From the Sun to the Grid
TAE says it has built and operated five experimental reactors and plans to begin construction in 2026 on what it calls the world’s first utility-scale fusion power plant. The initial facility is expected to generate about 50 megawatts, enough electricity to supply tens of thousands of homes, with larger plants planned down the line.
Fusion power works by fusing atomic nuclei — a process that promises vast energy with none of the long-lived radioactive waste or meltdown risks associated with conventional nuclear plants. The challenge: no fusion project has yet proven itself at commercial scale.
TAE is not alone in the race. Companies such as Commonwealth Fusion Systems are also developing reactors and targeting grid-connected facilities in the coming decade.
Leadership and Vision
The combined company will be led by co-chief executives: Trump Media CEO Devin Nunes and TAE CEO Michl Binderbauer.
“Fusion power will be the most dramatic energy breakthrough since the onset of commercial nuclear energy in the 1950s,” Nunes said in the announcement, framing the deal as a marriage of capital access and advanced energy technology.
Binderbauer said the company is eager to move from theory to terrain. “We’re excited to identify our first site and begin deploying this revolutionary technology that we expect to fundamentally transform America’s energy supply,” he said.
