Israel-based, NT-Tao wants to develop an innovative, “small”/ 10-20 MW (capable of powering an industrial site, shopping center, logistics warehouse or even a small town), high-density/ compact fusion reactor. <Quick primer: nuclear fusion by magnetic confinement is a process that consists of super-heating (within a Tokamak) small quantities of deuterium & tritium (two isotopes of hydrogen) so that they collide, merge & thus generate energy. The main limitation lies in the huge amount of energy needed to heat the reaction, while the probability of the isotopes colliding remains low>. NT-Tao seeks to “ultra-densify” the reaction process by housing within its Tokamak 1,000x more isotopes, which would multiply by a million the chances of collision (between...

Every known method of shipping hydrogen (H2) has its drawbacks: i) Compressed H2 has very low energy density by volume, ii) Liquid H2 requires storage at temperatures of -253°C, iii) Ammonia as well as methanol (which can be decomposed/ cracked over a catalyst to produce H2) have higher volumetric energy density, but the former is extremely toxic & the latter costly to produce, iv) Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers (LOHC) (from fossil fuels) require (energy-intensive) high-temperatures to release the H2 (upon delivery). So, what if there was a way of storing hydrogen in a low-cost, non-toxic, non-explosive substance, that is a liquid at ambient temperatures & pressures and requires no energy – only the addition of...