Chapter 954 - Nuclear Fusion Power Station (2/2)

At the same time, the same cheers also happened on the Lunar Colony hundreds of thousands of kilometers away.

A steady stream of electricity was transferred from the nuclear fusion generator to various parts of the colony, replacing solar generators that had to rest for two weeks after four weeks. The reaction temperature reached its limit and the fusion reaction could continue as long as the supply of fuel in the reaction chamber was maintained.

Although the tens of millions of degrees of high temperature was startling, this generator was far safer than the generator set of any nuclear power plant in the world. The thermonuclear reaction between helium-3 and deunterium only generated protons without radioactivity, so the use of helium-3 as an energy source didn’t produce radiation, and even if an accident occured, the cost of rescue would be low.

In the worst case, due to the lack of oxygen on the Moon, and even if the reactor experienced a catstrohpic explosion, there would be no shock wave. The killing effect of nuclear weapons in a vacuum environment is extremely limited, far less intimidating than its TNT-equivalency.

“Congratulations.” Jiang Chen smiled and shook Kelvin’s hand. “Excellent execution.”

“Thanks to for your confidence.” Kelvin accepted the praise humbly.

After a pause, Jiang Chen continued.

“I intend to reorganize some of the business units of Celestial Trade.”

Kevlin looked at Jiang Chen, puzzled. He didn’t understand why he was telling him this. The Space Launch Center he managed was only a part of Celestial Trade and although it almost had no budget constraints, it was still owned by Celestial Trade.

Jiang Chen did not explain, but went on.

“The restructuring is mainly in the aerospace business. The rankings of the Space Launch Center will be cancelled and replaced by the newly established space department. The department is responsible for the Colonization Program and all projects in the group that involve the development of outer space resources.”

“And I hope that you can serve the manager of the space department,”

Kelvin took a moment to digest his word before he was overwhelmed by joy.

“Thank you for your trust, I will not let you down!”

Jiang Chen smiled and patted him on the shoulder.

“I believe you won’t let me down.”

…

In mid-February, Celestial Trade spent 2 billion XND to acquire Pannu Power Company, which supplied power to all of Pannu Islands, and changed its name to Global Power Company, integrating its power generation companies and power grid units in Xin.

At the same time, the engineering ship of Celestial Trade once again sailed to the equator and started construction under the base station of the space elevator. It was ambitiously preparing to build a submarine cable extending from the equator line to Ange Island and merge it into the national grid of Xin.

Everything was paving the way for long-distance power transmission for the lunar nuclear power plant.

Jiang Chen apparently was not satisfied with just the domestic electricity market. At the same time as the construction of the submarine cable, he engaged in negotiations with the governments of Moro and Country F to open up their own electricity market.

With almost no hurdles, Jiang Chen easily convinced these two countries. Both Country F and Moro had agreed to cooperate with Xin to build transnational submarine cables and integrate them into the national grid. The electricity cost of Country F was the highest in the world, and was the definition of the poor getting poorer. Of course, they couldn’t refuse Celestial Trade that could lower their electricity bill.

What’s more, they didn’t have the confidence to reject. The force of Celestial Trade had yet to complete its withdraw from City M.

As for Moro, Santos simply recognized himself as a younger brother, why would he refuse the request of the sovereign state? What’s more, the recent rise in oil prices meant that the oil import nation was facing an imminent energy crisis, how could he reject his savior Jiang Chen?

After wooing Country F and Moro, Jiang Chen then began discussions with Malayasia…