Last couple years have been big strides in the Fusion energy sphere for sure. While we’re still far away from grid-scale fusion energy production, observation that had not been realized in the lab before are coming about, including net positive energy reactions, and also a sustained high-temperature fusion environment from a South Korean lab.
The caveat for this experiment (from the December numbers at least), 2.15MW was delivered to the target via laser, but the fuel needed to power that laser was more than the 3MW output from it, and harnessing that power still involves losses. I didn’t see what the numbers were this time but apparently they are better according to the article. These are still great steps towards viable fusion energy.
Last couple years have been big strides in the Fusion energy sphere for sure. While we’re still far away from grid-scale fusion energy production, observation that had not been realized in the lab before are coming about, including net positive energy reactions, and also a sustained high-temperature fusion environment from a South Korean lab.
The caveat for this experiment (from the December numbers at least), 2.15MW was delivered to the target via laser, but the fuel needed to power that laser was more than the 3MW output from it, and harnessing that power still involves losses. I didn’t see what the numbers were this time but apparently they are better according to the article. These are still great steps towards viable fusion energy.