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CFS orders over 10,000 km of superconducting tape from Fujikura for ARC plants
Commonwealth Fusion Systems signed a long-term supply agreement with Fujikura for high-temperature superconducting tape, which both companies call the largest single HTS tape purchase order to date. The tape is the raw material for the magnets in CFS's compact ARC fusion plants, the first of which is planned for Virginia. The price was not disclosed.
- Volume: more than 10,000 km (3 GA-m) of tape under the long-term supply agreement.
- Fujikura will invest to expand its manufacturing capacity; the investment amount and timeline were not disclosed.
- The first grid-scale ARC plant is planned for the Fall Line Fusion Power Station in Chesterfield County, Virginia.
- CEO Bob Mumgaard tied ARC execution to SPARC reaching Q>1, a milestone the announcement does not report as reached.
- Fujikura's CEO called the deal a long-term business platform for the 2030s and beyond.