Helion has said for years that it's on the brink of a fusion breakthrough. This time, Microsoft is backing up those claims.
—including from Seife, who nevertheless says that he understands the hype.Beyond Helion’s ability to perfect a process in five years that decades of research hasn’t yet gotten us to, there’s also a marked difference between advancing the science of fusion itself—which would alone be an incredible feat—and harnessing fusion for energy. A lot of the funding behind nuclear fusion in recent years in the U.S.
if the company has other ways of sourcing the clean power needed to meet the “carbon negative” benchmark if the Helion plant does not come online, a Microsoft spokesperson pointed us to the company’sEven if Microsoft has back-up plans built in, there’s something to be said for a large company agreeing to let a startup with dubious timelines use its reputation to launder its image.
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