Most fusion concepts end in a boiler. MetroVolt's D-³He cycle delivers the majority of its power in charged particles and radiation, so the plant harvests through a multi-modal train: direct electrostatic conversion, radiation-to-electric surfaces, and a compact bottoming cycle.
The deposited Table-22 power ledger runs the plant end-to-end on two postures. Conservative (unchanneled): 2,409 MW fusion yields 1.18 GW gross electric and 0.61 GW net, engineering gain Q_eng = 2.1. With the bounded proton-channeling credit: 1.34 GW gross, 0.84 GW net, Q_eng = 2.7. Every intermediate line — 312 → 183 MWe direct-converter chain, 894/410 MW bottoming split — is printed and reproducible.
Direct conversion of charged-particle streams at high efficiency has experimental heritage in plasma direct converters; MetroVolt's contribution is an integrated, gated design that never books credit beyond what its own exhaust-physics analysis (S51/S65) supports.
Skipping the full steam detour raises plant efficiency and deletes cost: less turbine hall, less cooling infrastructure, faster load response. The two-posture ledger gives buyers a floor and an upside on the same machine — and the floor already clears commercial thresholds.
| Net electric (conservative) | 0.61 GWe · Q_eng 2.1 |
| Net electric (channeled) | 0.84 GWe · Q_eng 2.7 |
| Gross electric | 1.18 / 1.34 GW |
| Fusion power basis | 2,409 MW (frozen point) |
| Ledger | Table 22, line-by-line, deposited |