Got any sources on that? I would love to learn about some new tech in electricity generation.

It’s funny (in a sad and sardonic sense) - I pay attention to the energy industry and the outcry over data centers has got me watching these generators closely. If they deliver on their promises, they could represent a great way to deliver on mirror-based solar reactors in areas with limited water resources. (And to recapture and use waste heat from the servers of data centers.)

Society is on the precipice of investing a lot into increasing energy generation for data centers that have to be near the same sorts of resources that people need - fresh water, environs conductive to generating power, stable (enough) climates. But this technology is arriving/set to reach adoption just in time for this boom-bust cycle. All those data centers in populated areas already have a timer ticking for when the shell corps have their rugs pulled.

At some point you are going to need steam to spin a turbine to generate enough energy to compress the CO2.

So line a nuclear fusion containment chamber with photovoltaic cells?

I'll believe it when I see it. They have so many material science challenges ahead of them and aren't very forthcoming with progress.

Feels like putting the cart before the horse there.