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They don't say they've achieved net energy gain, but they do say they plan to hook it up to the grid in 2024. I feel there are one or two missing milestones.
by dqpb 4y ago
They don't say they've achieved net energy gain, but they do say they plan to hook it up to the grid in 2024. I feel there are one or two missing milestones.
- DennisP 4y agoI haven't watched this video yet but Polaris is not intended to be the production reactor. It's supposed to generate net electricity in 2024, but it's still an experimental device. The production reactor comes later. You can verify this yourself at their FAQ: https://www.helionenergy.com/faq/ https://www.helionenergy.com/faq/
- joak 4y agoI thought Trenta was already recapturing electricity and feeding it back to the capacitor banks. This not clear from this video but it was a previous claim. Otherwise I don't think they would have said "feeding electricity to the grid" if it meant a negative output. Filling the capacitors, losing electricity to the experiment and then emptying the capacitors back to grid, would be highly laughable.
- dogma1138 4y agoIt won’t be laughable since even at no net energy gain you learn quite a bit of how things work.