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Xcimer Energy · Site to be selected · USA (other)DEVELOPER HEALTHWATCH
400 MW laser fusion pilot plant; DOE's milestone program approved its preconceptual design and roadmap in June 2026. Site to be determined.
Power
400 MW
Fusion · First commercial
Storage
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energy capacity
Online
Mid-2030s
approximate target
Capital committed
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closed or awarded
Capital pending
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conditional or under review
How it works
Lasers or pulsed power crush a tiny fuel pellet from every side in billionths of a second, so it fuses before it can fly apart. A power plant would repeat this several times a second.
OPEN IN 3D →No project-level financing disclosed yet.
Grid connection, permits, contractors and cost not researched yet for this project.
Not yet named
STEP 2/4 · AT RISK REBCO superconducting tapeHigh-temperature superconducting magnets use a rare-earth barium copper oxide layer.
STEP 3/3 · WATCH Copper-intensive technologiesMagnet coils and stabilizers; also every grid and transmission project.
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