Fusion leaders Type One Energy and ExoFusion further their partnership on stellarator optimization with a focus on maximizing confinement. The ongoing work will reduce time to Commercially Viable Fusion (CVF) by optimizing the edge region of the plasma. ExoFusion’s expertise and IP, combined with Type One Energy’s leadership in stellarator engineering and science is a strong accelerant to CVF.
According to Chris Hegna, Type One Energy’s Co-Founder and Vice President of Stellarator Optimization, “We believe the stellarator provides a viable path towards fusion energy development. We’re pleased to work with ExoFusion to improve our core-edge plasma physics optimization as we work towards realizing this goal.”
ExoFusion’s Chief Scientific Officer Mike Kotschenreuther added, “Working with Type One Energy is a boon. Their focus on producing the lowest cost, lowest risk reactor for CVF is welcome in the industry and, as we all know, the key is confinement. That has been ExoFusion’s thesis from the beginning. The results to date are very promising.”
Type One Energy is working with America’s largest public utility, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), to deploy its 400 MWe Infinity Two fusion power plant in East Tennessee by 2034. The company also recently launched the UK Infinity Fusion Consortium with industrial partners and UK government support to advance an Infinity Two fusion power plant project in the United Kingdom.
Contacts:
Romi Mahajan, CEO, ExoFusion, romi@thekkmgroup.com
Tom Frey, VP Marketing and Communications, Type One Energy, thomas.frey@typeoneenergy.com
