TAE's first commercial 50 MWe fusion power plant using beam-driven field-reversed-configuration plasma and hydrogen-boron fusion.
Key designs complete. Construction planned for late 2026; first power targeted for 2031.
Updated 6 Aug 2026Checked 10 Oct0 updates this week
A toroidal ring of plasma holds itself together with its own magnetic field. No external magnetic coils needed like tokamaks.
High-energy neutral atoms are fired into the plasma ring, adding energy and spin. The beams can form and sustain the plasma without external electromagnets.
Protons from hydrogen fuse with boron-11 nuclei to produce helium-4 with very few neutrons, reducing radioactive waste and material activation.
Fusion heat drives a conventional steam or supercritical-CO2 turbine cycle to generate electricity at grid scale.
| Spec | Da Vinci |
|---|---|
| Plant capacity | 50 MW electricalR (reported) |
| Primary fuel | Hydrogen-boron (proton-B11)R (reported) |
| TMTG commitment (post-merger) | Up to $300M in cashR (reported) |
R reported by the company
TAE Technologies
Beam-driven FRC fusion, p-B11, Norman, Copernicus
California fusion company, founded in 1998, that keeps plasma rings (FRCs) hot with particle beams. It aims for proton-boron fuel that gives off almost no neutrons. In Dec 2025 it agreed an all-stock merger with Trump Media & Technology Group valued at over $6B.
