US fusion engineering platform hits internal record, boosting power 20 times
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Zap Energy achieved a major breakthrough with its Century fusion engineering platform, delivering 39 kilowatts of sustained power through over one hundred plasma shots at five-second intervals—representing a 20-fold power increase since 2024. The platform uses a unique sheared-flow-stabilized Z-pinch method that relies on electrical pulses rather than superconducting magnets or lasers, providing crucial data for future commercial fusion power plant development.
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