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Perhaps I should have noted that their website talks about their "energy solution for 2027". Specific year, but no explanation of what the milestone is. Now that the conference is over, Renaissance Fusion has revealed the names of exactly one member of the team: Francesco Volpe, "Foun...

The Fusion Industry Association has added another startup to its list of members: Renaissance Fusion. The company claims to be the first fusion startup based in continental Europe, as well as the first with a stellarator-based design. They're based in Granada, Spain, according to their Twitter accou...

Great news! I've been waiting for this moment for years.

Beryllium electrodes - check
Hydrogen-boron fill gas - closer than ever before
Net energy gain - ?

The latest update: https://www.facebook.com/LPPFusion/photos/a.626081134137750/2251100008302513/ With the upgrade to beryllium electrodes, FF-1 has been rechristened FF-2B ("Focus Fusion 2B"), with the "B" referring doubly to beryllium and boron. I assume this means resumption of...

I wonder what the relative difficulty/cost of getting fusion neutrons from a Z-pinch machine is compared to getting them from a Hirsch-Farnsworth fusor. Is there any other confinement concept for which the barrier to entry is as low (or nearly so) as the fusor? (An accelerator, perhaps, but that's n...

China already has the EAST tokamak and the ShenGuang-III laser facility, but I'm not aware of much research going on into alternative confinement concepts. This would put China at a disadvantage if one of the private fusion efforts succeeded before ITER or NIF, especially since private companies are...

If we do ditch the electoral college, we should also change the name of the United States of America.

Wait, when did Prof. Piantelli voice support for Rossi? Rossi basically ripped off Piantelli's device, but made bolder claims, and was hailed as an "inventor". At least Keshe's "inventions", however ludicrous they may be, are original. Anyway, as far as I've seen, Piantelli has h...

LPPFusion has now raised over $400,000 (their minimum goal)in under two months from their equity crowdfunding campaign. Their maximum goal is $1,070,000, and they still have several months left in their campaign. Congratulations LPPFusion, and many thanks to all those who invested! Hopefully, by thi...

LPPFusion has now raised over 75% of their lower goal of $400,000: https://wefunder.com/lppfusion/ I believe they need to raise at least $400,000 to get anything from Wefunder. By the way, I was wrong about the SEC regulations. It's not a minimum investment of $1000 but a maximum number of 500 non-a...

Yes, well, I believe $1000 is the minimum investment amount permitted by the SEC, presumably to discourage lower income investors from making investments and potentially getting fleeced. I'm not sure I buy that argument, though. How much one is willing to invest in a venture is partly a function of ...

LPPFusion has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Wefunder:

https://lppfusion.com/wefunder-campaign-launched/

Shares are $125 apiece. Minimum investment is $1000. LPPFusion's goal is to raise between $400,000 and $1,000,000. So far they've raised over $100,000.

Let There Be Light , a new documentary on fusion research produced by Canadian film studio EyeSteelFilm, will be premiering at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas. The studio’s web page on the film may be found here . The film festival page is here . Judging by the cast list, the film will focu...

The December 2016 report is out: http://us8.campaign-archive2.com/?u=87935f5eb37481cdcd48cf498&id=4ba1703700 LPP is moving to shorter tungsten electrodes, with the next shots expected in early January. Oxygen is believed to be responsible for most of the erosion of the anode near the insulator. ...

Just as the term "maiden voyage" has little meaning without reference to a specific vessel or vessel class, the term "first plasma" has little meaning without reference to a specific reactor design. We've already seen plasma in a Lockheed-Martin reactor more than three years ago,...