NZ's Fusion Breakthrough: OpenStar Sparks First Plasma in Race to Clean Energy

OpenStar's breakthrough brings New Zealand one step closer to leading the global race for clean, limitless fusion energy

In a landmark achievement nearly a century after Ernest Rutherford’s pioneering work on nuclear fusion, New Zealand-based OpenStar Technologies has ignited its first plasma, marking a critical milestone in the journey toward sustainable fusion energy.

Creating “first plasma” involves generating and confining a super-hot cloud of ionised gas—the essential…