Summary
- Investors are pouring money into fusion startups, with Zap Energy recently closing a $130 million round.
- Zap Energy is pursuing a unique approach to harnessing fusion power, using sheared flow stabilized Z-pinch.
- The company’s reactor and molten metal jacket is compact but will generate 50 megawatts of electricity at commercial scale.
- Despite facing the “commercial valley of death,” Zap Energy continues to receive support from various investors.