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					</table><p>In a first, California-based Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (<a href="https://www.llnl.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LLNL</a>) National Ignition Facility (NIF) produced more energy from fusion ignition than the laser energy used to drive it, the U.S. Department of Energy (<a href="https://www.energy.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DOE</a>) said.</p>
<p>The technique in which two lighter nuclei merge to form a single heavier nucleus while releasing a large amount of energy is termed fusion. LLNL has been studying the use of lazer to induce fusion in a laboratory setting since 1960.</p>
<p>The milestone is a crucial breakthrough for a future with clean power. It will also aid research and developments in the country’s defense sector.</p>
<p>Nuclear power plants worldwide currently use fission, or the splitting of heavy atoms like uranium to release energy for electricity. On the contrary, a fusion power plant generates energy by fusing (blending/ joining) two atoms of deuterium and tritium, two isotopes of hydrogen which is the lightest element.</p>
<p>The DOE said that the discovery will provide useful insights into clean fusion energy and fuel the country’s efforts in achieving the goal of a carbon-free economy.</p>
<p>The experiment at National Ignition Facility (NIF) surpassed the fusion threshold and delivered 2.05 megajoules (MJ) of energy, yielding 3.15 MJ of fusion energy output. The DOE said that the results demonstrate a most fundamental scientific basis for inertial fusion energy (IFE).</p>
<p>LLNL Director Kim Budil said, “Crossing this threshold is the vision that has driven 60 years of dedicated pursuit— a continual process of learning, building, expanding knowledge and capability, and then finding ways to overcome the new challenges that emerged.”</p>
<p>Given the potential of IFE system in decarbonization, the DOE with the private-sector investment has restarted a coordinated IFE program in the U.S. to drive fusion commercialization.</p>
<p>U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm observed, “The Biden-Harris Administration is committed to supporting our world-class scientists—like the team at NIF—whose work will help us solve humanity’s most complex and pressing problems, like providing clean power to combat climate change and maintaining a nuclear deterrent without nuclear testing.”</p>
<p>According to the Energy Information Administration, power generated from renewable sources totaled 795 million MWh in the U.S. in 2021, <a href="https://mercomindia.com/renewable-energy-generation-surpassed-nuclear/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">surpassing</a> the 778 million MWh of electric power generated from nuclear reactors.</p>
<p>In August, the U.S. <a href="https://mercomindia.com/us-to-invest-23-billion-for-clean-energy-deployment/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> two programs that will drive more than $23 billion in investments to expand the capacity of the power grid and deploy cheaper, cleaner energy. They include measures to save nuclear power plants from retiring, which provide the nation’s biggest share of carbon-free electricity.</p>
<div class="saboxplugin-wrap" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" itemscope itemprop="author"><div class="saboxplugin-tab"><div class="saboxplugin-gravatar"></div><div class="saboxplugin-authorname"><a href="https://cms.mercomindia.com/author/gourav-mishra/" class="vcard author" rel="author"><span class="fn">Gourav Mishra</span></a></div><div class="saboxplugin-desc"><div itemprop="description"><div class="designboxt">
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<p>The Central Power Research Institute (CPRI) will soon get a regional testing laboratory at Nashik, Maharashtra.</p>
<p>The Minister for Power, R.K. Singh, recently laid the foundation for the new center. CPRI is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Power and serves as an independent third-party testing laboratory. It was established in 1960 and has its headquarters in Bangalore.</p>
<p>The Nashik lab will benefit the manufacturers of electrical equipment in the western region as they can test their products close to their manufacturing units. This would also reduce the turnaround time and overhead cost.</p>
<p>The testing lab at Nashik will have on line short circuit test facilities for transformers, miniature circuit breakers, contactors, switch fuse unit, panels, busducts and current transformers. In addition, facilities are being established for energy meters (both smart meter and conventional meter).</p>
<p><a href="https://mercomindia.com/confusion-bis-certification-inverters/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Recently</a>, Mercom published a report that highlighted the lack of testing facilities in the country and how it is creating problems for solar inverter manufacturers in getting their products tested and getting compulsory registration with the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) for the implementation of the government order titled <strong><em>Solar Photovoltaics Systems, Devices and Component Goods Order 2017</em></strong>.</p>
<p><a href="https://mercomindia.com/deadline-bis-certification-solar-inverters-extended/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Later</a>, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (<a href="http://mnre.gov.in/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MNRE</a>) considered the issue and extended the deadline for BIS certification of solar inverters by six months.</p>
<p><a href="https://mercomindia.com/mnre-issues-national-lab-policy-renewable-energy-testing-certification/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">In December 2017</a>, MNRE had issued National Lab Policy to improve the quality and reliability of renewable energy projects in India. The policy was aimed to create a robust and efficient system of testing, standardization, and certification for the renewable energy sector.</p>
<p><a href="https://mercomindia.com/lab-policy-solar-project-delays/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">In March 2018</a>, Mercom reported that the National Lab Policy could slow down project commissioning due to lack of testing centers.</p>
<p>Joerg Althaus, Regional Field Manager Solar – India, Middle East, Africa and Germany of <a href="https://www.tuv.com/india/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TUV Rheinland</a> had stated in <a href="https://mercomindia.com/mobile-solar-module-testing-vans-tuv-rheinland/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">an interview with Mercom </a>last year that mobile solar module testing vans have higher uncertainty of measurement.</p>
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Central Power Research Institute to Soon Get a New Test Lab in Maharashtra’s Nashik District

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