Eni announced on Wednesday that CFS, a
spin-out company of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
that the Italian energy giant is a major shareholder in, has
made a breakthrough towards achieving magnetic confinement
fusion.
It said CFS (Commonwealth Fusion Systems) has successfully
completed a test aiming to demonstrate the operation of the
innovative magnet for plasma fusion confinement, for the first
time made with HTS (High Temperature Superconductor) technology.
Magnetic confinement fusion, a technology never tested or
applied on an industrial scale before, reproduces the principles
through which the Sun generates its own energy, ensuring an
enormous quantity of it with zero emissions.
It is potentially a safe, sustainable and inexhaustible energy
source and the breakthrough could be a turning point in the path
towards decarbonization.
Eni said that CFS intends to build the first experimental device
with net energy production named SPARC by 2025, followed by the
first demonstration plant, known as ARC, which could start
feeding energy into the grid over the next decade.
"For Eni, magnetic confinement fusion holds a pivotal role in
the technological research for decarbonization, as it will
consent humanity to access large quantities of energy produced
in a safe, clean and virtually inexhaustible way, without
emissions and changing for good energy generation standards,
while contributing to an epochal breakthrough in the direction
of human progress and quality of life," said Eni CEO Claudio
Descalzi in a statement .
"The extraordinary result obtained during the test once again
demonstrates the strategic importance of our research
partnerships in the energy sector and consolidates our
contribution to the development of game changer technologies".
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