Clean Energy. Everywhere. Forever.
What sets General Fusion apart from the outset is our uniquely practical Magnetized Target Fusion (MTF) approach with a liquid metal wall. Our technology was designed from the ground up with a power plant in mind.
By addressing key barriers such as material degradation, fuel production, energy capture, and cost, our approach offers a practical path without relying on expensive lasers or superconducting magnets.
The liquid metal wall:
OUR GOAL
General Fusion’s large-scale MTF fusion demonstration machine, called Lawson Machine 26 (LM26), is designed to create fusion conditions at 50% power plant scale. LM26 is operating today on a path to key technical milestones: 1 keV, 10 keV, and achieving 100% Lawson criterion.
[For General Fusion’s approach, LM26 is designed to simultaneously demonstrate with hydrogen fuel the temperature, density, and energy confinement time that combined, represent the operating point of D-T plasma that satisfies the Lawson condition.]
Our unique technology is ready to be demonstrated and validated through our LM26 program. General Fusion is one of only four private companies worldwide to have achieved and published meaningful fusion results on the path to the Lawson criterion, supported by 34 peer‑reviewed publications and 210 issued and pending patents over the past 20 years.
We have demonstrated the required plasma lifetime and characteristics for successful MTF at large-scale. 24 prototypes and over 200,000 plasma experiments have culminated in the world’s largest and most powerful operational fusion plasma injector for LM26.
We have achieved a stable fusion process and significant fusion neutron yield through plasma compression with General Fusion’s approach, and we have evaluated plasma behavior in liquid metal systems.
We have demonstrated the compression technology necessary for smooth, rapid, and symmetric compression of a liquid cavity as required for successful MTF at large scale.
This compelling opportunity resonated with our core ESG and cleantech-focused partners.
