EPA Moves to Cancel $7B in Grants for Solar Energy

Re:EPA Moves to Cancel $7B in Grants for Solar Energy by normalaccess on Tuesday August 05, 2025 @12:33PM (#44800283)

Or the fact that Microsoft believes they have cracked *fusion* power. Sun in a bottle.

Microsoft is breaking ground in WA state building a new fusion reactor.

  https://kpq.com/helion-fusion-plant-chelan-pud/

EDIT: Adding description to video link

Video from Real Engineering showing Helion's Pulsed Compression Fusion reactor prototype (2022). The same kind of reactor Helion is building in WA state for Microsoft.

  https://youtu.be/_bDXXWQxK38

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Re:EPA Moves to Cancel $7B in Grants for Solar Energy by normalaccess on Tuesday August 05, 2025 @01:17PM (#44801008)

Boy, people don't seem to like the idea of fusion...

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Re:EPA Moves to Cancel $7B in Grants for Solar Energy by pavlov on Tuesday August 05, 2025 @12:57PM (#44800660)

Always downvoting YouTube links unless they come with extremely clear context ("This is a talk I gave at conference X", etc.)

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Re:EPA Moves to Cancel $7B in Grants for Solar Energy by normalaccess on Tuesday August 05, 2025 @01:11PM (#44800905)

That's fair, I forget there is no auto preview here... I'll add the description

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