For fusion and aerospace applications, capacitors have more challenges to success than you might think As fusion energy comes closer to approaching real commercial deployments, The Fusion Report is...
Power Electronics & Components
Capacitors, switches, magnets, transformers and the other components that power plants, fusion machines and data centers depend on.
Solid State Transformers, the Truth Behind the Hype
Is there really a crisis with conventional transformers, or is this a solution looking for a problem? If you read the write-ups around the need for solid state transformers (SSTs), you are painted a...
IMGs, Capacitors, and the Supply Chain Gap Facing Pulsed Power Fusion
The fusion industry has spent decades proving the physics. The next challenge is building the supply chain to match. For pulsed power fusion, an approach backed by roughly $2 billion in private...
The Transformer Bottleneck
The U.S. grid faces a hidden bottleneck: aging transformers. With most units already at their expected lifespan, heavy reliance on imports, and lead times stretching up to 7 years, the system is...
Speaking of the Grid, What About Transformers?
If you have read some of our postings over the past few months, The Fusion Report has provided a lot of coverage to the grid. One of the most important parts of the grid are transformers. While most...
Key Fusion Energy Subsystems: Marx Generators
If you have been around fusion energy for a while, you have probably heard the term “Marx Generator” before. Like me, you probably wondered what a Marx Generator is, how it is constructed, and what...
Increasing Fusion Supply Chain Diversity: High-Temperature Semiconductors
In our last article, we discussed the fusion supply chain and how the difference in risk appetites between fusion machine companies and supply chain companies produced a disconnect in growing the...
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