New Tech
Tuesday, 6/30, 08:44 PM
A Startup Made Electricity From Fusion. Commercial Power Is Still Far Off.
- Realta Fusion, a University of Wisconsin spinout, says it generated electricity directly from a fusion reaction — enough to light a few bulbs, and what it calls a first for a private fusion company.
- It's a real engineering milestone.
- It is emphatically not net energy gain, a power plant, or proof that fusion is near.