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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(116,478 posts) Wed May 10, 2023, 12:47 PM May 2023

Everett nuclear fusion energy company nets first customer: Microsoft

EVERETT — Helion Energy signed its first customer this week.

The Everett-based company agreed to provide the software giant Microsoft with at least 50 megawatts of electricity from its planned first fusion power plant, starting in 2028.

Fifty megawatts is enough electricity to power a data center or factory, said David Kirtley, Helion’s CEO.

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Unlike nuclear fission, which obtains its energy from splitting atoms, fusion does not produce significant amounts of radioactive waste.

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/everett-nuclear-fusion-energy-company-nets-first-customer-microsoft/

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Everett nuclear fusion energy company nets first customer: Microsoft (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2023 OP

hmm, it doesn't even work yet GenXer47 May 2023 #1

From later in the article Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2023 #3

Good for msft! RainCaster May 2023 #2

GenXer47

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1. hmm, it doesn't even work yet

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed May 10, 2023, 02:13 PM

May 2023

I hope my skepticism is unfounded!

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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3. From later in the article

Reply to GenXer47 (Reply #1)

Wed May 10, 2023, 07:12 PM

May 2023

Last year, Helion published results claiming it was the first private company to reach 100-million-degree plasma temperatures with its sixth fusion prototype.

Guess we'll see.

RainCaster

(11,648 posts)

2. Good for msft!

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed May 10, 2023, 06:16 PM

May 2023

I'm glad to see them supporting such technology, even if it's distant.

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