General Fusion achieves critical technology milestone for practical fusion power

10 Jan 2022 | General Fusion, News, Portfolio, Press Coverage

Successful performance of plasma compression prototype confirms path to commercialization  10 January 2022: General Fusion announced today it has successfully achieved several aggressive performance goals of a prototype system for its Fusion Demonstration Plant (FDP)....

General Fusion establishes U.S. headquarters in Oak Ridge, Tennessee

11 Nov 2021 | General Fusion, News, Portfolio, Press Coverage, Press Releases

General Fusion creating up to 50 U.S. jobs to quicken its pace of fusion commercialization  VANCOUVER, Canada (10 November 2021): Today, General Fusion announced its new United States base of operations in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, as the company advances plans for a...

General Fusion to build its Fusion Demonstration Plant in the UK, at the UKAEA Culham Campus

17 Jun 2021 | General Fusion, News, Portfolio, Press Coverage

New partnership between General Fusion and UKAEA is a landmark collaboration in the development of fusion, a technology for the world’s low-carbon future  VANCOUVER, Canada and LONDON, United Kingdom (17th June 2021 BST): The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)...

Shopify founder supports General Fusion through Thistledown Capital

14 Jan 2021 | General Fusion, News, Portfolio, Press Coverage, Press Releases

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

8 Sep 2020 | General Fusion, News, Portfolio, Press Releases

VANCOUVER, Canada (8 September 2020): 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...

Veteran Director Appointed Chairman of General Fusion

13 Aug 2020 | General Fusion, News, Portfolio, Press Releases

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...