Dreamers see these racks as 5 megawatts for each enclosure as shown.
Historically, Rossi doubles the energy output per cubic space each generation of machine, and he generally does an upgrade generation a year, generally speaking. So I can see them becoming 10 megawatts per enclosure within the first few retrofit upgrades at the "change out the worn out cores" stages (which happens every year now).
We are at the very early "first expansion into commercial reality" stage. When Westinghouse was at that stage with Tesla, it was at the Niagara Falls hydroelectric station and the first turbine powered (brushed commutator) AC generators. Station #1 was
very primitive compared to Station #2, ditto compared to Station #3.
New tech gets better VERY quickly .....
Coal power production, the digging, transporting, ash disposal, ongoing plant maintenance is actually very expensive compared to what Rossi has already accomplished.
And Rossi and crew will only get better at it. So far Rossi only claims up front about half of what the equipment can actually do and on top of that he provides for ample spare cores for downtime maintenance.
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What has become clear is that a single "expert operator" still has to attend the existing level of Rossi Tech when it is installed on a major user site. Once a site and a level load pattern is established then that site's software can be hand-tuned to optimize that site's COP.
Only by doing it, can the excitement optimization (over the full one year wear life of a reactor rod) be laid down in code. It is hoped that the new reactor refinements and control refinements will allow a more stable and generic start up and first run, but it is suspected each major plant will run slightly differently over the long haul as the isotopes within each rod will mature at different rates based on usage rates / load rates.
This is still old Ford Model A level equipment, after 3-4 years of run time Rossi and crew will know enough to perhaps go to the Model T level and perhaps be solid enough to sell the tech widely worldwide without on site keepers.
Last major plant I worked at had an AC Tech that worked for the AC company who had a workshop up on the roof of the plant. He attended the very large R12 refrigerant (1960's vintage) spiral compressors that those chiller plants utilized as he had to rebuild them on the spot in a endless dance to keep ahead of the summer heat.
Same plant had a live in controls tech who worked for the controls company (same 1960's vintage stuff) because the controls needed constant calibration and repair to keep the plant running 24/7. The tech really wasn't reliable enough, and since it was an integral part of their fixed capital equipment they were stuck with it.
What pays for the required technician? 2-3 times lower energy cost compared to existing options like gas or coal. This level of return is easily twice as good as the required $$$ profit financial bean picker would approve capital dollars for --- enough to pay for the technician and the yearly reactor and controls replacement as the tech matures year on year on year.
Mind you, Rossi tech won't spread out radically until the technician is no longer required to be on site, so you can see why Rossi is adamant he will TRY TRY AGAIN to redo the design to try to get there inside of one year, one pass.
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