FUSION ENERGY NEWS

This Week’s Fusion News: February 20, 2026

This Week’s Fusion News: February 20, 2026

New Mexico legislators are advancing tax incentive bills to anchor Pacific Fusion’s billion-dollar Albuquerque campus, while DOE researchers at Princeton discovered that plasma micro-turbulence may solve a critical tokamak heat management challenge. Wisconsin launched a…

“First Mover Strategy” For The Fusion Energy Supply Chain

“First Mover Strategy” For The Fusion Energy Supply Chain

A panel at the Hudson Institute featuring leaders from Helion Energy, Commonwealth Fusion Systems, SCSP, and Peak Nano laid out the strategic case for building a domestic and allied-nation fusion supply chain now — before the window closes. With China investing $1.5 b…

Helion Moves Closer to Achieving Commercial Fusion

Helion Moves Closer to Achieving Commercial Fusion

Helion Energy achieved two major milestones with their Polaris prototype: measurable deuterium-tritium fusion and a private-sector plasma temperature record of 150 million degrees Celsius. With their Orion production facility under construction in Malaga, Washington, He…

This Week’s Fusion News: February 13, 2026

This Week’s Fusion News: February 13, 2026

Helion Energy’s Polaris prototype becomes the first privately funded machine to operate with deuterium-tritium fuel and reaches 150 million degrees Celsius. Inertia Enterprises launches with a $450 million Series A to scale laser-based fusion. ITER deploys its massive “…

A New Player Enters the Fusion Market

A New Player Enters the Fusion Market

Inertia Enterprises has launched as the newest commercial fusion player with a $450 million Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners. Co-founded by Twilio’s former CEO Jeff Lawson, NIF physicist Dr. Annie Kritcher, and fusion plant designer Prof. Mike Dunne, the compan…

This Week’s Fusion News: February 6, 2026

This Week’s Fusion News: February 6, 2026

Avalanche Energy closes $29M for desktop-sized fusion machines, Pacific Fusion eliminates $100M in reactor costs, Helical Fusion completes coil manufacturing hardware, a first-of-its-kind U.S.-Israel fusion supply chain initiative launches, Germany commits €14M to ine…