1c Fusion Energy

An Astera-supported initiative applying frontier backcasting to test whether fusion can reach sub-1¢/kWh LCOE within a decade and what must be true to get there

From Papers to Plant Economics

Costing 38 Fusion Concepts in One Pipeline

Jun 10 • 1cfe, Mallory Snowden, Reid Westwood, and Tal Rubin

Space Sector vs. Fusion Sector: What the Analogy Teaches Us

1cFE systems engineer Mallory Snowden spent 14 years in aerospace. What U.S. fusion policy should learn from New Space, and where the analogy breaks.

May 27 • 1cfe and Mallory Snowden

Direct Energy Conversion for Fusion: Fuel, Confinement, and the Cost Question

Every fusion power plant has to turn plasma energy into electricity.

May 12 • 1cfe and Tal Rubin

Fusion's cost floor: what if the core were free?

Fusion’s cost floor: what if the core were free?

Apr 8 • 1cfe and Tal Rubin

The Unsolved Engineering Behind Fusion Power

Plasma confinement gets the headlines. Three engineering problems between the plasma and the grid will determine whether D-T fusion can compete on cost.

Mar 27 • 1cfe and Mallory Snowden

Searching the Fusion Design Space Systematically

How we use formal models and automated checks to search the fusion design space systematically

Mar 10 • Reid Westwood and 1cfe

Introducing 1cFE

Meet the team behind 1cFE, learn what we're building (a formal modeling layer, technoeconomic analysis engine, and concept taxonomy for fusion energy…

Feb 24 • Damien Scott and 1cfe