Helion Is On Track To Unlock Fusion Energy By 2028

You may not have heard of Helion, but it is one of the most promising players in the race to unlock fusion energy. Their technology takes a brilliantly novel approach to the problems that stump most reactors, which has helped them rapidly become an industry leader and attract massive investment from the likes of Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman and Microsoft. Recently, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/10/microsoft-agrees-to-buy-power-from-sam-altman-backed-helion-in-2028.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Helion announced that they are on track to build a fusion power plant by 2028</a>. They also <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/10/microsoft-agrees-to-buy-power-from-sam-altman-backed-helion-in-2028.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">stated they had signed a deal with Microsoft to supply them with 50 megawatts of fusion power from this plant by 2028</a>, and if they miss this target, they face financial penalties. But Helion has yet to yield more energy from fusion experiments than they put in! So, can they hit this monumental target? Let’s start at the beginning. What is fusion? Why is it considered the ultimate clean energy? And why haven’t we unlocked it yet? <a href="https://wlockett.medium.com/fusion-power-has-finally-been-unlocked-6a186c7f1401" rel="noopener">Nuclear fusion is the process that powers stars</a>. The temperatures and pressures in their core are so high that hydrogen atoms have enough kinetic energy to overcome the repulsive force that keeps atoms separate. So, when two hydrogen atoms collide in this super-hot super-dense plasma, they fuse to form helium. But this helium is slightly lighter than the two atoms of hydrogen it came from. This spare mass is transformed into energy and released. Now, Einstein’s famous E=MC² states that a little bit of mass is equal to a vast amount of energy. This means that if you fuse a tiny amount of hydrogen, a truly immense amount of energy is released! To give you a sense of scale here, <a href="https://wlockett.medium.com/fusion-power-has-finally-been-unlocked-6a186c7f1401" rel="noopener">if you fused 17 tonnes of hydrogen</a>, it would produce enough energy to power the entire US for a year! That equates to only 0.05 grams of hydrogen per US citizen for the whole year. <a href="https://medium.com/predict/helion-is-on-track-to-unlock-fusion-energy-by-2028-25f9840406da">Click Here</a>