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Zap Energy @zapenergy.bsky.social · 2d

A huge shout out to @cantwell.senate.gov for her continued leadership in fusion development, and to her cosponsor Senator John Curtis of Utah. The Fusion Advanced Manufacturing Parity Act will have a major positive impact on the emerging fusion industry. www.cantwell.senate.gov/news/press-r...

Cantwell, Curtis Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Supercharge U.S. Fusion Manufacturing | U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington

The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington

www.cantwell.senate.gov

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Zap Energy @zapenergy.bsky.social · 5d

Our latest theory paper covers the physics at the core of our Z pinches and other high-beta plasmas, an important advance for predictive modeling. It's currently an editor's pick in #PhysicsofPlasmas. pubs.aip.org/aip/pop/arti...

Effects of transitional orbit magnetization on transport and current in Z pinches

The azimuthal self-magnetic field of the ideal Z pinch contains a central magnetic null. Trajectories around this null govern transport in the core. Particles f

pubs.aip.org

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Zap Energy @zapenergy.bsky.social · Sep 30

We’re working on that too!

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Zap Energy @zapenergy.bsky.social · Sep 30

Over the coming months, Zap will continue to investigate critical technical questions while gradually ramping up Century’s repetition rate and power levels toward its 100 kW design target.

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Zap Energy @zapenergy.bsky.social · Sep 30

Another key update is a new liquid metal first wall design that uses centrifugal forces to cover more exposed solid metal surfaces, improving its ability to absorb plasma heat.

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Zap Energy @zapenergy.bsky.social · Sep 30

The new benchmark was partly enabled by a new liquid metal loop that circulates 2,500 lbs of flowing bismuth to cool the plasma chamber. This video shows the new liquid metal loop moving into place.

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Zap Energy @zapenergy.bsky.social · Sep 30

This 20x increase in sustained average power compared to the first phase of operations in 2024 is a major advance. Century’s early operations are detailed in a recently published paper (tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....) and were certified as a DOE milestone (zapenergy.com/news/doe-cen...).

DOE Certifies Zap Energy Fusion Technology Milestone

To meet target, Century platform produced plasmas in liquid metal environment for three hours without failure

zapenergy.com

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Zap Energy @zapenergy.bsky.social · Sep 30

Concentrated inside a vacuum chamber about the size of a hot water heater, each plasma carried up to 500 kA of current — about 20 times stronger than a bolt of lightning.

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Zap Energy @zapenergy.bsky.social · Sep 30

Century, Zap’s fusion technology test platform, has set a new performance record, operating at 39 kW average power for a series of >100 plasma shots at 0.2 Hz (one every 5 sec), with the resulting heat captured by circulating liquid metal. www.zapenergy.com/news/lightni...

Lightning Strikes 12 Times Per Minute on Zap Energy’s Century Platform

Achievement of 39 kilowatt average power operations marks twenty-fold progress in enabling technologies for Z-pinch fusion power plant

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Zap Energy @zapenergy.bsky.social · Sep 30

Thanks to everyone who joined our private tour kicking off this year's #SeattleFusionWeek, and to Clean Tech Alliance for inviting Zap's Alex Cheung, Clemente Parga and Ryan Umstattd to speak today.

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Zap Energy @zapenergy.bsky.social · Sep 24

U.S. Representative @repricklarsen.bsky.social and staff from @cantwell.senate.gov, @repkimschrier.bsky.social, @repdelbene.bsky.social, and @markoliias.bsky.social's teams visited this week to tour the labs and discuss how our nation and state can continue to lead in #fusionenergy innovation.

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Zap Energy @zapenergy.bsky.social · Sep 9

Zap is committed to parallel development — advancing our plasma physics approach and working toward real commercial fusion at the same time. This week Fusion Science and Technology published our research on Century, Zap’s 100-kW-scale Z-pinch system. Read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Fusion Industry Association @fusionindustry.bsky.social · Sep 4

"When we ask fusion companies when do you expect to see fusion energy on the grid, overwhelmingly the response is in the 2030s or before."

Our recently launched 2025 Global Fusion Industry Report summarized in a few minutes.👇
youtu.be/vATOEQe96gM?...

Highlights from the 2025 Global Fusion Energy Industry Report

YouTube video by Fusion Industry Association

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Zap Energy @zapenergy.bsky.social · Aug 8

(background) This comes from an SEM image of a metal sample exposed to fusion plasmas in FuZE-Q. The sample was being examined as part of a materials study. Here's the same image zoomed out with scale. #internationalcatday

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Zap Energy @zapenergy.bsky.social · Aug 8

Hey, how'd this little guy get into our fusion chamber? #internationalcatday (do you see it?)

