伦敦，10月6日：美国初创公司Type One Energy从包括德国西门子能源风投在内的投资者那里筹集了2亿美元，旨在打造世界上第一座商业用聚变反应堆，其首席执行官告诉路透社。
LONDON, Oct 6 : US start-up Type One Energy has raised $200 million from investors including the venture unit of Germany's Siemens Energy, as it vies to build the world's first commercial fusion reactor, its chief executive told Reuters.
PitchBook行业追踪数据显示，这笔系列B轮融资使公司迄今为止的总融资额超过4亿美元，是过去五年来第三大聚变能行业的B轮融资。该公司并未透露其估值。
The Series-B round, which takes total funding to-date to more than $400 million, is the third-biggest sector Series B raise over the last five years, data from industry tracker PitchBook showed. The company did not disclose its valuation.
聚变能源数十年来一直在研究开发。近年来随着磁体、计算和材料方面的进步，涌现出一批公司，这些进展激发了人们对聚变技术未来有朝一日能为全球提供丰富清洁能源的希望。
Fusion energy has been researched for decades. A wave of firms has launched in recent years as advances in magnets, computing and materials have fuelled hopes fusion technology could one day provide abundant clean power across the globe.
Type One背后支持者包括比尔·盖茨的突破能源风投和克拉特布克资本。该公司正在开发一种星状器，这是一种利用复杂磁场约束超热等离子体的聚变反应堆，并与工程、建筑及其他公司合作以加速交付并降低成本。
Type One is backed by Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Clutterbuck Capital. It is developing a stellarator, a type of fusion reactor that uses complex magnetic fields to contain superheated plasma, partnering with engineering, construction and other companies to speed up delivery and reduce costs.
首席执行官克里斯托弗·穆里表示，这笔资金将有助于进一步开发其技术，包括部署工程原型机“Infinity One”。
Chief Executive Christofer Mowry said the funds would help further develop its technology, including the deployment of an engineering prototype machine, Infinity One.
“这不是一个实验性科学项目……我们想要学习的唯一事情就是我们的聚变机在发电厂中的设计如广告中所述那样运行。”项目“Infinity”位于田纳西州布鲁恩，Type One希望在十年内推出商业电厂“Infinity Two”。该公司计划与西门子建立制造伙伴关系。
"It's not an experimental science project... the only thing that we want to learn is that our design for the fusion machine in the power plant works as advertised." Project Infinity is based at Bull Run in Tennessee and Type One hopes to launch the commercial plant, Infinity Two, within a decade. It aims to work towards a manufacturing partnership with Siemens.
西门子能源风投合伙人恩里克·冈萨雷斯·扎涅奇在一份声明中表示，这笔交易加强了他公司在聚变领域的地位“当我们继续探索有助于推进商业化的技术和合作伙伴关系时”。
Enrique Gonzalez Zanetich, partner at Siemens Energy Ventures, said in a statement that the deal strengthened his company's position in fusion "as we continue to explore the technologies and collaborations that can help advance commercialization".
与西门子一起参投的新投资者包括由早期优步投资人克里斯·萨卡共同创立的Lowercarbon Capital，以及SiteGround Capital。
New investors alongside Siemens included Lowercarbon Capital, co-founded by early Uber backer Chris Sacca, and SiteGround Capital.