September 10, 2025
In this project, Thea Energy, Inc. will collaborate with Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) to develop novel workflows for the advancement of high-temperature superconductor (HTS) based magnets for “Eos”, Thea Energy’s first integrated fusion system, using first of a kind reel-to-reel (R2R) inspection equipment. PPPL’s novel HTS inspection technology will allow Thea Energy to characterize the performance of its superconducting wire at low-temperature and in a high-background magnetic field in a continuous, reel-to-reel fashion, paving the way for high- fidelity magnet performance predictions with significantly reduced operational overhead. Thea Energy and PPPL will also collaborate to experimentally validate these magnet performance prediction workflows with a coil operating under background field.