Commercial fusion

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'''Commercial fusion''' is a term used to refer to privately owned companies whose aim is to sell electricity produced by [[Fusion Power|nuclear fusion]]. The industry now consists of over 40 companies that have attracted a combined total of more than $6 billion in investment.<ref name="FIA_2023_1">{{cite report |date=12 July 2023|title=The global fusion industry in 2023 – Fusion Companies Survey by the Fusion Industry Association |url=https://www.fusionindustryassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/FIA%E2%80%932023-FINAL.pdf |publisher=Fusion Industry Association |page=3 |access-date=13 July 2023 |quote=The headline number for this report is that the fusion industry has now attracted over $6 billion in investment.}}</ref><ref name="wsj 12-22-22">{{cite web |last1=Hiller |first1=Jennifer |last2=Niiler |first2=Eric |last3=Woodward |first3=Aylin |title=U.S. to Announce Nuclear-Fusion Energy Breakthrough |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-to-announce-nuclear-fusion-energy-breakthrough-11670881298?page=1 |website=[[Wall Street Journal]] |access-date=2 August 2023 |date=12 December 2022}}</ref>

'''Commercial fusion''' is a term used to refer to privately owned companies whose aim is to sell electricity produced by [[Fusion Power|nuclear fusion]]. The industry now consists of over 40 companies that have attracted a combined total of more than $6 billion in investment.<ref name="FIA_2023_1">{{cite report |date=12 July 2023|title=The global fusion industry in 2023 – Fusion Companies Survey by the Fusion Industry Association |url=https://www.fusionindustryassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/FIA%E2%80%932023-FINAL.pdf |publisher=Fusion Industry Association |page=3 |access-date=13 July 2023 |quote=The headline number for this report is that the fusion industry has now attracted over $6 billion in investment.}}</ref><ref name="wsj 12-22-22">{{cite web |last1=Hiller |first1=Jennifer |last2=Niiler |first2=Eric |last3=Woodward |first3=Aylin |title=U.S. to Announce Nuclear-Fusion Energy Breakthrough |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-to-announce-nuclear-fusion-energy-breakthrough-11670881298?page=1 |website=[[Wall Street Journal]] |access-date=2 August 2023 |date=12 December 2022}}</ref>

| Hybrid: colliding beam, electrostatic confinement

| Hybrid: colliding beam, electrostatic confinement

| deuterium–tritium

| deuterium–tritium

| <ref>{{cite news |first1=Lisa |last1=Stiffler |date=2023-04-24 |url=https://www.geekwire.com/2023/desktop-fusion-startup-avalanche-energy-lands-40m-and-logs-new-tech-achievement/ |title='Desktop fusion' startup Avalanche Energy lands $40M and logs new tech achievement |work=GeekWire.com}}</ref>

| <ref>{{cite news |first1=Lisa |last1=Stiffler |date=24 April 2023 |url=https://www.geekwire.com/2023/desktop-fusion-startup-avalanche-energy-lands-40m-and-logs-new-tech-achievement/ |title='Desktop fusion' startup Avalanche Energy lands $40M and logs new tech achievement |work=GeekWire.com}}</ref>

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| Blue Laser Fusion

| Blue Laser Fusion

| Magnetic confinement

| Magnetic confinement

| proton–boron

| proton–boron

| <ref>{{cite web |last1=Barcelo |first1=Yan |title=Nuclear Fusion May Be Nearer Than You Think |url=https://www.morningstar.ca/ca/news/227636/nuclear-fusion-may-be-nearer-than-you-think.aspx |publisher=[[Morningstar, Inc.|Morningstar]] |access-date=2 August 2023 |language=en-CA |date=1 November 2022}}</ref><ref name="Spectrum 1-2020">{{cite web |last1=Clynes |first1=Tom |title=5 Big Ideas for Making Fusion Power a Reality |url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/5-big-ideas-for-making-fusion-power-a-reality |website=[[IEEE Spectrum]] |publisher=[[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers]] |access-date=6 August 2023 |language=en |date=28 Jan 2020}}</ref>

| <ref>{{cite web |last1=Barcelo |first1=Yan |title=Nuclear Fusion May Be Nearer Than You Think |url=https://www.morningstar.ca/ca/news/227636/nuclear-fusion-may-be-nearer-than-you-think.aspx |publisher=[[Morningstar, Inc.|Morningstar]] |access-date=2 August 2023 |language=en-CA |date=1 November 2022}}</ref><ref name="Spectrum 1-2020">{{cite web |last1=Clynes |first1=Tom |title=5 Big Ideas for Making Fusion Power a Reality |url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/5-big-ideas-for-making-fusion-power-a-reality |website=[[IEEE Spectrum]] |publisher=[[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers]] |access-date=6 August 2023 |language=en |date=28 January 2020}}</ref>

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| EX-Fusion

| EX-Fusion