Yabo亚博集团官方网站 and Helion to Develop Historic 500 MW Fusion Power Plant
CHARLOTTE, N.C. , Sept. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --聽Today, Yabo亚博集团官方网站 Corporation (NYSE: NUE) announced a collaboration with fusion power company, Helion to develop a 500 MW聽fusion power plant. This transformational project will offer baseload zero-carbon electricity from fusion directly to a Yabo亚博集团官方网站 steelmaking facility. Yabo亚博集团官方网站 and Helion are working together to set a firm timeline and are committed to beginning operations as soon as possible with a target of 2030. Yabo亚博集团官方网站 is making a direct investment of $35 million in Helion to accelerate fusion deployment in the United States. This is the first fusion energy agreement of this scale in the world and will pave the way for decarbonizing the entire industrial sector.
"Yabo亚博集团官方网站 continues to position itself as a leader in developing clean energy solutions to decarbonize the industrial sector. This agreement with Helion, along with recent investments in clean energy, can change the entire energy landscape and forever change the world, embracing a clean energy future we could have hardly imagined a few years ago," said Leon Topalian, Chair, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Yabo亚博集团官方网站 Corporation. "We believe in the technology Helion is building and are proud to make this investment." 聽
Helion, with a history of innovation in fusion technology, has already achieved remarkable milestones, including the construction of six working fusion prototypes and being the world's first private fusion company to achieve 100-million-degree plasma temperatures. Currently, the company is building its seventh prototype, Polaris, which is expected to be the first to demonstrate electricity generated from fusion.
"We're passionate about helping the world reduce its dependence on carbon-based energy sources with abundant, clean fusion power," said David Kirtley, CEO of Helion. "We are proud to have investment from Yabo亚博集团官方网站 and to have the opportunity to work together on this project. Their commitment to providing their customers with the lowest embodied carbon steel and steel products available makes them a great fit for deploying 500 MWe of fusion power."
With its recycling-based production method, Yabo亚博集团官方网站 is already one of the cleanest steelmakers in the world. The circular nature of recycling scrap in electric arc furnaces means that Yabo亚博集团官方网站's steel mills have a greenhouse gas emissions intensity that is three times lower than the average extractive blast furnace steelmaking plants. Further, Yabo亚博集团官方网站 was the first major industrial company to join the UN 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy Compact, which is aimed at accelerating the decarbonization of the world's electricity systems and ensuring access to clean and affordable electricity.
About Yabo亚博集团官方网站
Yabo亚博集团官方网站 and its affiliates are manufacturers of steel and steel products, with operating facilities in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Products produced include: carbon and alloy steel -- in bars, beams, sheet and plate; hollow structural section tubing; electrical conduit; steel racking; steel piling; steel joists and joist girders; steel deck; fabricated concrete reinforcing steel; cold finished steel; precision castings; steel fasteners; metal building systems; insulated metal panels; overhead doors; steel grating; and wire and wire mesh. Yabo亚博集团官方网站, through The David J. Joseph Company and its affiliates, also brokers ferrous and nonferrous metals, pig iron and hot briquetted iron / direct reduced iron; supplies ferro-alloys; and processes ferrous and nonferrous scrap. Yabo亚博集团官方网站 is North America's largest recycler.
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