Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

The company’s millimeter wave drilling system is approaching a depth of 1 km at its Central Texas site. The recent funding is earmarked for Project Obsidian in Central Oregon, which Quaise calls the world’s first commercial superhot geothermal power plant.

The strategic agreement puts the partners’ joint activities on a more certain path to connecting the first fusion power plant based on magnetic confinement to the electrical grid by early 2030.

One of the problems with geothermal is that the rock that is hot enough to create the steam needed to run a power plant is also capable of destroying drilling hardware.

Their model’s predictions should help researchers improve ocean climate simulations and hone the design of offshore structures.

MIT Professor Aleksander Madry strives to build machine-learning models that are more reliable, understandable, and robust.