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Zap Energy · Everett, WA · WashingtonDEVELOPER HEALTHWATCH
100 kW-scale repetitive Z-pinch test platform proving plant systems: pulsed power, liquid-metal walls and electrode life (no fusion reactions).
Power
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Fusion · Research and prototype
Storage
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energy capacity
Online
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not announced
Capital committed
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closed or awarded
Capital pending
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conditional or under review
How it works
Instead of holding plasma steady, these machines form plasma rings or columns and squeeze them hard and fast, making fusion in repeated pulses. Field-reversed configurations, Z-pinches and magnetized-target designs work this way.
OPEN IN 3D →Others on this approach
No milestones recorded yet.
Grid connection, permits, contractors and cost not researched yet for this project.
Not applicable: test or demonstration machine, sells no power
STEP 2/4 · AT RISK REBCO superconducting tapeHigh-temperature superconducting magnets use a rare-earth barium copper oxide layer.
STEP 3/3 · WATCH Copper-intensive technologiesMagnet coils and stabilizers; also every grid and transmission project.