How much electricity does one MetroVolt produce?
At its frozen design point, a full-length MetroVolt delivers roughly +2832 MWe net — enough for a large city or a hyperscale data-center campus. The exact figure follows from its length.
- MetroVolt length
- ≈ 1400 m central cell
- Fusion power
- ≈ 13.7 GW
- Net electric
- ≈ +2832 MWe
- Why this number
- Net power scales with mirror length
MetroVolt is the long form of the Kronos burner. Because a tandem mirror's gain and cleanliness are set by plasma conditions but its total power scales with how long the central cell is, output is essentially a length choice. At the frozen Mode M closing point, a ~1400 m MetroVolt produces about 13.7 GW of fusion power and delivers roughly +2832 MWe net to the grid.
Its shorter sibling, Aegis (~440 m), delivers about +850 MWe from the same physics. The 55 m reference point delivers about +104 MWe. Same machine, three lengths — see how net power scales with length.