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https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202406/1314447.shtml
There's no mention of the actual achieved Q value of the HH70.
The Q value of 1.53 you are here saying was achieved by HH70 is actually from an inertial confinement system that shoots lasers at tiny pellets, at the NIF (National Ignition Facility) of Lawrence Livermoore National Labs in 2022.
https://lasers.llnl.gov/science/achieving-fusion-ignition
3.15 MJ / 2.05 MJ = 1.5365...
This was widely reported in 2022 as the first time any kind of fusion system produced more energy than it took to operate.
They've since actually exceeded this, getting 5.14 MJ from a 2.2 MJ laser shot in Feb 2024, for a Q of 2.3636...
Anyway, yes Energy Singularity is aiming for a Q of 10 or greater (and so is ITER), but it is not Energy Singularity that has achieved 1.53 Q, that's the NIF.
If you could provide a source where Energy Singularity actually says any of it's achieved Q values, I'd appreciate it.
The actual thing being reported here about the HH70 is that it achieved energy discharge, aka, it was able to start up and maintain a contained plasma field.
... It is pretty funny that fusion reactors are being funded by gacha games though.