Elon Musk's on 'big clean energy debate': Even if you burned four Jupiters, the Sun would still …
Elon Musk is once again supporting solar energy . The Tesla CEO recently slammed companies working towards developing small fusion reactors on Earth. In a post shared on microblogging site X (formerly Twitter), the wealthiest man in the world called nuclear fusion reactor construction on the planet
thus consistently supporting solar energy in light of ongoing conversations on using solar energy for orbital data centres. He called the Sun an
and to emphasise the star’s power advantage, Musk said,
His comments clearly position solar energy as the ultimate, free and readily available power source.
In his X post, Musk wrote:
He also called on firms participating in the debate on clean energy to stop throwing money into smaller versions of reactors. In this case, he stated they should realise they were engaging in pet physics projects. Such a comment placed Earth-centric fusion in the spotlight as an expensive and unnecessary side project for utilising energy from the natural reactor in the solar system.
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Musk's statements come at a time when top technology firms in Silicon Valley are investing in nuclear fusion. Commonwealth Fusion Systems recently announced a $863 million investment, with chip manufacturer Nvidia among its investors.
Recently, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) also noted that
In October, a new
issued by the US Department of Energy outlined how such energy could be incorporated into America’s energy mix by the early 2030s.
said Jean Paul Allain, associate director of the department's Office of Fusion Energy Sciences.
Artificial intelligence (AI) can also strongly support an objective such as this. The US Department of Energy recently announced a national strategy to accelerate the development of fusion energy.
Google DeepMind and fusion energy company Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) recently unveiled a research collaboration to fast-track the development of a power grid-ready, commercially available fusion energy solution.
wrote Google DeepMind's fusion team in a blog post.
Even US Energy Secretary Chris Wright has emphasised the role of AI, saying it holds promise in facilitating breakthroughs in materials research, digital simulation of stellar nuclear fusion, and molecular dynamics.
Wright added.
thus consistently supporting solar energy in light of ongoing conversations on using solar energy for orbital data centres. He called the Sun an
His comments clearly position solar energy as the ultimate, free and readily available power source.
In his X post, Musk wrote:
He also called on firms participating in the debate on clean energy to stop throwing money into smaller versions of reactors. In this case, he stated they should realise they were engaging in pet physics projects. Such a comment placed Earth-centric fusion in the spotlight as an expensive and unnecessary side project for utilising energy from the natural reactor in the solar system.
How other Silicon Valley players are betting on nuclear energy
Musk's statements come at a time when top technology firms in Silicon Valley are investing in nuclear fusion. Commonwealth Fusion Systems recently announced a $863 million investment, with chip manufacturer Nvidia among its investors.
Recently, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) also noted that
issued by the US Department of Energy outlined how such energy could be incorporated into America’s energy mix by the early 2030s.
said Jean Paul Allain, associate director of the department's Office of Fusion Energy Sciences.
Artificial intelligence (AI) can also strongly support an objective such as this. The US Department of Energy recently announced a national strategy to accelerate the development of fusion energy.
Google DeepMind and fusion energy company Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) recently unveiled a research collaboration to fast-track the development of a power grid-ready, commercially available fusion energy solution.
Even US Energy Secretary Chris Wright has emphasised the role of AI, saying it holds promise in facilitating breakthroughs in materials research, digital simulation of stellar nuclear fusion, and molecular dynamics.
Wright added.
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