How does Helion’s fusion energy technology work?

Question

I’ve just read that [Microsoft signed a purchase agreement](https://www.helionenergy.com/articles/announcing-helion-fusion-ppa-with-microsoft-constellation/) with them and tried to understand their technology but… I don’t

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Answer 1

Helion plans to harvest energy from their fusion reactors directly from the magnetic field, rather than from converting water to steam through thermal energy. I’d highly recommend checking out Real Engineering’s fabulous video for an I depth dive into Helion’s fusion technology [here](https://youtu.be/_bDXXWQxK38)