Some of the leading stories that we featured here at
FreeEnergyNews.com over the past year, showing that there is hope for an ailing
planet.
Reverse Chronological Sequence
How
to Help / Recycling
/ Waste-to-Energy
/ Conservation
> The Story of Stuff - Brilliant, entertaining, must-see, 20-minute video/cartoon by Annie
Leonard describes the problems with the status quo linear supply
chain, driven by consumerism, which is unsustainable and
self-destructive; and encourages a renewable, responsible, self-sustaining,
cyclical approach. (StoryofStuff.com)
(Thanks Chris
Patton)
Top
100: Waste-to-Energy
/ Alternative
Fuels > CPD
Process Turns Trash into Diesel Fuel - Green Power Inc has
developed a catalytic pressureless depolymerization (CPD) process they
call "NanoDiesel" that inexpensively converts biomass and
municipal waste into high quality diesel fuel, which could solve
the world's energy and waste problems at the same time, without
upsetting the CO2 balance. (PESWiki; Dec. 24)
Solar /Alternative
Fuels > Sandias Sunshine to Petrol project seeks fuel from thin air
-
Sandia National Laboratory has demonstrated proof of principle and is building a prototype reactor for recycling carbon dioxide into a liquid fuel.
S2P, "Sunshine to Petrol", has not been pursued with much vigor before, as experts thought it was technically or economically unviable.
(PESN; Dec. 21)
Top
100: Nuclear
> Toshiba Builds
Household Nuclear Reactor - Toshiba has developed a new class of nuclear reactor 100 times smaller than a standard reactor. These micro sized nuclear reactors could be used to power large houses, apartment blocks or some city blocks.
(PESWiki; Dec. 19)
Solar
> Thin
Film > First
CIGS thin-film panels shipped-
Nanosolarhas
started shipping thin-film solar panels, making it the first company
to market copper indium gallium selenide, or CIGS, solar products.
They are going to a solar power plant in Germany that will use
Nanosolar's Utility Panel to drive the cost efficiency of solar
electricity systems. (Cleantech; Dec. 18, 2007)
(Thanks John
Q. Public) (See Slashdot)
Nanotech
/ Batteries
> Nanowire
Battery Holds 10 Times The Charge - Stanford
researchers have found a way to use silicon nanowires to reinvent the
rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that power laptops, iPods, video
cameras, cell phones, and countless other devices. Could also be
applied to electric vehicles. (Science Daily; Dec. 20) (See Slashdot)
Solid
State > Elemental Rod Generator
- Two rods. One is composed of 73 elements, and the other, with 74 elements. An electrical charge apparently builds up in one of the rods because of this difference, creating enough potential to generate electricity
continuously due to neutrinos striking it differentially. (PESWiki;
Dec. 13) (Thanks Michael
Couch)
Batteries
> SCiB
electric vehicle battery charges in 5 minutes-
Toshiba is entering the electric vehicle battery market next March
with the release of the Super Charge ion Battery, or SCiB. It charges
90 percent full in 5 minutes, can last 10 years and loses less than 10
percent efficiency after 3,000 recharges. (AutoblogGreen; Dec.
11, 2007)
(Thanks John
Q. Public)
Top
100: Solar
> Concentrated
> SkyFuel's
Linear Power Tower- The Linear Power
Tower (LPT) is a concentrating solar power system for utility-scale solar thermal power plants. LPT is a
high-temperature linear Fresnel system with molten salt storage. (PESWiki; Dec.
