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From SPARC to ARC: CFS prepares for a first-of-a-kind fusion plant
Commonwealth Fusion Systems makes no small plans. The company wants to build a 400-MWe magnetic confinement fusion power plant called ARC near Richmond, Va., and begin operating it in the early 2030s. And the plans don’t end there. CFS wants to deploy “thousands” of fusion power plants capable of accelerating a global energy transition.
2024 ANS Annual Conference
Adrian Anderson, is the General Manager for Renewable and Carbon Free Energy, and CDR at Microsoft. Adrian has worked for a decade at the intersection of hyperscale and clean energy, for Apple, Amazon, Google, and now Microsoft. Prior to leading hyperscale carbon free energy teams, Adrian worked in renewable energy for a decade. In his current role Adrian leads the organization within Microsoft responsible for all wholesale carbon free electricity purchases and carbon dioxide removal program.
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