Last week at the 26th Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE) meeting, our founder & Chief Science Officer Michel Laberge shared updates on our first-of-a-kind MTF power plant: ⚙ With our unique Integrated System Model, we quickly test different designs to optimize the machine configuration for a practical and economical power plant. 💻 We’ve recently made breakthroughs in modelling our liquid metal liner in a commercial machine by developing proprietary code introduced in the March issue of Physics of Fluids. No other programming available on the market can achieve its rapid results! Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/gdqPkPrt
General Fusion
Renewables & Environment
Richmond, British Columbia 28,904 followers
Discover the future in fusion at generalfusion.com.
About us
General Fusion pursues a fast, efficient, and collaborative path to practical fusion power. We are completing an aggressive development plan to deliver economical carbon-free fusion energy with our proprietary Magnetized Target Fusion technology by the 2030s. Our mission is supported by a global syndicate of leading institutional investors, venture capital firms, and technology pioneers, together with governments across North America and Europe. General Fusion collaborates with a global network of partners to create a sustainable future built on cleaner energy, better materials, and a comprehensive life cycle approach to the world’s infrastructure. Founded in 2002, we are headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, with additional centers co-located with internationally recognized fusion research laboratories near London, UK, and in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.
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http://www.generalfusion.com/
External link for General Fusion
- Industry
- Renewables & Environment
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Richmond, British Columbia
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2002
- Specialties
- fusion energy, plasma physics, and engineering
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6020 Russ Baker Way
Richmond, British Columbia V7B 1B4, CA
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Oak Ridge, Tennessee, US
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London, GB
Employees at General Fusion
Updates
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Our two decades of technology development in BC puts commercial fusion within reach! We’re proud to be part of the province’s thriving cleantech industry, working alongside a strong network of innovators, academia, and government to build a sustainable future. 🚀🌱
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Fusion will play a transformational role in the future of clean energy. As a clean & abundant energy source, it will support BC and Canada on the path to net zero emissions by 2050. This week at the 33rd Pacific NorthWest Economic Region (PNWER) Summit in Whistler, our CEO Greg Twinney joined leaders from BC and across the Pacific Northwest to share how fusion will play a game-changing role in the energy transition. The “Fusion Energy for Canada” report, recently launched by Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, shows fusion development in Canada could: ⚡ Create over 63,000 Canadian jobs by 2050 ⚡ Provide up to $520 billion in cumulative economic benefits by 2100 Here in BC, our 140 employees are progressing LM26, a groundbreaking new fusion demonstration machine that fast-tracks our technical progress to provide commercial fusion energy to the grid in the 2030s!
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The Fusion Industry Association’s annual global fusion report is out! Find the latest stats on the growing fusion industry and progress updates, including highlights from our LM26 program over the past year. 👇
New global fusion industry report out now! Today we launch our 2024 report, giving an updated snapshot of where the private fusion industry stands. The global fusion industry has now attracted over $7.1bn of investment, with over $900m of new funds backing the technology since last year. Total public funding increased by 57% in the last 12 months to $426m, showing governments increasingly see public-private partnerships as central to making commercial fusion a reality. Companies remain steadfast in their projected timelines for producing fusion-generated electricity in the 2030s, with 89% of the companies responding to the survey anticipating that fusion will provide electricity to the grid by the end of 2030s, and 70% of the companies saying that milestone will happen by the end of 2035. Over 4,000 people around the world are now employed at private fusion companies. However, there are still major challenges to overcome and, between 2025 and 2030, two-thirds of respondents believe power efficiency will be a major challenge, while the same proportion (66%) believe funding will be a barrier to success. Read the full report to gain further insight into today’s global fusion industry and profiles of the developers. About the Report This is the fourth annual “Global Fusion Industry Report” from the Fusion Industry Association. Responses are based on answers to a survey issued to private fusion companies. This survey should be seen as a snapshot in time; a view of the industry when the survey was conducted in the second quarter of 2024. Repeating the activity year-on-year enables us to see the picture evolving. https://lnkd.in/ehrCBjPM #FusionEnergy #FusionIndustry
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This week, we met with 30+ academic leaders, researchers, and scientific advisors from universities and institutions across Canada. We highlighted our robust network of existing collaborations—with TRIUMF, Simon Fraser University, McGill University, Queen's University, and more—and explored further potential areas of public-private cooperation to advance our MTF technology. Teaming up with Canada’s top researchers accelerates our tech development, builds Canada’s fusion expertise, and fosters the next generation of fusion researchers. Together, we’re working to advance a clean energy future! 🤝⚡
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The Pacific Northwest's thriving innovation ecosystem is also a major hub for the fusion sector. At last week's PNW Climate Week, our SVP of Finance, Robert Crystal, joined climate tech leaders from across the region to share his insights on commercializing fusion technology to power the global energy transition. We're approaching transformational technical milestones with practical MTF and on the path to powering the grid with zero-emissions #fusionenergy in the next decade!