15, 2007)
(Thanks John
Q. Public)
Featured: Plasma
/ Nuclear
/ Batteries
> Arie
M. De Geus' AMDG Scientific Corp - The late Mr. DeGeus
discovered novel energy generating technologies, all of which feature
over-unity energy production, relating to fractional hydrogen,
low-energy nuclear transmutations, electrodynamics, torsion fields and
electro-gravitics. (PESWiki; Dec. 7, 2007)
Top
100: Batteries
/ Lighting
> Litroenergy
provides inexpensive, continuous, no-plug light - A glow-in-the dark paint company,
MPK Co, has come up with self-luminous micro particles called Litrospheres which they say are inexpensive, non-toxic, and will stay on for 12+ years (half-life point)
continuously -- without having to be plugged into any power source. (PESWiki;
Dec. 8)
Organizations > AERO
> Sterling
D. Allan Interviews Dr. Steven Greer (55 min;
mp3; 13 mb) -
Dr. Greer is the founder of the Disclosure
Project and a leading expert on UFO suppression and associated advanced,
clean energy technology sequestration. Greer also founded AERO to protect
and launch a revolutionary energy technology that meets the screening
criteria of 'self-running with at least 1 kW of usable electricity.' (Free
Energy Now; Dec. 3, 2007)
Top
100: Solar > Concentrated
> CoolEarth
>
Inflatable solar? Coolearth Concentrated Photovoltaics - Coolearth
Solar has patented a design for inflatable solar
collectors that are supposedly a cheaper way to concentrate sunlight onto
photovoltaic cells. They claim their design is up to 400 times cheaper
than polished aluminum mirrors. (TreeHugger; Dec. 6)
Ocean
Current > Gulf
Stream's Energy Could Provide Power to Florida-
The Center of Excellence in Ocean Energy Technology (CEOET)is
developing a device that could procure up to a third of Florida's
energy needs by tapping into the Gulf Stream's energy-dense waters. A
field of underwater turbines could provide as much energy as several
nuclear plants. (TreeHugger; Dec. 5, 2007)
(Thanks John
Q. Public)
Concentrated
Solar / High
Altitude Wind > Renewables
Cheaper than Coal - Google announced
a new initiative, known as RE<C, to develop electricity from
renewable energy sources that will be cheaper than electricity
produced from coal. They plan to spend tens of millions of dollars in
2008 on research and development and related efforts in renewable
energy. Two early bets include eSolar(solar
thermal power) and Makani
Power(high-altitude wind).
(EcoGeek; Nov. 27, 2007)
(Thanks John
Q. Public)
Wind
> High
Altitude > Football
Field-Sized Kite Powers Latest Freighter - A new freighter set to launch in December will be receiving a hefty dose of power from a kite the size of a football field. The 460-foot ship, owned by the Beluga shipping company, hopes to see as much as a 50% drop in fuel consumption during optimal conditions.
(Network World; Nov. 25) (See Slashdot
discussion)
Nuclear
> Portable Nuclear Battery in the Development Stages
-A portable nuclear reactor by Hyperion
Power Generation, which is about the size of a hot tub, could power up to 25,000 homes.
The generator, which would produce 27 megawatts worth of thermal energy,
is self-contained, involves no moving parts, is more like a battery. (Santa
Fe Reporter; Nov. 21) (See Slashdot
discussion) [Still produces hot radioactive waste.]
Biodiesel
> from
Algae > There's
Oil in That Slime - A group at the University of Minnesota are
in the race to turn algae into a commercially viable energy source by
developing ways to grow mass quantities of algae, identifying
promising strains and figuring out what they can make from the residue
that remains after the oil is removed. (PhysOrg; Nov. 29, 2007)
Top
100:
Solar
/ Thermal
Electric / Nanotech > Advanced
Diamond Solutions' amorphous nanostructures (Interview) -
Semiconductor industry company serendipitously developed thermionic solar cells using
amorphous diamond nanostructures that offer potential efficiencies of
50% at half the cost of silicon solar cells. Also has good promise as a thermal electric
generator. (PESWiki; Nov. 20)
Waste-to-Energy
/ Bioelectricity / Fuel Cells
> Waste
Water Plus Bacteria Make Hydrogen Fuel - Bacteria that feed on
vinegar and waste water zapped with a shot of electricity could produce a
clean hydrogen fuel to power vehicles that now run on petroleum. These microbial fuel cells can turn almost any biodegradable organic material into zero-emission hydrogen gas fuel.
(PESWiki; Nov. 13)
Top
100: Fuel
Efficiency Retrofits / Hydraulics
> Hydristor
Vision Statement - Inventor, Tom Kasmer, shares an overview of
his infinitely variable hydraulic pump technology for both improving
fuel economy on vehicles, as well as integrated into a heat pump
generator system for harvesting solar and other environmental heat
differentials as a primary energy source. (PESWiki; Nov. 16)
Suppression
> UFO Secrecy Implicates Clean Energy Tech Sequestering
- The Disclosure Project reports that government insiders have revealed the existence of a shadowy, highly classified, $100 billion/year program related to UFOs, including energy and propulsion systems that could solve the energy crisis.
(PESN; Nov. 17)
Store / Conservation
> Hy-Tech
ceramic paint additive has insulating properties - Paint additive
by Hy-Tech Thermal Solutions is a NASA-based technology using an exclusive blend of insulating ceramic microspheres or "vacuum
beads". The inexpensive and easy-to-use product helps keep heat
out in the summer and in during the winter.
