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100 MW of 24/7 power: Virtus Solis to send 876,000 MWh a year into Illinois

Space-based solar power startup Virtus Solis Technologies will supply 100 megawatts of continuous, round-the-clock orbital...

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October 2, 2026
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100 MW of 24/7 power: Virtus Solis to send 876,000 MWh a year into Illinois

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A Texas drilling permit clears the way for a full-scale test of deep borehole technology designed for nuclear waste disposal.

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NANO Nuclear plans to acquire licensed US technology for depleted uranium processing in a $13.5 million transaction.

The innovative method utilizes controlled thermal stress.

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Valar has applied to lease both state and federal lands.

NNSA tests underground “decoupled” explosion to refine sensors and algorithms for detecting concealed nuclear tests.

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CFS is building SPARC, which is a prototype designed to prove net energy gain.

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The compact design uses less land and water, letting utilities scale capacity incrementally with demand.

The synthetic fuel can be blended with conventional jet fuel at concentrations up to 50 percent.

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The factory will produce thousands of missile motors annually.

A selective catalyst could turn lignin into jet fuel components.

The experiment was carried out using ENN Group’s EXL-50U spherical tokamak.

Hertha’s 10,000-ton plant will target a key US magnet supply gap with a process claiming 25% lower steel production costs.