Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Focused Energy Partners with LLNL on a Target Design for Inertial Fusion Energy

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023
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Focused Energy and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have signed a Strategic Partnership Project Agreement for LLNL to assist the American-German fusion company with developing and assessing the performance of isochoric compression target designs for inertial fusion energy.

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  • Focused Energy and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have signed a Strategic Partnership Project Agreement for LLNL to assist the American-German fusion company with developing and assessing the performance of isochoric compression target designs for inertial fusion energy.
  • At LLNL’s National Ignition Facility (NIF), inertial fusion ignition and target gain > 1 were achieved in December 2022 - a historic breakthrough for the future production of clean energy.
  • Under this contract, LLNL will use its codes and tools to help Focused Energy study and optimize target designs for achieving high compression in ischoric fuel assemblies required for fast ignition inertial confinement fusion.
  • “We are very pleased to have another renowned partner on board with LLNL to optimise the target design together”, said Thomas Forner, CEO and co-founder of Focused Energy.

Life Science Washington Institute Announces 2023 Entrepreneurial Achievement Award Winner

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Friday, October 27, 2023
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Life Science Washington Institute (LSWI) , a Life Science Washington affiliate focused on supporting early-stage companies and entrepreneurs in Washington state, announced Dr. David Younger, Ph.D., co-founder and CEO of A-Alpha Bio, as the winner of the Entrepreneurial Achievement Award.

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  • Life Science Washington Institute (LSWI) , a Life Science Washington affiliate focused on supporting early-stage companies and entrepreneurs in Washington state, announced Dr. David Younger, Ph.D., co-founder and CEO of A-Alpha Bio, as the winner of the Entrepreneurial Achievement Award.
  • “Since WIN graduate A-Alpha Bio was formed in 2017, David has continued to lead it to new highs,” said Richard Giersch, Executive Director of Life Science Washington Institute.
  • “Winning the 2023 Entrepreneurial Achievement Award is an enormous honor for Randolph and me — and for the entire A-Alpha Bio team,” Younger said.
  • Hear more from A-Alpha Bio and other WIN participants in a Life Science Washington video: https://vimeo.com/873842986

Seurat Technologies Raises $99M to Deploy Local Printing Factories, Decarbonize Manufacturing

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Monday, October 30, 2023
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WILMINGTON, Mass., Oct. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Seurat Technologies, the 3D metal printing leader that is making manufacturing better for people and the planet, today announced a $99 million Series C round led by NVentures, NVIDIA's venture capital arm and Capricorn's Technology Impact Fund focused on climate solutions. Seurat's latest funding round includes participation from new investors Honda Motor and Cubit Capital, among others, as well as participation from previous investors, True Ventures, SIP Global Partners, Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Denso Global, General Motors Ventures, Maniv Mobility LP, and Xerox Ventures.

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  • Powered by 100% green energy, Seurat is reinventing and reshoring manufacturing with its Area Printing technology developed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
  • "Our mission is to create a green manufacturing industry," said James DeMuth, co-founder and CEO of Seurat.
  • "With our additive manufacturing technology, our print factories will provide our customers with clean manufacturing that can compete with the volumes, quality, and price points of traditional manufacturing.
  • "Seurat's potential to disrupt and decarbonize the traditional metal parts manufacturing industry is tremendous," says Ion Yadigaroglu, Partner at Capricorn.

Leading fusion innovator TAE Technologies applauds North Carolina's enactment of cutting-edge clean energy legislation

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Tuesday, October 24, 2023
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RALEIGH, N.C, Oct. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- North Carolina has enacted landmark energy legislation that recognizes fusion technology's safety and environmental benefits.

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  • RALEIGH, N.C, Oct. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- North Carolina has enacted landmark energy legislation that recognizes fusion technology's safety and environmental benefits.
  • "We applaud North Carolina's leadership in passing this new law recognizing the vast potential of the fusion industry.
  • TAE is the nation's first private company pursuing the commercialization of fusion energy.
  • The bill defines "clean energy" to include fusion energy and defines the term "fusion energy," clearly distinguishing fusion energy from traditional nuclear fission plants.

Leading fusion innovator TAE Technologies applauds North Carolina's enactment of cutting-edge clean energy legislation

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Tuesday, October 24, 2023
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RALEIGH, N.C, Oct. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- North Carolina has enacted landmark energy legislation that recognizes fusion technology's safety and environmental benefits.

Key Points: 
  • RALEIGH, N.C, Oct. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- North Carolina has enacted landmark energy legislation that recognizes fusion technology's safety and environmental benefits.
  • "We applaud North Carolina's leadership in passing this new law recognizing the vast potential of the fusion industry.
  • TAE is the nation's first private company pursuing the commercialization of fusion energy.
  • The bill defines "clean energy" to include fusion energy and defines the term "fusion energy," clearly distinguishing fusion energy from traditional nuclear fission plants.