Solar
> Thin
Film > Nanosolar
wins PopSci award- NanosolarPowerSheet
thin film solar panel has won the 2007 Popular Science Innovation of
the Year award. They are made with printing-press-style machines that
set down a layer of solar-absorbing nano-ink onto metal sheets as thin
as aluminum foil, so the panels can be made for as little as 30 cents
a watt. (Popular Science; 2007)
Piezoelectric
> Motion
to energy generator- M2E
Poweris developing a
motion to energy generator that could replace batteries and even be
used in large scale applications. The company is working on a D-cell
battery sized solution to power mobile devices and plans to to
demonstrate the technology's usefulness in wind, wave power and hydro
applications. (Cleantech.com; Nov. 16, 2007)
Waste
to Energy / Plastic
> Tire
Recycling Breakthrough - Delta
Energy'sDEPolymerization
process takes one of the world's biggest pollution problems -
discarded tires - and turns them into usable fuel, made possible by a
secret chemical compound. 99% of the original tire is turned into
something useful, from natural gas to diesel fuel to carbon that can
be reused in the rubber and plastics industry. (KXNet.com; Nov.
12, 2007)
(Thanks John
Q. Public)
Top
100: Wind
> MagLev
> China to mass produce maglev wind power generators
-A Chinese company has invested 400 million yuan in building the
world's largest production base base for magnetic levitation (maglev) wind power generators
capable of harnessing low wind speed. The base will produce a series of maglev wind power generators with capacities ranging from 400 to 5,000 watts in the first half of
2008. (Xinhua, China; Nov 5, 2007) (Thanks Adrian Akau)
Top
100: Fuel
Efficiency > Retrofits
/ Hydraulics
/ Hybrids
> Hydristor
to convert vehicles into green hybrids - This infinitely variable
vane hydraulic pump/motor is basically a simplified automatic transmission
with no gears, with regenerative storage capability. Aiming to
retrofit existing vehicles, it is projected to double or even triple
mileage, while drastically cutting emissions (to 1/4) and boosting
performance. (PESWiki; Oct. 22)
Thermal
Electric > Creating
power out of thin air - Syrdec is working on generating
electricity from ambient room heat by combining the Seebeck effect and
the product of nuclear fusion. Two substances are combined, one with
its natural energy state artificially altered inside the molecular
structure to produce an excited state at room temperatures. (CNET
News; Oct. 26, 2007)
(Thanks John
Q. Public)
Nanotech
/ Piezoelectric
> Nanowire
Extracts Energy from Motion - Researchers at the University of Illinois
are working on making a nanogenerator out of barium titanate, which
exhibits a greater piezoelectric effect than zinc-oxide, to convert
miniscule mechanical energy into electricity for biosensors and tiny
portable devices. (MIT Technology Review; Oct. 22)
Plasma
> Chukanov
Achieves 15"-Diameter Ball Lightning - Says the next
largest in the world is four inches, and his is done without a
microwave. "This is a very powerful ball lightning. Input energy is very negligible."
(FreeEnergyNews; Oct. 21)
Magnet
Motors > Screw-Magnet
Motor Crude Prototype - Four rows of screws, off-set around a
cylinder, appear to cause the cylinder to spin when a holder of four
neodymium magnets is brought close to it. (PESWiki; Oct. 17)
Top
100: Plasma
/ Waste
to Energy / Engines
> W2
Energy Birthing Affordable, Renewable Petrol - Imagine a gasoline and diesel source that is CO2 neutral, sulfur-free, derived from renewable sources, superior in its power performance to fossil-based fuels, and costs less than 1/7 of fossil-based fuels.
The company has also built an engine to optimize use of the syngas portion
of the product. (PESWiki; Oct. 9) (Thanks Daniel Bowers)
Top
100: Fusion
> Focus Fusion: The Fastest Route to Cheap, Clean Energy
- Eric Lerner gives a presentation to Google Tech Talks about this
new source of energy that is clean, inexhaustible and much cheaper than
any existing source -- fossil, nuclear, solar or wind. Technical
description with animations. (PESWiki; Oct. 9)
Electromagnetic
> "Cold
Electricity" circuit - Ronald R. Stiffler has come up with a circuit that he calls a "cold electricity" circuit that appears to be harnessing free energy from the environment.
