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Sat, 28 Mar 2026 14:39:05 +0000

Fusion, Fission, and Gas Are Tied for 2035 Grid Power — And Solar Might Beat Them All

AI ate the power grid’s lunch. Now three energy sources are racing to feed a planet that can’t build turbines fast enough.

GE Vernova’s gas turbine backlog: 80 GW deep, sold out through 2030. Commonwealth Fusion Systems’ first commercial reactor: 400 MW in Virginia, early 2030s. Solar + battery cost per MWh: $50–$130 — already overlapping all three.

For the first time in decades, nobody knows what’s going to keep the lights on in 2035. Not the utilities. Not the regulators. Not the folks at 3 AM staring at capacity forecasts and wondering if they chose the wrong career. The old answer was always gas. Now? It’s a genuine three-horse race — and a dark horse with solar panels is gaining on the outside.

🧩 Dumb Mode Dictionary (click for more details) 📖 How We Got Here (click for more details) 🔬 The Three Contenders (click for more details) 📊 The Numbers That Matter (click for more details) 🗣️ What The Industry Is Saying (click for more details) 🌍 Why This Affects You Specifically (click for more details)

Cool. The Grid Needs a Miracle by 2035. Now What the Hell Do We Do? ಠ_ಠ

⚡ Hustle 1: Become an Energy Storage Installer Before the Rush (click for more details) 🔧 Hustle 2: Build Energy Monitoring Dashboards for SMEs (click for more details) 📊 Hustle 3: Nuclear/Energy Workforce Recruiting and Consulting (click for more details) 💡 Hustle 4: EV Battery Second-Life Reselling (click for more details) 🛠️ Follow-Up Actions (click for more details)

Quick Hits

Want to… | Do this
Understand the real costs | Read Lazard’s free LCOE+ report — it’s the industry bible
Get into energy careers | Nuclear/SMR jobs: 150–250 per reactor, six-figure salaries, 30-year career runway
Build something now | ESP32 + Grafana energy dashboards — $50 hardware, sell for $95/mo/site
Follow the money | Watch CFS ($3B raised), Kairos (Google deal), TerraPower (Bill Gates, Wyoming)
Bet on the dark horse | Solar + 4hr battery: $50–$130/MWh unsubsidized. Already cheaper than new gas.

The grid doesn’t care about your favorite energy source. It cares about what shows up on time, under budget, and doesn’t blow up. Right now, that’s nobody — and everybody.

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