“Copernicus is expected to demonstrate the viability of net energy generation using TAE's advanced beam-driven FRC approach before the end of the decade.”
Private fusion energy developer (CEO Michl Binderbauer); company press release on Nature Communications results from its Norm machine
Said Apr 15, 2025Deadline Dec 31, 2029TAE Technologies press release, 'TAE Technologies Delivers Fusion Breakthrough that Dramatically Reduces Cost of a Future Power Plant', April 15, 2025
TAE has since said its smaller Norm machine performed well enough to 'leapfrog' the originally planned device, so the configuration that must show net-energy viability by 2029 may change; the milestone itself remains unmet.