These are two of the leading stellarator designs!
Max-Planck Institute for Plasma Phsyics
Located in Greifswald, Germany
Plan first initiated in 1980
First plasma produced in December of 2015 😀
Currently in another experimental phase
A time lapse of the buidling of the Wendelstein 7-X can be found HERE
HSX – Helically Symmetric eXperiment
University of Wisconsic – Madison
Located in Madison, Wisconsin
World’s only modular coil stellarator optimized for quasi-helical symmetry.
Still being developed
Fun Fact: The current Miss America, Grace Stanke, is a Nuclear Engineer from UW-Madison, and actually works with the HSX!
Video tour of the HSX by Grace is HERE
