Clean Energy Company That Mimics The Sun Raises $22M

An Israeli startup that creates nuclear fusion technology – the same energy that powers the Sun and the stars – has raised $22 million. NT-Tao is developing ultra-fast heating technology, which it says will yield a fusion reaction that is a million times stronger than other leading solutions under development, resulting in significantly more efficient energy production. It says its solution may be available by the end of the decade. Many countries are trying to achieve viable nuclear fusion. But they struggle to do so on a large scale because the energy needed to reach temperatures of 150 to 200 million degrees Fahrenheit outweighs anything they produce.Nuclear fusion occurs when immense forces compress and heat hydrogen atoms, fusing them into helium and releasing enormous amounts of energy. One kilogram of fusion fuel can replace 10 million kilograms of coal, and 55,000…

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