Powering a prosperous planet
For billions of years, fusion has powered our sun and the stars.
Harnessing fusion here on Earth could provide limitless, clean, on-demand power to drive prosperity around the world.
But for fusion power to be commercially viable, we need an approach that combines established science, practical engineering, and affordable manufacturing.
A compelling approach, now practical
One compelling approach has been known for decades. It’s called pulsed magnetic inertial fusion.
Pulsed magnetic means a fuel container is rapidly squeezed by a powerful magnetic field created by driving a large, fast-rising electrical current across it. This compression heats and inertially confines the fuel, fusing hydrogen into helium to release massive energy.
The process is repeated over and over, like in a piston engine.
But there hasn’t been a clear path to use this approach for commercial fusion energy.
Until now.
Recent breakthroughs chart a clear path
After decades of investment by the US government, the US National Laboratories in 2022 achieved major advances in inertial fusion performance — with both pulsed lasers and pulsed magnetic drivers.
The same year, the National Laboratories also demonstrated a new, highly efficient way to generate large, fast electrical current pulses that can drive pulsed magnetic fusion.
Building on established science and practical engineering
At Pacific Fusion, we’re building on this remarkable progress to construct a high-gain pulsed magnetic fusion system.
It’s designed to achieve net facility gain — more fusion energy output than all stored energy input.
Designed for pragmatic economics
Our system is highly modular, enabling affordable manufacturing and rapid iteration. It uses common materials, simplifying supply chains. It’s made of three parts:
- A fast electric pulser built from thousands of identical parts
- A small fusion chamber (meter‑scale)
- Many tiny fuel containers (centimeter‑scale)
The power our world needs
To satisfy growing global energy demand and address the climate crisis, the world needs affordable, reliable fusion power — soon.
At Pacific Fusion, we’re serious about meeting the challenge. Join us.