谷歌追加投资 TAE Technologies 助力核聚变发电研发

Group 1 - TAE Technologies has completed a new funding round of $150 million, with investments from Google, Chevron, and New Enterprise, bringing total funding to approximately $1.8 billion, making it one of the leading fusion companies globally [1][3] - The company has made significant advancements in reactor technology, shifting from a method that relied on launching two plasma spheres to a more efficient approach that uses particle beams for plasma formation, heating, and stabilization [3] - TAE's reactor can currently generate plasma temperatures of up to 70 million degrees Celsius, with plans to increase this to 1 billion degrees Celsius for commercial applications, indicating ongoing exploration in the clean energy sector [4] Group 2 - TAE has a long-standing collaboration with Google, utilizing machine learning to optimize fusion device parameters, significantly reducing the time and number of experiments needed for optimization [3] - The introduction of artificial intelligence has decreased the optimization time from approximately two months and 1,000 experiments to just a few hours, showcasing the impact of technology on research efficiency [3]