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Helion Energy teams aim to harness fusion power for a clean energy future in Washington and beyond

Electrical engineers, machinists, technicians, material handlers and more work together on the future of clean energy production.

Puget Sound Business Journal

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A Futuristic Plan to Make Steel With Nuclear Fusion

Helion Energy and Nucor are teaming up to build a power plant at one of Nucor’s U.S. steel mills

Wall Street Journal

Announcement

Announcing Helion’s fusion power purchase agreement with Microsoft

In pursuit of building the world’s first fusion power plant, enabling a future with unlimited clean electricity.

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Blog


Securing U.S. fusion leadership

Chief among our challenges is building the supply chain and infrastructure necessary to scale fusion, ensuring the U.S. takes the lead in this fast-emerging field.

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Why fusion is not “nuclear”

The difference between fusion and fission results in very distinct public safety, regulatory, and societal implications for the two.

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Explaining Helion’s fusion fuel: D-He-3

We use a unique fusion fuel: Deuterium-Helium-3 (D-He-3). This sets us apart from most fusion approaches.

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Helion’s evolved core values: Shaping our mission and culture

At Helion, our mission isn’t just a statement. It’s a call for action against climate change, all while enhancing the well-being of every individual on this earth.

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A note on FRC instabilities

It's true, FRCs are unstable. A good question to ask then is, why start a fusion company based on an FRC approach?

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What does a world look like with unlimited clean electricity?

Fusion, which would provide virtually limitless low-cost energy whenever and wherever it’s needed, unlocks an insurmountable amount of opportunity for the world.

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Media highlights


U.S. in a Race with China to Develop Commercial Fusion Power Technology

While the U.S. has been at the forefront of fusion research, China has also put a lot of money toward fusion lately.

Power Magazine

State grants Everett-based Helion a fusion energy license

The permit allows Helion to use radioactive materials to operate the company’s fusion generator.

Everett Herald

Nuclear Fusion Pushes to Reach Commercial Power Plant Stage

Fusion is a power source that can generate nearly 4 million times more energy than fossil fuel combustion and four times more per kilogram of fuel than an existing fission nuclear power plants.

Engineering News Record

Helion Energy teams aim to harness fusion power for a clean energy future in Washington and beyond

At Helion Energy, a fusion clean energy company based out of Everett, Washington, electrical engineers, machinists, technicians, material handlers and more work together on the future of clean energy production: fusion.

Puget Sound Business Journal

Are we on the brink of a nuclear fusion breakthrough?

Nuclear fusion could change the world. It would produce energy at lower costs than we generate it now without greenhouse gas emissions or long-term nuclear waste.

NPR

A world with abundant fusion energy with David Kirtley of Helion Energy

Here's our full-length interview with David Kirtley, founder of Helion Energy, where we dive deep into the need for fusion as a replacement for fossil fuels.

Age of Miracles

OpenAI CEO Altman says at Davos future AI depends on energy breakthrough

Altman said the silver lining is that more climate-friendly sources of energy, particularly nuclear fusion or cheaper solar power and storage, are the way forward for AI.

Reuters

Companies say they're closing in on nuclear fusion as an energy source. Will it work?

Inside a warehouse in Everett, Wash., the commercial fusion company Helion is building a next-generation device that it believes can revolutionize the electricity business.

NPR

A Futuristic Plan to Make Steel With Nuclear Fusion

Helion Energy and Nucor are teaming up to build a power plant at one of Nucor’s U.S. steel mills

Wall Street Journal

An Exotic Approach to Nuclear Fusion (Helion Energy BTS)

For half a century we've focused on creating a sustained fusion reaction. However, is a sustained reaction really the right approach? Helion Energy's topography is so different, that it may just have a chance.

The Plasma Channel

Welcome to Fusion City, USA

In Everett, WA, nuclear fusion is no longer 10 years away

IEEE Spectrum

A Sam Altman-backed startup is betting it can crack the code on fusion energy. Here's how it's trying to bring that to the masses by 2028

Helion Energy wants to produce large amounts of electricity through fusion by 2028.

Business Insider

Microsoft signs nuclear fusion deal as part of sustainability push

Microsoft has signed a power purchase agreement with nuclear fusion energy startup Helion for at least 50 megawatts of electricity beginning in 2028, the companies announced Wednesday.

Axios

In historic first, Microsoft signs deal to buy fusion power by 2028

Microsoft has signed the world’s first-ever deal to purchase fusion energy.

The company has agreed to buy 50 megawatts of energy per year from Washington state-based Helion Energy starting in 2028.

