MIT Spinoff - 400 MW Private Fusion Plant w/n 10 Years

The statement is early 2030's so maybe I'm being generous. They seem serious. Privately owned and financed.

AI is advancing theoretical design to real design and testing periods by leaps and bounds. I have to assume it is doing the same across all industries. New materials, avenues of pursuit, etc. Interesting times.

scale model completed and undergoing testing to validate net energy return and stability of process

I suspect they are confident in the modeling data to announce the funding and advancement of the full project.

now...how to make it political....damn libs are going to blow up the world, i bet you they have some chinese on their staff and we know that that means, the big guy is getting a cut, it was on the laptop...

US: World’s 1st commercial 400MW nuclear fusion plant to power 150,000 homes

Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), a fusion energy startup spun out of MIT, has announced that it will build the world’s first grid-scale commercial fusion power plant at the James River Industrial Park in Chesterfield County, Virginia. The plant, known as ARC, is expected to be operational in the early 2030s, potentially revolutionizing the energy landscape.
“This is a historic moment. In the early 2030s, all eyes will be on the Richmond region and more specifically Chesterfield County, Virginia, as the birthplace of commercial fusion energy,” said Bob Mumgaard, CEO and co-founder of CFS.

“CFS conducted a global search for the site of its first commercial fusion power plant, known as ARC, which the company will independently finance, build, own, and operate,” said the company in a press release. It is expected to generate about 400 megawatts of electricity, which will be enough to power around 150,000 homes.

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The company is currently completing its fusion demonstration machine, SPARC, in Devens, Massachusetts. SPARC is anticipated to produce its first plasma, a superheated state of matter where fusion reactions can take place, in 2026.

After that, SPARC is expected to achieve net fusion energy, demonstrating for the first time that a commercially relevant design can indeed produce more power than it consumes. The successful development of SPARC will pave the way for ARC, positioning it to deliver power to the grid in the early 2030s.