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Playing matchmaker with strategic partners & #BC-made solutions 🤝🏻 Three projects supported through Innovate BC’s Integrated Marketplace help Vancouver Airport Authority & General Fusion adopt local innovations that: ✅ commercialize new technology ✅ reduce costs & emissions ✅ increase efficiencies Learn more about PacifiCan’s role in helping bolster innovation in #BritishColumbia ➡️ https://ow.ly/X4gH50SzB2g #PropelBC --- Jouer les entremetteurs avec des partenaires stratégiques et des solutions conçues en #CB 🤝🏻 Trois projets soutenus par l’initiative de marchés intégrés d’Innovate BC aident Vancouver Airport Authority et General Fusion à adopter des innovations locales qui : ✅ commercialisent de nouvelles technologies ✅ réduisent les coûts et les émissions ✅ augmentent l’efficacité En savoir plus sur le rôle de PacifiCan dans le soutien à l’innovation en #ColombieBritannique (en anglais) ➡️ https://ow.ly/X4gH50SzB2g
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We’re proud to be a part of the thriving innovation ecosystem on Sea Island at Vancouver Airport Authority and participate in the Integrated Marketplace to advance our clean energy technology. ⚡
Three new projects have been funded through B.C.’s #IntegratedMarketplace program, which is delivered by Innovate BC. Each of the three projects are part of the Integrated Marketplace’s testbed at Vancouver International Airport (#YVR), which includes YVR and organizations in its vicinity such as General Fusion. Two projects will seek to bolster operational capabilities at YVR through drone-based runway monitoring (Niricson) and an enhanced paging communication system in the terminal (Hybrid Audio Visual), and the other will support the development of a state-of-the-art diagnostics component (Motus Design Group) for General Fusion’s new Magnetized Target Fusion machine, called Lawson Machine 26. ➡️ Read more: https://loom.ly/EfoLzc4 #InnovateBC, Peter Cowan, Sheila Schindel, Vancouver Airport Authority, Brenda Bailey , Nathan Nankivell; Government of British Columbia, Harjit S. Sajjan; Pacific Economic Development Canada | Développement économique Canada pour le Pacifique, Greg Twinney, Harsh Rathod, Ph.D., Stu Wight
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B.C.’s strong tech capabilities support our rapid fusion technology development! We’re excited to work with local innovators Motus Design Group to enhance our state-of-the-art diagnostics system for LM26. 🚀
Three new projects have been funded through B.C.’s #IntegratedMarketplace program, which is delivered by Innovate BC. Each of the three projects are part of the Integrated Marketplace’s testbed at Vancouver International Airport (#YVR), which includes YVR and organizations in its vicinity such as General Fusion. Two projects will seek to bolster operational capabilities at YVR through drone-based runway monitoring (Niricson) and an enhanced paging communication system in the terminal (Hybrid Audio Visual), and the other will support the development of a state-of-the-art diagnostics component (Motus Design Group) for General Fusion’s new Magnetized Target Fusion machine, called Lawson Machine 26. ➡️ Read more: https://loom.ly/EfoLzc4 #InnovateBC, Peter Cowan, Sheila Schindel, Vancouver Airport Authority, Brenda Bailey , Nathan Nankivell; Government of British Columbia, Harjit S. Sajjan; Pacific Economic Development Canada | Développement économique Canada pour le Pacifique, Greg Twinney, Harsh Rathod, Ph.D., Stu Wight
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We’re dedicated to upskilling the cleantech industry. 💪 Through our collaborations with Mitacs, researchers across many fields—plasma physics, diagnostics, data, controls and instrumentation, and mechanical and electrical engineering—work with us to build the future of energy! We’ve employed STEM researchers from across Mitacs's vast talent network, from institutions such as The University of British Columbia, TRIUMF, McGill University, Queen's University, University of Waterloo, and University of Saskatchewan, providing once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to build, simulate, and test the fusion machines informing our path to commercialization. Several of Mitacs’s career-ready students joined us full-time and today hold a variety of roles at the company. Programs like Mitacs connect us with skilled talent to advance our technology toward a clean energy future powered by fusion. Thanks for having us at your recent board reception in Vancouver! 🌱
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