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5:23Now PlayingIt's been a busy six months at Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS). In the newest of our twice-yearly video updates, CEO Bob Mumgaard discusses how dry dress rehearsal is occurring in parallel with SPARC assembly, and shares other recent progress:
⚡The publication of five peer-reviewed papers setting the physics foundation for our ARC power plant and showing how we’ll use SPARC to inform the ARC design
⚡Our application to connect our first ARC plant to the electricity grid in Virginia
⚡Our work in Singapore, Korea, Japan, the United Kingdom, and Europe to ensure fusion is successful globally
Watch the video for the latest look inside our SPARC facility and magnet factory.
#FusionEnergy #Energy #Science
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Commonwealth Fusion Systems is the world’s leading and largest private fusion company. The company’s marquee fusion project, SPARC, will generate net energy, paving the way for limitless carbon-free energy through the world's first grid-relevant fusion energy power plant, ARC. The company has raised more than $3 billion in capital since it was founded in 2018.
Follow along as we push forward to delivering fusion energy to power the world’s energy transition.
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