Helion makes big bet on ‘Tiny Merge’ fusion testbed to meet aggressive Microsoft timeline

Helion makes big bet on ‘Tiny Merge’ fusion testbed to meet aggressive Microsoft timeline

Helion Energy is building Tiny Merge, a fusion device that is one-eighth the size of its seventh generation prototype and will serve as a testbed for faster iterations of its designs. (Helion Photo) EVERETT, Wash. — With just three years left on a hard deadline to prove its fusion approach works, Helion Energy is still wrestling with fundamental questions — and it’s building a new, smaller machine to help find answers faster. Since launching mor…