Henry Harrell"s Blog: April 14 Green Energy News

Headline News:

Italian energy group Eni is considering stepping up its nuclear rusion investment. Nuclear fusion is a technology considered so uncertain that Eni remains the only global oil company prepared to bet on it. This happens just as the falling cost of solar and wind power and a shift to electric vehicles raise doubts over long-term demand for oil. [Reuters]

Fusion experiment at MIT (Bob Mumgaard | Plasma Science and Fusion Center | Handout via Reuters)

Ireland’s power system is the first in the world capable of delivering 65% of all electricity from variable sources including wind. EirGrid said it had achieved “record levels” of variable renewable energy after successful completion of a five-month trial. It said the all-island power system was the first in the world to reach this level. [Independent.ie]
Wisconsin’s largest coal-fired power plant, We Energies’ Oak Creek generating facility on the Lake Michigan shoreline south of Milwaukee, burns about 12,000 tons of coal each day. As it arrives by the trainload and sits in large piles, black coal dust blows into nearby neighborhoods. There is concern among residents. [Wisconsin Public Radio News]
This week, New York Gov Andrew Cuomo announced up to $15 million in funding available for grid modernization projects. Also this week, the NYPA’s Board of Trustees approved a $9.3 million sensor deployment program aimed at transforming the state’s grid; it is the first phase of a multi-stage program that will cost $55 million. [Utility Dive]
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled against ExxonMobil in the company’s bid to block the state’s attorney general from obtaining records to investigate whether the company knew about the role fossil fuels play in climate change. It ruled that the AG has jurisdiction to investigate climate-related offenses by Exxon. [Insіdеr Cаr Nеws]

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