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Zap Energy @zapenergy.bsky.social · Jul 22

Now in its 5️⃣th year, the 2025️⃣ @fusionindustry.bsky.social annual report includes over 5️⃣0 fusion companies to read through before you reach Zap. It's worth at least 5️⃣ minutes of your time.

Fusion Industry Association @fusionindustry.bsky.social · Jul 22

Today, we launch the 2025 Global Fusion Industry report - our fifth annual snapshot of where industry stands.

With numbers reported directly from the companies - it gives an update on investment, commercial timelines, milestones, & company profiles.
www.fusionindustryassociation.org/over-2-5-bil...

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Zap Energy @zapenergy.bsky.social · Jul 17

🤩 FuZE-Q just got a window upgrade, adding new diagnostic access to the upstream region of the chamber. Plasma campaigns are officially underway!

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Zap Energy @zapenergy.bsky.social · Jul 8

The US Dept. of Energy has awarded Zap Energy 1 million node-hours on two of the world’s fastest supercomputers, Frontier and Aurora, to perform the first flow Z-pinch fusion plasma simulations using the Vlasov kinetic model.
Read more: www.zapenergy.com/news/zap-awa...

Zap awarded 1M node-hours on world’s fastest supercomputers

U.S. Dept. of Energy program will support first-of-a-kind kinetic simulations of Z pinch plasma dynamics

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Zap Energy @zapenergy.bsky.social · Jun 27

Another solid fashion choice by Cyd Cowley as he delivers the @fusionindustry.bsky.social News rundown. If you haven't already, go like and subscribe. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnqT...

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Zap Energy @zapenergy.bsky.social · Jun 26

Zap engineers presented their work at the #SOFE2025 Symposium on Fusion Engineering in Cambridge this week. Thank you to the Plasma Science and Fusion Center at
MIT and IEEE for hosting and highlighting the most recent progress in fusion hardware development. #fusionenergy

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Zap Energy @zapenergy.bsky.social · Jun 19

It's been a great week of plasma physics and pulsed power discussions at the IEEE Pulsed Power and Plasma Science Conference in Berlin! Danke to those who came by our sessions and to the thirsty scientists and engineers who joined us for a cold one at Zap's "Zum Z-pinch" beer bar. #PPPS2025

Zap Energy scientists explain their posters to conference attendees.

A crowd of conference attendees enjoy beer at Zap Energy's sponsored beer bar.

A group of conference attendees wearing backpacks look at Zap Energy's materials at Zap's exhibition booth.

A Zap Energy scientist presents slides on the Century platform in a small auditorium.

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Zap Energy @zapenergy.bsky.social · Jun 9

The gap between China's annual investment in fusion and federal support here in the US deserves more attention.

Zap's VP of R&D Ben Levitt put it bluntly: "The U.S. is not committed to fusion. China is, by orders of magnitude."

@geekwire.com www.geekwire.com/2025/were-de... #fusionenergy

‘We’re definitely on the back foot’: U.S. risks losing fusion energy race to China, industry leaders warn

America could lose the race to create energy from fusion, tech leaders warned, as China is dramatically outspending the U.S. in the pursuit.

www.geekwire.com

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Zap Energy @zapenergy.bsky.social · Jun 4

“A little heated” is a good place to be when you’re working in fusion, right? We certainly don’t want cold fusion. And as Ben is quoted saying at the end of the article, if fusion wins we’re all winners. www.geekwire.com/2025/sparks-...

Sparks fly: Seattle-area fusion startup rivals debate path to commercial power

The conversation got heated at a Seattle-area conference Tuesday when three companies vying to commercialize fusion power took the stage.

www.geekwire.com

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Zap Energy @zapenergy.bsky.social · Jun 4

We've been at the ai+expo in Washington DC this week, where AI’s impact on national security, economy, and society has been front and center.

#SCSP #SCSPAIExpo25 #fusionenergy

Two people wearing glasses stand in front of informational posters describing Zap Energy's fusion energy technology.

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Zap Energy @zapenergy.bsky.social · May 28

Nice shirt Jeff! Thanks for taking a break from working on fusion yourself at @uofwa.bsky.social to share the #FusionNews! www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YHc...

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