If Zap really can make fusion power available at a fraction of the cost and scale of some rival fusion research systems, and make good on its promise of “commercial” power plants in the early ...

Zap Energy has begun operations of Century, its new high-rep-rate, liquid-metal-cooled fusion test platform, and closed $130 million of fresh capital, marking significant steps toward a commercial ...

(Zap Energy Photo / Andy Freeberg) Fusion company Zap Energy is raising a huge new investment — nearly $130 million — according to an SEC filing posted Wednesday. The company declined to comment.

Zap Energy’s fusion system produces a filament of plasma less than two feet long where fusion takes place. The inset image is a high-speed camera photo of a plasma in Zap’s device.