TAE Technologies applauds California's landmark fusion energy bill

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Thursday, October 12, 2023
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Home to innovators and fusion pioneer TAE Technologies, the bill's signing makes California the first U.S. state to enshrine in law the fundamental distinction between fusion energy and traditional nuclear fission.

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  • Home to innovators and fusion pioneer TAE Technologies, the bill's signing makes California the first U.S. state to enshrine in law the fundamental distinction between fusion energy and traditional nuclear fission.
  • Fusion energy development presents an opportunity to further promote California's workforce development within the renewable energy sector," the legislation states .
  • As the nation's first private company to pursue the commercialization of fusion energy, Southern California-based TAE Technologies applauds this legislation's passage (with unanimous support in both chambers), not only for its recognition of fusion energy's potential contributions to providing clean energy, but for recognizing that this groundbreaking industry requires bespoke regulation.
  • Assembly Bill 1172 requires the California Energy Commission to identify all needed regulatory and policy actions to incorporate fusion into the state's energy system.

TAE Technologies applauds California's landmark fusion energy bill

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Thursday, October 12, 2023
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Home to innovators and fusion pioneer TAE Technologies, the bill's signing makes California the first U.S. state to enshrine in law the fundamental distinction between fusion energy and traditional nuclear fission.

Key Points: 
  • Home to innovators and fusion pioneer TAE Technologies, the bill's signing makes California the first U.S. state to enshrine in law the fundamental distinction between fusion energy and traditional nuclear fission.
  • Fusion energy development presents an opportunity to further promote California's workforce development within the renewable energy sector," the legislation states .
  • As the nation's first private company to pursue the commercialization of fusion energy, Southern California-based TAE Technologies applauds this legislation's passage (with unanimous support in both chambers), not only for its recognition of fusion energy's potential contributions to providing clean energy, but for recognizing that this groundbreaking industry requires bespoke regulation.
  • Assembly Bill 1172 requires the California Energy Commission to identify all needed regulatory and policy actions to incorporate fusion into the state's energy system.

2CRSi SA: 2CRSi signs a contract with Lawrence Livermore National Lab

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Monday, October 2, 2023
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Strasbourg (France), October 2, 2023 - 2CRSi, designer and manufacturer of high-performance, energy-efficient computer servers, announces the signing of an order with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to equip immersion servers.

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  • Strasbourg (France), October 2, 2023 - 2CRSi, designer and manufacturer of high-performance, energy-efficient computer servers, announces the signing of an order with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to equip immersion servers.
  • For more than 70 years, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), whose mission is to ensure the safety, security, and reliability of the U.S. nuclear deterrent, has leveraged science and technology to achieve breakthroughs in national security, climate resilience, counterterrorism, defense, intelligence, and energy security.
  • Now, equipped with servers using direct liquid cooling solutions, LLNL has chosen 2CRSi to test immersion cooling technology.
  • At the end of this test phase, the collaboration between 2CRSi and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory could be extended with additional orders over several years.

Andes Releases First-Ever Microbial Carbon Mineralization Methodology

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Monday, July 31, 2023
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Andes , a carbon removal company focused on the generation of inorganic carbon in agricultural soils, has announced the public release of the industry-first Microbial Carbon Mineralization (MCM) methodology.

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  • Andes , a carbon removal company focused on the generation of inorganic carbon in agricultural soils, has announced the public release of the industry-first Microbial Carbon Mineralization (MCM) methodology.
  • Andes developed this ISO 14064 methodology with EcoEngineers , a clean energy consulting, auditing, and advisory firm with expertise in developing carbon removal monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) approaches.
  • The methodology has been reviewed by renowned experts in geochemistry, soil science, environmental microbiology, agriculture, and carbon removal.
  • Validation paves the path for independent third-party verification of Andes’ carbon removal activities and outcomes in accordance with this methodology.

A-Alpha Bio Raises $22.4M in Series A2 to Scale Protein-Protein Interaction Data Platforms and Accelerate Internal Pipeline Development

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Tuesday, July 25, 2023
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SEATTLE, July 25, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- A-Alpha Bio, a synthetic biology and machine learning (ML) company that measures and engineers protein-protein interactions, today announced a $22.4M Series A2. The round was led by previous investor Perceptive Xontogeny Ventures, with strong support from Madrona and other existing investors. Breakout Ventures joined the round as a new investor, and Lindy Fishburne, Managing Partner at Breakout Ventures, will join the board as an observer.

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  • The round was led by previous investor Perceptive Xontogeny Ventures, with strong support from Madrona and other existing investors.
  • The funding will enable further development of the company's AlphaSeq and AlphaBind platforms and accelerate their oncology-focused internal pipeline.
  • These collaborations underscore the flexibility of A-Alpha's platforms to address a broad range of complex biological challenges, contributing to the development of next-generation therapeutics.
  • Innovating at the intersection of wet lab and computation, A-Alpha Bio is leveraging their synthetic biology and ML platforms, AlphaSeq and AlphaBind.