Thea Energy Opens New Kearny Headquarters
Fusion technology company Thea Energy Inc. has announced the opening of its new headquarters in Kearny, New Jersey. The company, which focuses on developing commercial fusion energy, occupies a 15,000-square-foot space specifically designed for its innovative work.
Thea Energy, a spin-out from the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and Princeton University, was established in 2022. The new facility is located within the Hugo Neu Corp.’s Kearny Point campus and features several key elements:
- Multiple labs for high-field magnet manufacturing and operation
- Office space to accommodate a team of over 50 employees
According to a January 21 announcement, the new facility will allow Thea Energy to accelerate the testing and prototyping of its core technologies, including arrays of superconducting magnets. Brian Berzin, Thea Energy’s co-founder and CEO, stated that the new space provides “significant capabilities to build and test planar, programmable magnets made from high-temperature superconductors, the critical new element we are bringing to modernize the stellarator.”
The company plans to double its workforce in the next year, adding engineers, physicists, machinists, and industry experts. Berzin added, “The team is working tirelessly to create a winning fusion power plant architecture that addresses historical, limiting complexities of stellarator systems.” He continued, “This new facility allows us to continue to grow an industry-leading team, here in the country’s largest metropolitan area. We are looking forward to this important phase of development while at the same time engaging with our local community to solidify the region as a leader in fusion energy and cleantech commercialization.”
