General Fusion, based in Burnaby, Canada, is developing fusion technology to generate cheap, safe and plentiful energy without greenhouse gas emissions, pollution, or radioactive waste.
Magnetic Target Fusion
General Fusion’s approach is based on “magnetized target fusion” concepts first developed about 30 years ago. This approach is a hybrid of traditional “magnetic fusion” and “inertial confinement fusion”. In MTF, a compact toroid, or donut-shaped magnetized plasma, is compressed mechanically by an imploding conductive shell, heating the plasma to fusion conditions. MTF’s advantages stem from its hybrid nature. MTF uses some magnetic field to confine the plasma, allowing for slower compression using mechanical systems. Magnetic fields in MTF are short-lived, avoiding complex plasma sustainment technologies.
General Fusion’s patent-pending fusion technology involves the equipment needed to contain and compress the plasma, and the systems needed to manage the process.
Nuclear fusion is a process in which hydrogen atoms are fused together to form helium. This reaction releases significant amounts of heat, which can be used to generate electricity using traditional steam turbines. The necessary isotopes of hydrogen can be extracted from seawater and derived from lithium, resulting in a ubiquitous source of fuel and providing a nearly endless supply of clean energy.
General Fusion is a Canadian venture capital-backed company led by a team of experienced physicists and technology development experts. General Fusion works with government, institutional and industrial partners and consultants to develop a full-scale proof-of-concept fusion generator to demonstrate a system net gain – something that traditional approaches have yet to achieve.
Nuclear fusion power plants produce electricity without incurring the dangers associated with nuclear fission.
General Fusion News
Shopify founder supports General Fusion through Thistledown Capital
VANCOUVER, Canada (22 July 2020): Today, General Fusion announces the close of financing from new investor, Thistledown Capital, a firm established by Shopify founder Tobias Lütke and his wife, Fiona McKean. The investment will support the development of the company’s...
General Fusion broadens global government support with U.S. Department of Energy award
General Fusion has been awarded a funding partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fusion Energy Science’s new Innovation Network for Fusion Energy (INFUSE) program, recognizing General Fusion as a global leader on the path to commercializing practical fusion.
Veteran Director Appointed Chairman of General Fusion
VANCOUVER, CANADA – August 13, 2020 – Today, General Fusion announced the appointment of Klaas de Boer as Chairman of its Board of Directors. This appointment coincides with the arrival of new institutional investors backing the Company’s program to commercialize...
General Fusion Brings in More Large Global Investors
Additional capital accelerating completion of Fusion Demonstration Plant VANCOUVER, Canada (22 July 2020): General Fusion announced today that it has closed additional financing in support of its Fusion Demonstration Plant (FDP) program. Highlighting this new...
Fusion startups step in to realize decades-old clean power dream
Governments have spent billions of dollars studying the emissions-free energy source. Now, private ventures are building smaller, faster, cheaper reactors. “This is kind of the SpaceX moment for fusion,” says Christofer Mowry, chief executive of General Fusion, a...
General Fusion Appoints Greg Twinney as Chief Financial Officer
VANCOUVER, Canada (18 February 2020): General Fusion announced today the appointment of Greg Twinney as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Twinney brings to his new role with General Fusion more than 20 years of global experience in financing growth and success in the...
General Fusion enters strategic partnership with Hatch
Global engineering firm invests in General Fusion and prototype programVANCOUVER, Canada (9 January 2020): General Fusion announced today that it has entered into an industrial partnership with Hatch Ltd. (Hatch) to bring power plant engineering and other...
General Fusion Closes $65M of Series E Financing
FUNDING ENABLES THE COMPANY'S FUSION DEMONSTRATION PLANT VANCOUVER, CANADA - 16 December, 2019 - General Fusion announced that it has successfully closed USD$65 million of Series E equity financing. The financing was led by Temasek, a global...
Fusion Industry Association Announces Launch
November 9, 2018 Today, the Fusion Industry Association, a new group representing the interests of the private fusion industry, announced the launch of its website (www.FusionIndustryAssociation.org) and the beginning of a campaign to grow support for fusion power....
World’s Largest Plasma Injector Brings Commercial Fusion Energy a Step Closer
General Fusion achieves first plasma in new machine - a milestone for private fusion venture Vancouver, Canada (21 December, 2017) – Ten times more powerful than its predecessor, the world’s largest and most powerful plasma injector has begun operation at General...