RealFeedApp Helion gets $175 million for fusion power electronics
Helion received $175 million to develop semiconductors that will reduce energy losses from 5 to 10 percent down to 2.5 to 5 percent. This will allow the fusion system to generate twice as much electricity.
- Field
- hardware and chips
- What they did
- Fusion startup Helion received $175 million in federal funding to research, develop, and manufacture advanced semiconductors and power electronics for its fusion power plants.
- Why it matters
- Currently, those devices lose about 5% to 10% of the electricity that flows through them, and cutting that loss in half would double the power output of the fusion system.
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