Canada's New Energy Breakthrough Is Shocking Everyone

On October 8, 2026, a machine in Richmond, British Columbia heated plasma to about 12.6 million degrees Celsius. It is one of six Canadian energy breakthroughs moving at the same time. A battery made of zinc and air. Wind West, the plan to turn the Atlantic off Nova Scotia into a power plant. Air stored in caverns, from Goderich to the Mojave Desert. Closed loop geothermal from Calgary, already feeding the grid in Germany. Floating tidal turbines cleared for the Bay of Fundy, the bay that broke every machine before them. And General Fusion's LM26. Why is all of this happening in Canada right now? The answer is one date: May 14, 2026. Chapters 00:00 The date to remember 01:34 #6 The battery made of zinc 03:46 #5 Wind West 05:52 When the wind stops 07:28 #4 Air in a hole 09:04 Eight hours on a full charge 10:49 #3 The heat under Alberta 12:30 First power in Bavaria 14:16 #2 The bay that broke every machine 16:06 The turbine that floats 18:01 #1 The star in Richmond 19:54 12.6 million degrees 21:38 May 14, 2026 Note: some scenes are AI-generated illustrations. Dates, figures and places come from public sources and company announcements. Images: Wikimedia Commons (credits below). #Canada #CleanEnergy #CanadaInvents Image credits (Wikimedia Commons): "Annapolis Royal generating…" by WayeMason & John Van Gurp, CC BY-SA 4.0 "AnnapolisRoyalGeneratingSt…" by Dave Matheson, CC BY 2.0 "View from Tidal Power…" by Ctd 2005, CC BY 2.0 "Antelope valley 9" by Tom Hilton, CC BY 2.0 "Bay of Fundy - Tide In"; "Bay of Fundy - Tide Out" by Dylan Kereluk from White Rock, Canada, CC BY 2.0 "Indian Point PEC" by P199, CC BY-SA 3.0 "Bay of Quinte from Lake on…" by Robert Taylor from Stirling, ON, Canada, CC BY 2.0 "Broken Hill panorama from…" by Calistemon, CC BY-SA 4.0 "Lighthouse DGJ 4581…"; "Pubnico Harbour Lighthouse" by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0 "Calgary skyline at night…" by Quintin Soloviev, CC BY-SA 4.0 "Calgary Skyline from the…" by Mule hollandaise, CC BY 4.0 "Calgary Skyline from…" by Tamsintj, CC BY-SA 4.0 "Cape Breton, Nova Scotia…"; "Hopewell Rocks New…" by Michel Rathwell from Cornwall, Canada, CC BY 2.0 "Culham Laboratory…" by Des Blenkinsopp, CC BY-SA 2.0 "General Fusion plasma…"; "General Fusion Michel…" by Eye Steel Film from Canada, CC BY 2.0 "General Fusion pistons…" x4 by Kyle Pearce from Vancouver, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0 "Geretsried, stadhuis foto1…" by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 3.0 "Die Isarauen aus einer…" by Salvador Escriva, CC BY-SA 4.0 "2018-07-14 45 Sifto Salt…"; "2018-07-19 037 Sifto Salt…"; "2018-07-14 019 Sifto Salt…"; "2022-08-15 01 Wide angle…" by Gordon Leggett, CC BY-SA 4.0 "Goderich Salt Mine…" by James from London, Ontario, Canada, CC BY 2.0 "NB - Hopewell Rocks1" by Wladyslaw, CC BY-SA 3.0 "Sea stacks - Hopewell…" by The Cosmonaut, CC BY-SA 2.5 ca "Kraftwerk Huntorf" by KGF, CC BY 4.0 "Hydro Quebec 450kv Route…" by Azumanga1, CC BY-SA 3.0 "Mark Carney in 2020…" by CarletonU, Faculty of Public and Global Affairs, CC BY 3.0 "Blomidon Provincial Park…" by Tdc, CC BY-SA 4.0 "Bay of Fundy low tide" by LeonardoDog, CC BY-SA 4.0 "Bay of Minas at Truro" by Purpletramp, CC BY-SA 3.0 "Minas Basin from lookoff" by No machine-readable author provided. Sares~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0 "Minas Basin (252404719)"; "Minas Basin (252404691)" by Wendy Schotsmans from Dessel, Belgium, CC BY 2.0 "Northland Power Norddeich" by Vinaceus, CC BY-SA 4.0 "20161001 Woodbine…" x2 by Ken Heaton, CC BY-SA 4.0 "Hydrolienne installée par…" by British high commission, CC BY-SA 4.0 "Orkney Cabinet…" by Scottish Government, CC BY 2.0 "Orbital Marine Power…"; "Orbital O2 Gallery 3"; "Orbital O2 - OEE PR Dec 22…" by S.clarkorbital, CC BY-SA 4.0 "Parrsboro MainStreet NS…" by SimonP at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 "Town Hall and Civic…" by Photo by and ©2007 Dustin M. Ramsey (Kralizec!), CC BY-SA 2.5 "Ottawa House, Parrsboro…" by Gorob, CC BY-SA 3.0 "Richmond, British Columbia"; "Amherst Wind Farm (Nova…" by Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 "Richmond BC Skyline" by Grotskiii, CC BY-SA 3.0 "Looking over Trail…" by TracyLeigh♥, CC BY 2.0 "The JET magnetic fusion…" by EFDA JET, CC BY-SA 3.0 "Power To The People…" by James Mann from Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, CC BY 2.0 "Zink-Luft-Batterie PR41…" by Laserlicht, CC BY-SA 4.0