In a year where the news has been dominated by Covid vaccines and variants, billionaires blasting into space and climate change (the IPCC report, COP26, crazy weather…), those plugged into the science and energy news may have noticed an uptick in stories about fusion energy. Over the last couple of years I’ve been managing a team working […]
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Automated cell produces leak-proof housings for solar power inverters. By John Sprovieri A FANUC R-2000iD positions an inverter case for welding by a FANUC ARC Mate 100iD. Photo courtesy Fronius Perfect Welding Each inverter housing is subjected to a pressure decay leak test. Photo courtesy Fronius Perfect Welding The Tauro inverter has a double-walled, actively cooled
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HTS magnets Magnetic fields are used in the tokamak to confine and control the electrically-charged ‘plasma’ – the fusion fuel – allowing it to be heated to a temperature above 100 million degrees Celsius. This is the threshold required for fusion to be a commercially viable energy source. Strong magnets in spherical tokamaks enable more compact
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