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**Helion Energy's fusion reactor produced electricity from controlled star power for the first time**
Helion Energy, based in the U.S., announced in mid-2025 that it had successfully tested its seventh-generation fusion prototype, Polaris. The company claims the reactor has produced electricity directly from fusion reactions, a major milestone if verified independently. This isn't just scientific achievement – it's the first step toward unlimited clean energy.
Unlike previous fusion experiments that consumed more energy than they produced, Polaris generates net positive electricity from controlled fusion reactions. The reactor fuses helium-3 and deuterium at temperatures exceeding 100 million degrees Celsius, creating conditions similar to the core of the sun but contained within a machine smaller than a building.
What makes this breakthrough revolutionary is the direct energy conversion. Instead of using fusion heat to boil water and turn turbines like traditional power plants, Polaris converts fusion energy directly into electricity through magnetic field interactions. This eliminates energy losses associated with thermal conversion, making the process dramatically more efficient.
The technology could provide virtually unlimited clean energy without radioactive waste, carbon emissions, or dependence on rare materials. If scaled commercially, fusion power could generate electricity cheaper than any current source while being completely safe – fusion reactions automatically stop if containment is lost.
Helion plans commercial fusion power plants within a decade, potentially solving climate change through abundant clean energy.
Helion Energy, based in the U.S., announced in mid-2025 that it had successfully tested its seventh-generation fusion prototype, Polaris. The company claims the reactor has produced electricity directly from fusion reactions, a major milestone if verified independently. This isn't just scientific achievement – it's the first step toward unlimited clean energy.
Unlike previous fusion experiments that consumed more energy than they produced, Polaris generates net positive electricity from controlled fusion reactions. The reactor fuses helium-3 and deuterium at temperatures exceeding 100 million degrees Celsius, creating conditions similar to the core of the sun but contained within a machine smaller than a building.
What makes this breakthrough revolutionary is the direct energy conversion. Instead of using fusion heat to boil water and turn turbines like traditional power plants, Polaris converts fusion energy directly into electricity through magnetic field interactions. This eliminates energy losses associated with thermal conversion, making the process dramatically more efficient.
The technology could provide virtually unlimited clean energy without radioactive waste, carbon emissions, or dependence on rare materials. If scaled commercially, fusion power could generate electricity cheaper than any current source while being completely safe – fusion reactions automatically stop if containment is lost.
Helion plans commercial fusion power plants within a decade, potentially solving climate change through abundant clean energy.
i still got high hopes for Jimbo Webb (and other stuff in the queue)in the IR range.
