Tokamak Energy’s roadmap is for commercial fusion power plants deployed in the mid-2030s. They plan to complete the ST80-HTS prototype reactor in 2026 “to demonstrate the full potential of high temperature superconducting magnets”. They will then design and build a fusion pilot plant, ST-E1, which is slated to demonstrate the capability to deliver electricity – …
Lightbridge plutonium disposition fuel variant consumes 5.5 times more plutonium per fuel rod than mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel. Lightbridge’s proprietary next-generation nuclear fuel technology features metallic fuel rods with a helical multi-lobe design that can be used to fuel small modular reactors as well as existing light water reactors and pressurised heavy water reactors. The high …
Bloomberg News reports that Tesla China will be halting some production at Gigafactory Shanghai until the end of February. The facility has two phases that are used for vehicle manufacturing, and with the upgrades in motion, some workers in the first phase will reportedly not be allowed on production lines as soon as Sunday. According …
The White House said Tesla will open part of its U.S. charging network to electric vehicles (EVs) made by rivals as part of a $7.5 billion federal program to electrify the nation’s highways to cut carbon emissions. Tesla will make at least 7,500 chargers available for all EVs by the end of 2024, according to …
Elon Musk was interviewed at the World Government summit. Highlights: * Elon will stabilize Twitter financially and operationally and get a new Twitter CEO around the end of 2023. * The transition to clean sustainable energy (solar, batteries and EVs will take 20-30 years to fully play out and is gradual but profound transformation). * …
Ford has paused production and shipments of its electric F-150 Lightning pickup due to a potential battery issue, the company said Tuesday. The stop-shipment order and halt in production was issued at the beginning of last week. BREAKING: Ford has paused production and shipments of its electric F-150 Lightning pickup due to a potential battery …
The Oneida Energy Storage Project (1000 MWh) is the largest of its kind in Canada and amongst the largest in the world. It will provide a gigawatt-hour of much needed capacity to the Ontario grid, while prioritizing local Indigenous partnerships and environmental benefits. NRStor and Six Nations of the Grand River Development Corporation (“SNGRDC”) have …
The Tesla-PGE Virtual Power plant program pays $2 per kWh. I was paid $426 for my participation in 2022 in the program. My Powerwalls provide PGE with 213 kWh of emergency power. This over 20 hours of support over several power outages. There are over 5000 people signed up for VPP in Northern California. It …
Dillon Loomis reports from a credible source that the Tesla Megapack factory in Lathrop is currently producing 12 Megapacks per day. This would be over 1000 Megapacks per quarter and about 4.2 GWh per quarter. This would be 42% of the stated 40 GWH per year capacity of the factory. In volume sales, Tesla Megapacks …
Avalanche Energy published a research paper in an IEEE journal. Avalanche is a VC-backed, fusion energy start-up based in Seattle, WA. with about $51 million in funding. They are designing, testing and building fusion batteries small enough to hold in your hand. Their modular reactor design can be stacked like battery packs for a wide …
Helicity Space is making good progress fabricating key parts for their lab prototype of their nuclear fusion drive. This was described last month. Helicity Space has raised their seed round of over $3.5 million per Pitchbook but could have raised over $6 million. The first prototypes would be better than current electric drives. The ISP …
