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Liquid metal loop v3.0 has arrived.🤘

Some nice quotes in today's #fusionenergy story in the NYT, and we'll add one more: "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win." https://lnkd.in/gf7WT4HA

Zap Cofounder and University of Washington Professor Uri Shumlak was selected by GeekWire as one of this year's Uncommon Thinkers, described as, "inventors, scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs transforming industries and driving positive change in the world." He was profiled this morning in a nice story by Lisa Stiffler and will be recognized at the Geekwire Gala next month. Way to go Uri!

Zap's Ryan Umstattd spoke this week at the inaugural meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)'s World Fusion Energy Group in Rome, participating in a panel on Global Collaboration and Public Private Partnership and fielding questions from representatives across continents. More details and the video recording (Ryan speaks at 6:25:00, 6:44:28, and 7:08:45) are here, via the Fusion Industry Association: https://lnkd.in/gZKY42XT #FusionEnergy #CleanEnergy #GlobalEnergy

Zap Energy’s recent $130 million Series D investment, places them in the top 5 of fusion companies ordered by secured funding. This latest investment will be used to advance its fusion technology, focusing efforts on the Century platform— a test platform which integrates the critical systems necessary for a Z-pinch power plant, including liquid metals and cutting-edge pulsed power. Read more here https://lnkd.in/eBg2sCRH

With the 4th annual Seattle Fusion Week in the books, we're officially growing out of our toddler years. Thank you to the CleanTech Alliance for throwing another great event and to everyone who came out to participate and join in the conversations!

Sunny skies in Chicago this week – perfect weather for the world's largest career fair for women in engineering! If you're joining us at the Society of Women Engineers' annual conference, swing by Booth 895 where team members Samantha Kiddy, Dominique Terry, Zofia Toth and Amy Jasper will be eager to chat with you about Zap Energy career opportunities. For more details about the event, visit WE24.swe.org. #WE24 #ZapEnergy #WomenInEngineering #fusionenergy

One highlight of our recent funding round is adding Mizuho to our investor bench and the opportunities it creates to increase our dialog with Japanese investors and stakeholders. Today at FusionXInvest:Japan in Tokyo, Zap CEO Benj Conway and Mizuho Financial Group Operating Officer and General Manager of Sustainable Business Promotion Shinichi Tsunoda discussed the important role of fusion to global decarbonization and the energy transition.

Congratulations team #Century and team Zap Energy overall. Century was just an idea on my whiteboard a few short years ago. We made it happen.

Today we’re excited to unveil #Century, a major new demo of Zap fusion power plant technologies. If the race to develop fusion is a triathlon with science, engineering and commercialization legs, we’re on our bike and pedaling hard. We’re adding some new logos to our racing kit too, with a fresh round of $130 million from Soros Fund Management, Mizuho, Emerson Collective, Leitmotif, BAM Elevate, Xplor Ventures, Lowercarbon Capital, Breakthrough Energy and more. 🏊🚴🏃 PRESS RELEASE: https://lnkd.in/e2mRi34i As a recap, our fusion physics allows for a much smaller, simpler, cheaper set of hardware. But fusion is still an extreme sport, and in order to reach wall-plug energy gain, resiliency is a central concern. Century takes that on by integrating 3 key technologies: flowing liquid metal walls, high-rep-rate pulsed power, and electrode damage mitigation. We put the first plasmas in Century this summer and then ran it for hours, totaling a run of 1,080 Z pinches in a row. We’re aiming for a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) milestone soon and then will make improvements and keep ramping up in the coming year. Meanwhile, our physicists are currently at #APSDPP24 in Atlanta with Head of FuZE Physics Colin Adams presenting results right as this news publishes. If you’re there, be sure to visit our table or see Zap’s posters at the session tomorrow morning.(https://lnkd.in/gTavXvEj) And of course, we’ve still got plenty of miles left to go. Whether you’re a swimmer, cyclist or runner, we’re always looking for new Zap team members. Visit zapenergy.com/careers to check our openings.