Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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US energy company Commonwealth Fusion Systems just filed the first ever application to connect a fusion reactor to the US power grid. The catch? They haven't actually made fusion work yet.

So is this the most premature regulatory filing in the history of energy - or the moment fusion finally stops being a punchline?

Thanks to Brandon, Co-Founder and CSO at Commonwealth for taking the time to talk with us!

0:00 - The World's First Fusion Grid Connect
0:55 - Why is Fusion So Hard to Get Right?
3:10 - Ad Break
4:09 - Fusion's Net Energy Gain Problem
6:46 - Why Fusion Reactors Have to Be So Big
8:56 - The Magnet Breakthrough That Changed Everything
11:06 - The Timeline to Fusion
12:30 - The First Ever Fusion Grid Application
13:47 - What Are Commonwealth Saying About Fusion?
17:20 - Conclusion: The Nature of Mythical Technologies


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