Heat island
The reactor produces reliable heat; the market decides how much should become electricity.
Heat firstFirm power
Convert heat to electricity where reliability is paid.
MSBR power blocks should be sized around contracted demand, capacity value, and heat customer needs rather than forcing every thermal megawatt through a turbine.
Power value
Reliability changes the price signal
Electricity becomes compelling when customers pay for firmness, resilience, capacity, or avoided grid constraints.
HighCapacity factor
FirmContract profile
Power stack
The power island is a commercial module. It should be added when it improves the combined heat, capacity, and reliability value of the project.
Turbine conversionPower conversion is designed around heat customer priority and market price signals.
Capacity valueFirm output can earn premiums where intermittent supply cannot meet load growth.
Reliability contractsData centers, ports, campuses, and critical sites can value resilience above spot energy.
Grid servicesThermal storage and power conversion can support dispatch without moving the reactor aggressively.
Next: thermal storage
Storage is the bridge between steady reactor operation and variable customer demand.