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Grid firming & dispatchable power.
A grid running on variable renewables needs something firm underneath it. Steady-state fusion is a natural fit — it delivers continuous, dispatchable power rather than a weather-dependent average.
- Grid firming
- Supplying power on demand, not on weather
- Kronos machines
- Steady-state — firm by construction
- Complements
- Wind and solar, without their intermittency
- Also provides
- Grid inertia and stability services
As grids add variable wind and solar, they need firm capacity that can be dispatched when the weather does not cooperate. Batteries help for hours; firm generation covers the rest. Because the Kronos machines run steady-state, they supply firm, dispatchable power as a structural property, not an add-on.
A large synchronous fusion plant also provides grid inertia and stability services that inverter-based renewables do not, making it a complement to a renewable-heavy grid rather than a competitor.