Helion Reaches New Fusion Energy Industry Record

by Emily | Feb 17, 2026 | Clean Energy News, Fusion

Helion Energy’s Polaris fusion reactor operating with tritium and deuterium fuel. (Helion Photo) Helion, a Washington-based fusion energy company, announced that its Polaris prototype has set new fusion industry benchmarks, becoming the first privately developed...

Avalanche Raises $29 Million for its Desktop-Sized Power Quest

by Emily | Feb 12, 2026 | Clean Energy News, Fusion

Avalanche Energy employee prepares fusion plasma test on one of the company’s compact devices. (Avalanche Photo) Seattle startup Avalanche Energy has announced $29 million in funding to support its push toward fusion power and to help launch a commercial-scale testing...

Zap Energy’s Next Generation Device Hits New Milestone

by Emily | Nov 20, 2025 | Clean Energy News, Fusion

Zap Energy’s FuZE-Q fusion device. (Zap Photo) Zap Energy recently announced that its next generation device named the Fusion Z-pinch Experiment 3, or FuZE-3, has now achieved plasmas with electron pressures as high as 830 megapascals (MPa), or 1.6 gigapascals (GPa)...

Commonwealth Fusion Systems Celebrates Delivery of a Key Component

by Emily | Oct 28, 2025 | Clean Energy News, Fusion

Commonwealth Fusion Systems specialized magnet. CFS photo. Commonwealth Fusion Systems recently received a key component at the campus in Devens, Massachusetts- the first half of the vacuum vessel at the heart of their SPARC machine. The 48-ton half-donut-shaped steel...

Pacific Fusion Expanding with New Research and Manufacturing Campus

by Emily | Oct 9, 2025 | Clean Energy News, Fusion

(Image: Pacific Fusion) California headquartered fusion system developer Pacific Fusion is building its first Research and Manufacturing Campus in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The company will maintain its three Research and Development Campuses and headquarters in...

PNW Fusion Energy: Fusion Week and ‘A Star in a Jar’

by Emily | Sep 30, 2025 | Clean Energy News, Fusion

Zap Energy’s FuZE-Q fusion device. (Zap Photo) The Pacific Northwest fusion industry kicked off the annual Seattle Fusion Week on Monday. Hosted by CleanTech Alliance, the annual event brings together fusion energy companies, elected officials, research institutions,...