The big trend in fusion this year is growth–from more public and private investment to more boots on the ground, our industry is on the right path to leave its mark on climate tech. The 2024 Fusion Industry Association Global Fusion Report highlights this remarkable growth and robust investor confidence in the fusion sector, which reflects the progress CFS is leading: ✔ More than $7 billion in total industry funding, with a 50% increase in public funding ✔ An increase in government funding, including a $15 million dollar grant for CFS through the Milestone-Based Fusion Development Program as part of the Bold Decadal Vision for Commercial Fusion Energy ✔ Timeline on track to bring commercial fusion by the 2030s CFS continues to commit to innovation and development as we sprint toward commercial fusion for global impact in the energy transition. Read the report: https://bit.ly/3WB4Lng #FusionEnergy #FusionInnovation #ClimateTech
Commonwealth Fusion Systems
Renewable Energy Power Generation
Cambridge, Massachusetts 34,844 followers
Designing and building commercial fusion systems to provide limitless, clean energy to the world
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Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) has the fastest, lowest cost path to commercial fusion energy. CFS is collaborating with MIT to leverage decades of research combined with new groundbreaking high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnet technology. HTS magnets will enable compact fusion power plants that can be constructed faster and at lower cost. CFS is now building SPARC, the world's first commercially relevant, net energy fusion demonstration device. SPARC will pave the way for the first fusion power plant, ARC, that will produce power on the grid. The ultimate mission is to deploy fusion power plants to meet global decarbonization goals as fast as possible. CFS has assembled a team of leaders in tough tech, fusion science, and manufacturing with a track record of rapid execution. Supported by the world’s leading investors, CFS is uniquely positioned to deliver limitless, clean, fusion power to combat climate change. If you are interested in joining our team, check out cfs.energy/careers for more information.
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- Renewable Energy Power Generation
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- 501-1,000 employees
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- Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Privately Held
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- 2018
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Glad to join the Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP’s Commission on the Scaling of Fusion Energy. My goal is to position the United States at the forefront of the fusion energy race, and we’ll need a strong U.S. government position to do so. Fusion is a key to the global energy transition. The U.S. has made progress convening industry, academia, and government to build the most dynamic fusion ecosystem. The signing of the ADVANCE Act this month is just one example of firmly establishing fusion commercialization as a goal. However, things are changing quickly and the U.S. risks falling behind if it doesn't better align all of these stakeholders. I anticipate that the Commission will spur a vibrant conversation among fusion leaders at private companies like myself, policymakers, and academics. All are perspectives we need to level up the U.S. fusion program and create a fusion industry that works for everyone. Thank you Senator Maria Cantwell, Senator Jim Risch, and Ylli Bajraktari for your leadership as Chairs. https://lnkd.in/eTpQFtNr #FusionEnergy #EnergyTransition
Special Competitive Studies Project Announces Four Commissioners Joining Fusion Commission - SCSP
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Have you ever seen a mirror fusion device create plasma? University of Wisconsin-Madison hit first plasma in their WHAM device last week with the help of our high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets and our CEO Bob Mumgaard was there to see it happen. How does it work? Hydrogen atoms are heated to millions of degrees to become plasma, a state of matter where the electrons and nucleus in each atom separate. The negatively charged electrons and positively charged nuclei in the plasma move along the path of the magnetic field. This keeps the plasma hot by making sure it doesn’t touch the colder walls of the fusion device. Mirrors are similar to tokamaks (like CFS is building) in some ways (both use magnets), but in mirrors the plasma particles bounce back and forth between the big magnets at the ends of the machine while in tokamaks they go all the way around the circle of the donut. You can watch the moment WHAM hits first plasma in the video below. #fusion #FusionEnergy #HTSMagnets #EnergyTransition
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Congratulations to the WHAM team at University of Wisconsin-Madison for their first plasma this week! This remarkable milestone in fusion energy research underscores the potential of our HTS technology to revolutionize not only our SPARC tokamak but also other pioneering projects. #FusionEnergy #Fusion
After four years of constructing and testing their WHAM fusion device, UW–Madison physicists and engineers have generated plasma for the first time this week, opening a door to making the highly anticipated, carbon-free energy source a reality. The Wisconsin HTS Axisymmetric Mirror (WHAM) Project is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and in partnership with Realta Fusion and Commonwealth Fusion Systems.
