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We’re pleased to announce that Marvi Matos Rodriguez has joined Zap Energy as Senior Vice President of Technology, bringing exceptional leadership in complex systems engineering from Boeing, Blue Origin, and the National Science Foundation. Read more: www.zapenergy.com/news/marvi-m...
Marvi Matos Rodriguez joins Zap Energy as Senior Vice President of Technology
Dr. Matos Rodriguez brings leadership experience from Boeing, Blue Origin, and the National Science Foundation to accelerate Zap Energy's mission of bringing fusion energy to the grid.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
We’re pleased to announce that Marvi Matos Rodriguez has joined Zap Energy as Senior Vice President of Technology, bringing exceptional leadership in complex systems engineering from Boeing, Blue Origin, and the National Science Foundation. Read more: www.zapenergy.com/news/marvi-m...
Our latest blog post features Zap's Head of IP Asmita Chande, who draws on nearly two decades of experience in IP law and best practices to balance the benefits of peer-reviewed research with value generation and strategic IP protection.
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www.zapenergy.com/blog/to-publ...
To publish and protect
A company's IP culture can either spark innovation, or lead to a graveyard of valuable ideas.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Our latest blog post features Zap's Head of IP Asmita Chande, who draws on nearly two decades of experience in IP law and best practices to balance the benefits of peer-reviewed research with value generation and strategic IP protection.
www.zapenergy.com/blog/to-publ...
www.zapenergy.com/blog/to-publ...
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
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October 31, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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...
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
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October 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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...
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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September 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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...
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.
September 30, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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.
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.
September 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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.
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....
September 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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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"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?...
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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September 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
"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?...
Our recently launched 2025 Global Fusion Industry Report summarized in a few minutes.👇
youtu.be/vATOEQe96gM?...
Hey, how'd this little guy get into our fusion chamber? #internationalcatday (do you see it?)
August 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Hey, how'd this little guy get into our fusion chamber? #internationalcatday (do you see it?)
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.
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...
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...
July 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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.
🤩 FuZE-Q just got a window upgrade, adding new diagnostic access to the upstream region of the chamber. Plasma campaigns are officially underway!
July 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
🤩 FuZE-Q just got a window upgrade, adding new diagnostic access to the upstream region of the chamber. Plasma campaigns are officially underway!
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...
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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July 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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...
Read more: www.zapenergy.com/news/zap-awa...
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...
June 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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...
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
MIT and IEEE for hosting and highlighting the most recent progress in fusion hardware development. #fusionenergy
June 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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
MIT and IEEE for hosting and highlighting the most recent progress in fusion hardware development. #fusionenergy
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
June 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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
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
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
June 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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
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
“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
June 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
“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-...
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
#SCSP #SCSPAIExpo25 #fusionenergy
June 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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
#SCSP #SCSPAIExpo25 #fusionenergy
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...
May 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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...
Liquid metal wall 2.0: The Centrifuge. 🌪️ That's hot liquid metal spinning up and coating the wall of the Century chamber to transfer heat from its plasmas out of the chamber.
May 12, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Liquid metal wall 2.0: The Centrifuge. 🌪️ That's hot liquid metal spinning up and coating the wall of the Century chamber to transfer heat from its plasmas out of the chamber.
What does a flowing Z pinch look like? Video from two high-speed cameras simultaneously capture a linear plasma assembling inside FuZE-Q. The plasma looks more like a river than a lightning bolt, but has aspects of each. Read more: zapenergy.com/blog/fusions... #fusionenergy
May 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
What does a flowing Z pinch look like? Video from two high-speed cameras simultaneously capture a linear plasma assembling inside FuZE-Q. The plasma looks more like a river than a lightning bolt, but has aspects of each. Read more: zapenergy.com/blog/fusions... #fusionenergy
While you might think of fusion as having a particular glow💥, there’s more to the story.
Zap’s latest blog post breaks it down: www.zapenergy.com/blog/fusions...
Zap’s latest blog post breaks it down: www.zapenergy.com/blog/fusions...
Fusion's cool glow
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April 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
While you might think of fusion as having a particular glow💥, there’s more to the story.
Zap’s latest blog post breaks it down: www.zapenergy.com/blog/fusions...
Zap’s latest blog post breaks it down: www.zapenergy.com/blog/fusions...
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Join us May 5–9 when communities around the globe celebrate the breakthroughs, people, and momentum behind fusion energy. Many private companies are participating in events during #FusionEnergyWeek, including: @zapenergy.bsky.social @helionenergy.bsky.social @type-one.energy @theaenergy.bsky.social.
Fusion Energy Week
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April 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Join us May 5–9 when communities around the globe celebrate the breakthroughs, people, and momentum behind fusion energy. Many private companies are participating in events during #FusionEnergyWeek, including: @zapenergy.bsky.social @helionenergy.bsky.social @type-one.energy @theaenergy.bsky.social.
Reposted by Zap Energy
The country that first achieves commercial fusion will shape the future of energy.
On May 8 in DC - join FIA, ACC, ClearPath, @scsp.bsky.social to discuss the transformative power of fusion & why the US must act now to secure global leadership.
www.fusionindustryassociation.org/event/fusion...
On May 8 in DC - join FIA, ACC, ClearPath, @scsp.bsky.social to discuss the transformative power of fusion & why the US must act now to secure global leadership.
www.fusionindustryassociation.org/event/fusion...
April 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The country that first achieves commercial fusion will shape the future of energy.
On May 8 in DC - join FIA, ACC, ClearPath, @scsp.bsky.social to discuss the transformative power of fusion & why the US must act now to secure global leadership.
www.fusionindustryassociation.org/event/fusion...
On May 8 in DC - join FIA, ACC, ClearPath, @scsp.bsky.social to discuss the transformative power of fusion & why the US must act now to secure global leadership.
www.fusionindustryassociation.org/event/fusion...