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In this recent story by Toni Feder in Physics Today, director of fusion systems Dr. Charles Swanson discusses our Helios design that was certified by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as part of the Milestone-Based Fusion Development Program. #Stellarators have inherent benefits including high efficiency and no risk of disruptions. Thea Energy’s system architecture replaces the complex coils of prior generations of the stellarator with simple, mass-manufacturable hardware and scalable software-based control systems. ➡️ Check out the full story for more on growing the fusion workforce and how advances in high-temperature superconductors as well as computing are critical to commercialization: https://lnkd.in/gn4cpU7j  

Join the next International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) #Fusion Energy Webinar for an overview presentation of the “Helios” power plant. Co-founder and CEO Brian Berzin will discuss the Company’s motivation for developing a simpler, more scalable stellarator architecture and summarize how Helios achieves several important breakthroughs for the commercialization of fusion energy: ✅ Software-controlled magnet coils that are adaptable to real-world conditions ✅ A stellarator ‘divertor’ exhaust system capable of fusion power operations ✅ A stellarator sector-based maintenance scheme enabling long-term plant viability When: Tuesday, March 31, 2026, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM ET Register: https://lnkd.in/eeGCmCVr

Deep tech doesn't exist in a vacuum. This week at the Fusion Industry Association’s Annual Policy Conference, I’ll be sharing thoughts on how my experience in #aerospace translates to the #fusion sector and my work at Thea Energy — where we are adopting lessons from other rapidly growing tech fields. See you in DC! #FIAPolicy2026 The Details: ·      When: March 19th at 4 p.m. ET ·      Where: JW Marriott Washington, DC ·      Who: Excited to join Kate Kelly in the discussion with Caroline Anderson  ·      Agenda: https://lnkd.in/gMkZKfzY

I’m excited to speak during the #CWAgora at #CERAWeek 2026 about Thea Energy and our approach to commercializing #fusion energy! I'll be sharing the latest updates on: ☀️ 𝗢𝘂𝗿 ‘𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗼𝘀’ 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻: Featuring several world firsts for fusion, including: • A dynamically controllable magnet array, tolerant to wear and tear • A tokamak-like X-point ‘divertor’ exhaust system capable of power plant operations • A practical sector-based maintenance scheme enabling high commercial uptime 🧲 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀: Highlighting how we’ve scaled our production lines, and how our software allows us to relax strict manufacturing and assembly tolerances. Join me on Monday (3/23) at 12 PM in Pod 2 to learn more. Let me know if you’ll be at the event and would like to connect!👋 https://lnkd.in/gMqjMK3i 

🚀 Ready to engineer the absolute future of energy? We are hiring! ⚡ I am beyond excited to announce that we are opening 5 new roles on our Electrical Engineering and Control Systems (EECS) team here at Thea Energy! This is a genuinely rare opportunity to join a fantastic team of world-class scientists, researchers, and engineers. We are proud to be building the most innovative and progressive fusion company on the planet, and our mission couldn't be bigger: we are going to change the future of energy forever. 🌍 At Thea Energy, we are completely reinventing the stellarator. By replacing incredibly complex legacy magnets with flat, mass-manufacturable planar coils driven by advanced, dynamic software controls, we are making commercial fusion practical, scalable, and real. As part of our Electrical Engineering and Control Systems team, you will be at the literal core of this breakthrough, working on the precise systems that will control our magnetic fields, manage our power electronics, and bring our Eos and Helios fusion plants to life. If you join us, you will: - Collaborate daily with an incredibly driven, multi-disciplinary team. - Tackle some of the most fascinating and complex control and power engineering challenges in the world. - Play a direct, hands-on role in giving humanity a limitless, zero-emission energy source. If you have the skills, the relentless optimism, and the drive to make commercial fusion a reality, we want you on this journey with us. 👇 Check out the 5 open roles and apply at the links below! 1) https://lnkd.in/gifiFAqy 2) https://lnkd.in/gmpxTWbA 3) https://lnkd.in/gHDSPYAW 4) https://lnkd.in/gUEeKv5U 5) https://lnkd.in/gzB9fDzw

I’ll be in Munich next week for #FusionXGlobal to discuss the commercialization of magnetic confinement fusion and share more on Thea Energy’s Helios power plant design architecture which uniquely enables cost-competitive, mass manufacturable power plants using simpler magnets. Team Thea recently completed a design review certification milestone with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Backed by a rigorous expert review, this milestone validation is a major step forward on the path to deploying fusion power at scale. FusionX Group

In this recent POWER magazine feature, co-founder and CEO Brian Berzin and Darrell Proctor discuss our Helios power plant design that leverages simpler hardware paired with dynamic software controls, as well as working to build the important partnerships across the energy industry to accelerate the scaling of cost competitive fusion power plants. 💬 Brian Berzin, co-founder and CEO of Thea Energy: "If fusion is going to be deployed at scale, power plants need to be easier, quicker, and cheaper to build and operate compared to prior scientific systems." Full article: https://lnkd.in/eejCzwHF

Today, on #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience, we celebrate team members redefining what’s possible in #fusion. From optimizing our planar coil #stellarator architecture to scaling magnet manufacturing, fusion requires the world’s best minds, and we are proud to have women leading the way. 📸 Pictured below, a few of our team members:  Anna Raffin is a senior manufacturing engineer, currently focused on building planar coil magnets for Eos as well as designing cable elements for ‘Iris’, Thea Energy’s first encircling coil. Anna brings to the team expertise in supply chain management and product development from prior roles across the space launch and sustainable agriculture industries. Claire Chen, HTS magnet engineer, is developing test models and design tools for our planar shaping and encircling coils. Claire provides end-to-end support for magnet development, contributing to the entire process from initial design through testing and performance validation. Claire’s experience spans scenario development as well as topology optimization in magnetic confinement fusion systems.  Jihye Jeon, Ph.D., is a fusion scientist with extensive expertise in fusion regulations, neutron physics, and radiation detection technologies. As a member of the Fusion Systems team, Jihye leads neutron activation calculations, radiation safety, and waste management, while navigating the licensing process for fusion machines. She also provides critical support for the blanket design of Eos and Helios, ensuring these systems effectively protect personnel and hardware, breed tritium, and optimize heat extraction. Risham Parmar, materials engineer, has expertise in materials processing, failure analysis, and modeling. At Thea Energy, Risham is supporting the development of plasma-facing surfaces for stellarator first-walls and divertors using her past experience tackling cutting-edge challenges in computational materials science and nanotechnology.  Interested in joining us in our mission? Visit: https://lnkd.in/eSWHKnB5  #WomenInSTEM #WomenInScienceDay #EmployeeHighlight #February11 

How do we test magnets at 20 K here in NJ (for reference, that’s about 10x colder than the surface of Mars)? Meet 'Big Bird'! Big Bird is our integrated test cell where we operate Eos-spec superconducting magnets at 20 K. When cooled to this temperature, these magnets act as superconductors, creating strong magnetic fields with zero resistance. In a #stellarator, these magnetic fields are what confine and control a plasma, the fuel of #fusion.  The Big Bird integrated system was engineered in-house and includes all the required sub-systems for our core technology including vacuum and cryogenics, instrumentation and control, power supplies, and structures. Big Bird was designed to provide easy access for quickly swapping in Eos-spec magnets between test and final acceptance.   We’ve validated our core tech and also have built our initial manufacturing line that can scale to meet rate requirements for Eos, our upcoming large-scale integrated stellarator, and then subsequent Thea Energy fusion power plants. Now onto scaling our manufacturing lines even further and building hundreds of simpler stellarator magnets!