First plasma marks major milestone in UW–Madison fusion energy research
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We are focused on delivering the urgent transition to fusion energy. Through our magnet business, we’re able to help drive the focus on fusion forward while lowering costs. Special thanks to TechCrunch and Tim De Chant for featuring our partnership with University of Wisconsin-Madison to explain the impact our magnets can have on the industry at large. https://tcrn.ch/463vbkK #FusionEnergy #ClimateTech
Fusion pioneer Commonwealth Fusion Systems is selling core magnet tech to the University of Wisconsin | TechCrunch
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If you’re a technician, you can be part of the team that makes our sustainable energy a reality. Don’t miss your last chance to register for our Career Day happening July 13 from 2–5 p.m. at our campus in Devens, Massachusetts. We’re hiring techs with 3+ years of experience in roles like assembly, welding, testing, and handling wiring and electromechanical parts. Openings are available on second and third shifts. Register here: https://bit.ly/3XX5Ab4
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As Chief Commercial Officer for a fusion energy startup I tell people that my job is to help commercialize our fusion power plants, which are a few years out, as well as some of the technologies that we’ve developed along the way. Today I get to share the great news that we just delivered the first product from one of those technologies. Commonwealth Fusion Systems just shipped a pair of high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets to the University of Wisconsin–Madison for a fusion energy experiment called WHAM (Wisconsin HTS Axisymmetric Mirror). WHAM is made possible by the same technology we use in the powerful magnets in our own SPARC fusion machine now under construction, but applied in a different architecture. It’s just one partnership, but it’s an important first step in our business. Because HTS magnets are key enablers across a range of applications, CFS expertise and capabilities can help bring valuable products to life for other customers. This essentially allows us to build a horizontal business supplying magnets for other applications alongside our vertically integrated business of designing, developing, and deploying our own fusion power plants. For the WHAM magnets, we did more work than just wind metal-clad superconductors into the flat coil shapes used in the university’s experiment. We modeled, designed, and tested the magnets. We packaged them into an integrated assembly that includes cooling and control systems. And our software will run the whole magnet system. In other words, we brought our full range of capabilities to bear on this magnet design. And we know others in the industry can appreciate that range of abilities, because some have approached us for our magnet business. We're keen to apply our expertise here to help build CFS's business while partnering with customers with new products that in many cases can help bend the curve on climate and address humanity's surging need for power. https://lnkd.in/g7anvKnd
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It’s time to share the love when it comes to our magnet technology. We now have a business commercializing the high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnet technology we developed for our own fusion systems. Our first commercial deal is for the new WHAM fusion experiment at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “Better magnets make many approaches to confining a plasma and triggering fusion better,” our CEO Bob Mumgaard says. Learn more below about WHAM’s two identical magnets, Thing 1 and Thing 2, and watch them arrive on campus. #FusionEnergy #Fusion #Science
It’s time to start exercising some new muscles here at Commonwealth Fusion Systems: the business of providing our powerful magnet technology to other organizations. Our first commercial deal in fusion magnets is with University of Wisconsin-Madison. We designed and built two high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets in a collaboration that began in 2019. Now we’ve taken the major step of delivering and installing them at the university’s Physical Sciences Lab. Experiments should begin soon at WHAM — short for Wisconsin HTS Axisymmetric Mirror. From our fusion lab to theirs! If you want to see some real-world fusion energy hardware, check out our video here of the unboxing of the two magnets. We nicknamed the magnets Thing 1 and Thing 2, inspired by the twins in Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat. They’re the high field “mirror” coils in WHAM, and hydrogen nuclei will bounce back and forth in a tube-shaped magnetic field between them. The magnetic mirror approach mostly fizzled decades ago, but our HTS superconducting electromagnets and some plasma physics breakthroughs mean they’re worthy of investigation again and ultimately could become a new path to fusion commercialization. Which brings me to our magnet business. Our primary job is to build our own fusion machines, starting with the SPARC tokamak that’s under construction now at our headquarters in Devens, Massachusetts. But our expertise lets us help other parts of the fusion market, too, and better magnets make many approaches to confining a plasma and triggering fusion better. We are pro-fusion, and thus we are pro-fusion magnets. We delivered the magnets as a full, integrated package with cooling, instrumentation, and software to control them. The WHAM magnets were possible because of our abilities not just in manufacturing but also modeling, design, and testing, integration — all things we do for SPARC. It was a learning experience for us, too. Some of the technology we developed for WHAM helped us with SPARC and other possible projects with other customers inside and outside fusion. Speaking as a plasma physicist, it’s fantastic to see this kind of progress in fusion energy again, enabled by new technology, better physics, and great partnerships. I have fond memories of working in the long-thin West Cell at MIT that was built to hold a long-thin mirror decades ago. Turns out, it was just ahead of its time and a bit short of HTS. Congratulations to the CFS team and our Wisconsin colleagues for building WHAM. We’re eager to see it up and running, and for the team to take it to the next phase! https://lnkd.in/e4tdhe7s
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We’re building the future of fusion here at CFS. And we want you to grow with us. We’re hiring dedicated individuals with skills in assembly, welding, testing, and handling wiring and electromechanical parts. We’re looking for technicians with 3+ years of experience to fill second and third shift positions on our team of top talent from around the world. Do you thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and have a passion for combating climate change? Register today for our Career Day happening this Saturday,July 13, from 2–5 p.m. at our Devens, Massachusetts campus: https://bit.ly/3XX5Ab4
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The atmosphere at the Breakthrough Energy Summit was buzzing with discussions about climate tech and the fusion energy industry. We, along with other leaders in tech, science, and policy, used the event to show climate tech will scale globally. Highlights: ⭐ Bill Gates and our CEO Bob Mumgaard discussed our high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets, core to our SPARC tokamak ⭐ A “pancake” from our toroidal field model coil (TFMC) was on display ⭐ Our partner Vinod Khosla highlighted our work during his keynote ⭐ Our CEO published an open letter to demystify the process of evaluating fusion energy companies Check out the full highlight reel here. #BESummit24 #FusionEnergy