This Week’s Fusion News: October 30, 2026
Commonwealth Fusion Systems signed a letter of intent with the U.S. Department of Commerce for up to $85 million in CHIPS R&D funding to develop semiconductors for fusion power plants, part of […]
October 30, 2026
Fusion Support Tech Part 6: Pulsed Power Systems and Impedance-Matched Marx Generators (IMGs)
October 27, 2026
Fusion Energy
Two Races, One Playbook: What The Small Modular Reactor Scorecard Says About The US-China Fusion Race
October 15, 2026
Fusion Support Tech Part 5: High Energy Plasma Heating/Diagnostics For MFE and HFE Systems
October 13, 2026
Data Center Power
Is the AI Bubble Going to Burst, And If So When?
An AI bubble is the risk that enthusiasm and market forces push AI valuations and infrastructure spending beyond what future revenues and profits can justify, with exposure reaching the wider […]
October 29, 2026
If Man’s Best Friend Is The Dog, The Best Friend of Artificial Intelligence Is Clearly Natural Gas
Natural gas is the largest source of electricity for US data centers today, with recent estimates putting it above 40% of their supply, followed by renewables at about 24%, nuclear […]
October 22, 2026
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Grid & Transmission
US Automakers Drop The EV Ball – Again
China produced nearly 75% of the world’s electric vehicles in 2025 and more than 80% of EV battery cells, while US manufacturers concentrated on large, expensive EVs. Tesla lost its […]
August 13, 2026
Is An All-Electric Ferrari a Good Idea?
The new Ferrari Luce is a $640K, 1,035-hp, five-seater sedan that isn’t red, isn’t especially pretty, and isn’t even the fastest EV sedan on the market. So why does it […]
May 28, 2026
Where is Battery Energy Storage System Technology Going?
US grid-scale BESS capacity is now 45 GW, and California alone added 16.9 GW since 2018. Lithium-ion still leads, riding the EV cost curve, but sodium-ion, vanadium redox flow, and […]
May 19, 2026
Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
Two Races, One Playbook: What The Small Modular Reactor Scorecard Says About The US-China Fusion Race
The Special Competitive Studies Project’s latest Tech Scorecard finds China ahead of the United States in four of five categories for small modular reactors, with the US keeping its edge […]
October 15, 2026
Zap Energy Goes Fission AND Fusion
Zap Energy is becoming an integrated nuclear platform, pairing its sheared-flow-stabilized Z-pinch fusion machine with a 10 to 15 MW sodium-cooled microreactor on the fission side. The company also named […]
May 5, 2026
More in Nuclear
Do Environmentalists Really Love Nuclear Fission Now?
March 17, 2026
The Trump Administration Green-Lights SMRs, and CFS Raises Nearly $1 Billion in New Cash
August 28, 2025
Tracker
Top Fusion Companies by Funding
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Power Electronics & Components
E&P Technologies: Putting the Lightning into Capacitors for Fusion and Aerospace
June 23, 2026
Solid State Transformers, the Truth Behind the Hype
March 24, 2026
IMGs, Capacitors, and the Supply Chain Gap Facing Pulsed Power Fusion
March 11, 2026
Compute & Efficiency
UK Startup Zenithon Launches Foundational Model for Extreme Physics
October 20, 2026
Who is Really in Charge of OpenAI’s Bot Swarms?
September 3, 2026
What Is Going On With The DRAM Shortage?
August 6, 2026
Policy & Geopolitics
Helion Slides Dates, and What Is In The Department of Energy FY-2027 Plans For Fusion Energy Development?
September 17, 2026
What Does Andy Burnham Becoming the UK Prime Minister Mean for Their (and Our) Fusion Energy Programs?
August 4, 2026
US Fusion Legislation: What Is In The Pipeline?
April 7, 2026
What Would the End to the Iran Conflict Do to Oil Prices?
March 26, 2026