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B3: if Orion runs on deuterium and helium-3 for its 2028 Microsoft commitment, Helion sells surplus helium-3 before a full year of electricity

by end of 2028. bet, pending.

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“While most other fusion startups are targeting the early 2030s to put electricity on the grid, Helion has a contract with Microsoft to sell it electricity starting in 2028, though that power would come from a larger commercial reactor called Orion that the company is currently building, not Polaris.”

https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/13/fusion-startup-helion-hits-blistering-temps-as-it-races-toward-2028-deadline/

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