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"This HTS magnet technology will next be used in SPARC, which is under construction in Devens, Massachusetts and on track to demonstrate net energy from fusion
by dr_orpheus 5y ago
"This HTS magnet technology will next be used in SPARC, which is under construction in Devens, Massachusetts and on track to demonstrate net energy from fusion by 2025. SPARC will pave the way for the first commercially viable fusion power plant called ARC." [0]
But this does not say that they are going to put power on the grid in 2025. They say net energy from fusion by 2025 which may just mean Q-plasma > 1, it does not say (which kind of proves the point of the article). They don't have any estimates of an on the grid fusion plant.
https://cfs.energy/news-and-media/cfs-commercial-fusion-power-with-hts-magnet https://cfs.energy/news-and-media/cfs-commercial-fusion-powe...
- gene-h 5y agoSPARC will not generate electricity[0]. It's intended to show that the ARC concept, which should be able to generate net electricity[1], is viable. If SPARC works, ARC might be built as early as 2030. 'As early as' being the keywords here. Showing that the difficult physics work is important to do before moving on to the difficult engineering. [0]https://www.psfc.mit.edu/sparc/faq https://www.psfc.mit.edu/sparc/faq [1]https://arxiv.org/pdf/1409.3540.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/1409.3540.pdf