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ヘリカル・フュージョン、日本初の核融合発電契約を獲得

Helical Fusion just took a real world step that the fusion space has been talking about for decades. The company behind the Helix Program and its commercially targeted Helical Stellarator has signed a power purchase agreement with Aoki Super, a major supermarket chain in central Japan. This is the first time anyone in Japan has locked in a PPA for fusion generated electricity. The deal matters because fusion has mostly lived in the world of labs and technical milestones. Everyone debates the physics. Everyone waits for net electricity. But none of it means anything until actual buyers step up and say they are ready to source fusion power as part of their long term energy plans. Aoki Super becoming the first customer signals that demand side players finally want a…