A New Star in the Fusion Firmament
In late March 2025, a small fusion startup based in Knoxville, Tennessee made a big announcement that reverberated through the energy world. Type One Energy unveiled “Infinity Two,” the design basis for its first fusion power plant – and with it, the most comprehensive scientific validation ever published for a commercial stellarator reactor. In plain terms, this under-the-radar company claims it has cracked a key piece of the fusion puzzle: a realistic, unified design for a working fusion pilot plant, vetted by peer-reviewed studies and ready to move from theory into engineering. This isn’t a flashy lab experiment or a sci-fi sketch – it’s a detailed blueprint that a major U.S.