The Hill

Fusion power by 2028? Microsoft is betting on it

Microsoft inks deal with fusion start-up for electricity on a timeline that would be game-changing, if real.

Washington Post

Nuclear fusion will not be regulated the same way nuclear fission is - a big win for the fusion industry

The nation’s top regulatory body for nuclear power plants and other nuclear materials, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, has officially voted to regulate nuclear fusion differently than fission.

CNBC

Geekwire Awards: How these five Workplace of the Year finalists navigate challenging times

Helion Energy is nominated as a PNW Workplace of the Year

GeekWire

The 2022 Good Tech Awards

Nuclear fusion, generative A.I., bee tracking and more. There’s a lot to like.

New York Times

A new way to achieve nuclear fusion: Helion

Real Engineering visits Helion at its Redmond and Everett locations

Real Engineering

WE DID NUCLEAR FUSION

Cleo Abram and Simone Giertz build a fusor with help from the Helion team

Cleo Abram

144: Gone Fusion - Exciting Fusion Energy Startups

Matt and Sean talk to Helion Energy’s CEO, David Kirtley about their technology.

Still TBD Podcast

What it feels like to visit a fusion company lab on a day when wildfire smoke cloaks the horizon

Visiting Helion Energy’s enormous workspace and lab in Everett, Wash., pulled the idea of fusion out of the completely fantastical and into the potentially real for me.

CNBC

How this fusion reactor will make electricity by 2024

Can this new nuclear fusion generator make unlimited clean electricity?

Electric Future

Why Private Billions are Flowing into Fusion

As the world searches for a way to avoid climate catastrophe, dozens of fusion startups are putting billions of dollars into the risky quest for unlimited clean power.

Bloomberg Quicktake

Helion Energy: New Everett company has sun in its eyes

The firm is the winner of a new award by Economic Alliance Snohomish County, called Opportunity Lives Here.

Everett Herald

Can fusion-powered Helion Energy change the world - from Everett?

The company, which is relocating from Redmond, is on a multibillion-dollar quest to produce clean electricity.

Everett Herald

Helion secures $2.2B to commercialize fusion energy

Helion Energy, a clean energy company committed to creating a new era of plentiful, zero-carbon electricity from fusion, today announced the close of its $0.5 billion Series E, with an additional $1.7 billion of commitments tied to specific milestones.

TechCrunch

Redmond-based clean energy startup to build pioneering fusion energy facility

Local startup Helion Energy said Tuesday it will build a facility in Everett to test the latest version of its “fusion energy” generator, a project it said has the potential to create electricity without producing any carbon emissions.

The Seattle Times

Helion Energy Achieves Key Fusion Milestone

US-based Helion Energy announced that its sixth fusion generator prototype has exceeded 100 million degrees Celsius. The prototype, called Trenta, has undergone a 16-month series of reliability and durability tests on key components of the fusion process.

World Nuclear News

Press Releases


Helion Granted Fusion Energy Safety License from Washington State Department of Health

The issuance of a Large Broad Scope license underscores Helion’s dedication to maintaining the highest standards of safety.

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Announcing Helion’s collaboration with Nucor

Together, we’re working to deploy a 500 MW fusion power plant, a major step in decarbonizing industrial manufacturing

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Announcing Helion’s fusion power purchase agreement with Microsoft

In pursuit of building the world’s first fusion power plant, enabling a future with unlimited clean electricity

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Helion supports Congressional call for differentiated regulatory framework for fusion energy

Appropriate regulation will enable Helion to safely and rapidly deploy fusion electricity to the grid

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Announcing Helion's latest fundraise of $500 million

This new funding will be used to accelerate our construction of Polaris, expected to demonstrate net electricity from fusion in 2024.

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Helion Energy Breaks Ground on Site of Its Next-Generation Fusion Facility in Everett, Washington

Washington Governor Jay Inslee and Everett Mayor Cassie Franklin attend in support of the company’s expansion of operations and creation of new clean energy jobs.

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Helion Energy Achieves 100 Million Degrees Celsius Fusion Fuel Temperature and Confirms 16-Month Continuous Operation of Its Fusion Generator Prototype

Both Mark Significant Achievements In Path Toward Commercial Fusion Electricity.

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Fusion Energy Startup Helion Energy Closes Latest Funding Round at $1.25B Valuation

The company raised $40 million in Series D funding, accelerating Helion’s ability to innovate new technology that will create a path to unlimited, clean electricity from fusion.

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