TAE Technologies
United States · Foothill Ranch, CAFounded 1998Plant developerFF003
Design point published with independent technical backing
Data confidence: High
Overview
- Confinement
- FRC (advanced beam-driven)
- Fuel cycle
- p-B11 (D-T/D-D interim)
- Development stage
- Prototype operating
- Key milestone
- Multi-state US site evaluation for first 50MWe plant, Mar 2026
- Target first commercial power
- Early 2030s
- Notes
- Merging with TMTG (Nasdaq: DJT); site criteria include 20+ acres and primary distribution grid access.
Design point
- Design net power
- 50 MWMWe (first plant, design target)
- Reactor island volume
- PENDING
- Time-averaged power density
- —pending volume
- Evidence grade
- E3
- Grade rationale
- Beam-driven FRC physics basis published across multiple peer-reviewed papers; net-power design not yet demonstrated.
Funding
- Lifetime funding
- US$ 1,350M
- Latest round
- Merger financing w/ Trump Media & Technology Group, announced Dec 2025
- Key investors
- Google, Chevron, Wellcome Trust, Kuwait Investment Authority, Sumitomo
Siting
- Flagship site
- Under evaluation — multiple US states
- Siting status
- Active site evaluation (not yet named)
- Offtake / PPA
- None disclosed
Grid fit
The metric set that maps onto ex-battery sites. Pending cells are open questions for the company.
- As of
- August 9, 2026Medium
- Footprint (ha, FOAK)
- 20+ acres minimum stated for initial site
- Cooling type
- PENDING
- Grid connection class
- Primary distribution grid access required per stated site criteria
- Startup import load
- PENDING
- Conversion type
- PENDING
- Ramp capability
- PENDING
- Notes
- Stated site criteria: 20+ acre minimum, primary distribution grid access, skilled-labour proximity.
Sources
As listed in the Phase-0 Master Index; URLs to be added during right-of-reply.
- GlobeNewswire, Jan 2026company_primary · Company press release · press-release wire
- PRNewswire, Mar 2026company_primary · Company press release · press-release wire
As of: August 9, 2026