‘World’s first’ grid-scale nuclear fusion power plant announced in the US in another step for the futuristic energy
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/18/climate/world-first-nuclear-fusion-power-plant-commmonwealth/index.html
‘World’s first’ grid-scale nuclear fusion power plant announced in the US in another step for the futuristic energy
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/18/climate/world-first-nuclear-fusion-power-plant-commmonwealth/index.html
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If all goes to plan, Virginia will be the site of the world’s first grid-scale nuclear fusion power plant, able to harness this futuristic clean power and generate electricity from it by the early 2030s, according to an announcement Tuesday by the startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems.
CFS, one of the largest and most-hyped nuclear fusion companies, will make a multibillion-dollar investment into building the facility near Richmond. When operational, the plant will be able to plug into the grid and produce 400 megawatts, enough to power around 150,000 homes, said its CEO Bob Mumgaard.
“This will mark the first time fusion power will be made available in the world at grid scale,” Mumgaard said. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin welcomed the announcement, calling it “an historic moment for Virginia and the world at large.”
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I hope this pans out. How will this fusion reactor be able to put out more energy than it uses? What makes this endeavor different from all past ones?
What? I didn’t think so even had successful nuclear fusion that provides net energy? It seems odd to announce this project given that.
Just another rort to sap funds from investors firms?
Why would anyone trust news about nuclear energy when it starts with
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If all goes to plan
Yeah right.
Best of luck to them – genuinely hoping they succeed. But I’ll believe it when I see it.
Considering no experimental fusion power generator has been able to produce more energy than is put in on a system level – what the hell is this even? The article is a press release so whatever, but pushing for commercialization without so much as a successful proof of concept is just weird.
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I hope it works, but based on everything I’ve read, we won’t see it supplying the grid until after mid-century.
These clickbait hype articles do more damage than good for the average person. We aren’t close to fusion power at any scale
Looks like a tokamak architecture using rare earth barium copper oxide magnets.
Need to look into things more but seems like someone is putting their eggs into 1 basket here and betting on solutions that may not be entirely fleshed out.
There’s going to be a hand full of companies with fusion plants at this point. very exciting!
it kinda makes sense to build a power generation system for a heat generating reactor well before its ready, because it usually takes around a decade to finish building a power plant in general, so if you can get a fusion plant 70% done and just wait on the reactor that can just be plopped in and be activated for instant power to reduce the wait time on investor returns for the people funding the whole project
Just gotta figure out how to monetize it to exploit the populace and we will be good to go.
Spending billons while the costs for solar, wind, thermal are extremely low.