestone: Small Plasma Injector program achieves 1 million Celsius plasma temperatures
2014: General Fusion is named to the Cleantech Global 100, an award repeated in 2015 and 2016/17
2015: New SPECTOR series small plasma injector is constructed
2016: Plasma Milestone: SPECTOR injectors achieve pre-compression temperatures of 5 million Celsius
2017: General Fusion turns on PI3, the world’s largest and most powerful plasma injector
Christofer M. Mowry, Chief Executive Officer & Director – has over 30 years of global experience in the energy and infrastructure sectors, including power, oil & gas, automation, and process industries.
Bruce Colwill, Chief Financial Officer – Strategic finance professional with over 25 years of experience in startups and entrepreneurial companies.
Dr. Michel Laberge, Founder & Chief Scientist – Physicist with widespread practical experience in plasma physics and modern plasma diagnostic techniques.
Michael Delage, Chief Technical Officer – Engineer and experienced technology entrepreneur with a career spent developing technologies and bringing them to market.
World class advisory council comprised of the leading minds in fusion physics and energy policy. Read more.