Google on Monday announced an association with Commonwealth Fusion Systems, or CFS, a private company separated from the Massachusetts Technology Institute, which marks the technological giant′S First commercial commitment to Fusion.
The company presented plans to buy 200 megawatts of clean fusion energy of what CFS describes how the first fusion plant at the world’s grid scale, known as ARC, based in Chesterfield County, Virginia.
ARC is expected to connect online and generate 400 megawatts of clean zero carbon power in the early 2030, which is sufficient energy to feed large industrial sites or approximately 150,000 homes, according to CFS. The agreement also gives Google the option to buy additional arc plants energy.
Google, who has invested in CFS since 2021, said it also increased its participation in the Devens company, based in Massachusetts.
Google and CFS did not reveal the financial terms.
“We are excited to make a long -term commitment in a technology with transformative potential to meet the world’s energy demand and support SFCs in their effort to achieve their scientific and engineers needed to get there,” said Michael Terrell, head of advanced energy in Google, in a statement.
Fusion is a process that takes light atomic nuclei and heats them to more than 100 million degrees Celsius. At these temperatures, the fuel becomes a plasma, which eventually causes the nuclei to merge and release significant amounts of energy. Then the energy is captured to create electricity without carbon.
CFS is one of the many companies that run to achieve merger energy at a commercial scale and Google has invested in others. Earlier this month, Google announced continuous funds for Tae Technologies, an Energy Company based in California.
