According to Japanese media reports, the federal fusion system company CFS will exhibit a full-scale model of the world's first fusion energy experimental reactor "SPARC" (diameter about 9 meters) at the Sky Pavilion in Tokyo Midtown (Roppongi) from September 2nd to 3rd. During this period, in addition to displaying fusion (nuclear fusion), free PET bottles containing hydrogen gas, the fuel for fusion energy, will be distributed to visitors.
CFS is a startup that designs and develops fusion energy generators using a magnetic confinement system (tokamak type). The company announced its plan to build the world's first commercial fusion energy reactor "ARC" in Virginia, USA, and plans to start operation in the first half of the 2030s.
On August 29th, a consortium composed of 12 Japanese companies including Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsubishi Shoji, and NTT raised 863 million US dollars (about 11.84 billion yen). Since the B-round financing of 1.8 billion US dollars in 2021, it has been the largest financing in deep tech and energy companies. CFS has so far raised about 3 billion US dollars, accounting for about one-third of the total investment in private fusion companies worldwide.
Additionally, all 12 companies in the consortium issued statements on September 2nd regarding this investment.
The Japanese alliance obtained policy, regulatory, and technical and business knowledge related to the development, construction, operation, and maintenance of ARC from CFS's commercialization project in the United States. By integrating the expertise and knowledge of each company, our goal is to quickly commercialize and industrialize fusion energy power generation in Japan.
It is said that the cooperation between the Japanese consortium and CFS represents a joint partnership between Japan and the United States to accelerate the development and commercialization of fusion energy, reflecting the strong desire and growing momentum of both countries to commercialize it as soon as possible.
One of the companies participating in the alliance, NTT DoCoMo Ventures, invested in fusion power generation, an next-generation energy with less environmental impact, as part of NTT Group's IOWN concept.
Fujikura also established a partnership with CFS to provide high-temperature superconducting wire. The company's high-temperature superconducting wire is used in high-temperature superconducting magnets to capture and control plasma at about 100 million degrees Celsius, as they can achieve high current characteristics and high strength even under high magnetic fields.
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