"This is a totally self-contained, self-powered circuit. There
are not tricks to it." (PESWiki; Oct. 11) (Thanks David
L. Wenbert)
Wind
> Humdinger's
Wind Belt Economizes Low Wind Harnessing - Invented by Shawn Frayne, the Windbelt is a taut membrane fitted with a pair of magnets that oscillate between coils. Designed for low wind speeds and budgets, the device is 10x to 30x times more efficient than the best
microturbines, and its cost is proportionately small.
(PESWiki; Oct. 12)
Solar
>Solar
Cells Crystallized Out of Molten Silicon - A Japanese company,
Kyosemi, has come up with a more efficient process for manufacturing solar
cells that involves dropping molten silicon from a height of 14 m; surface tension causes tiny spheres 1 mm in diameter to form; the silicon crystallizes in the 1.5 seconds of free-fall. The spheres can be mounted on surfaces of any shape.
(Slashdot; Oct. 13)
Solar
> Space
> NSSO
on Space Based Solar Power -After a year of review, a report
has been released providing a broad-brush review of the status of space-based solar power, showing immense potential, but also a number of challenges that appear only surmountable with a strong government commitment to the project.
(Slashdot; Oct. 10) (Also New
Scientist)
Betavoltaic
> 30 Year Continuous Power Laptop
Battery? - Betavoltaic power cells are constructed from semiconductors and use radioisotopes as the energy source. As the radioactive material decays it emits beta particles that transform into electric power capable of fueling an electrical device like a laptop for years.
(NextEnergyNews; Oct. 1) (Not
so, says ZDNet) (Thanks T Lee Buyea)
Piezoelectric
> Advanced
Cerametrics - Extreme Life Span Micro Power Supplies convert
up to 70% of energy from ambient vibration to electrical power using
piezoelectric composite fibers. They eliminate battery replacement
issues for security sensors monitoring equipment, machine health
condition systems, building controls and process controls.
(Thanks John
Q. Public)
Fuel
Efficiency > Transmissions
> IVT
Improves Bus Fuel Economy 19%-
Torotrakachieved
a 19% improvement in fuel economy by replacing the standard 5-speed
automatic transmission with a prototype Infinitely Variable
Transmission (IVT). By operating the engine at the most efficient
point the IVT may enable downsizing of the engine leading to further
efficiency and fuel economy improvements. (Green Car Congress;
Oct. 2, 2007)
(Thanks John
Q. Public)
Magnet Motors >
Running Magnet Motors Witnessed
- Four of twenty New Energy
Congress members who responded to a week-long poll said they had
personally witnessed a magnet motor in operation in which magnets were the
only motive force. Similar polls for the fe_updates newsletter and for the
public have been posted. (PESN; Sept. 28, 2007)
Electrolysis
> Bob
Boyce > New Release of OU Electrolyzer Plans
- Bob Boyce is one of the world's leading super-efficient electrolysis experts. A group of hydroxy researchers have compiled an updated set of
plans including
Toroidal Coil winding and hookup info enabling others to replicate the work of Boyce.
(PESN; Sept. 29)
Electromagnetic
> Lindemann
Rotary Attraction Motor - Peter Lindemann has been coaching a forum in replicating a modified off-the-shelf motor, adding a Bedini-like circuit for improved efficiency, smoother running, and possible over-unity performance.
(PESWiki; Sept. 25)
Engines
> Quasiturbine
Engine - This four-chamber Wankel-like engine is capable of burning fuel using photo-detonation, an optimal combustion type. The design can also be used as an air motor, steam engine, gas compressor, hot air engine, or pump.
(PESWiki; Sept. 29)
Top
100: Electrolysis
> The
Ecowatts Thermal Energy Cell - British group is developing an
electrolysis based energy cell that converts electrical power into
heat at an efficiency significantly greater than that of a
conventional immersion heater. Independent analysis has verified
that the system produces 1.5x to 2 times as much energy out as was put
in. Expected in the market by 2010. (PESWiki; Sept. 16)
Plasma
> Chukanov Quantum Free
Energy > Update: "I built several powerful Quantum Free Energy generators which can produce hundreds of times over-unity! My QFE generators produce quantum free energy without fuel or any primary energy source! This free energy is in form of heat, electricity, and high
energy photons. Within two-three months these generators will be available on the world market!"
(Chukanov's statement on his website;
Sept. 19, 2007)
Top
100: Videos
/ OS > Evaluating
and Open Sourcing Clean Energy - Video of Sterling Allan's
presentation at the Gnomedex conference in Seattle on Aug. 11, talking
about screening the best technologies, and using the open source model
to break the log jam on exotic, disruptive energy technologies. (PESWiki;
Sept. 21)
Solar
> Concentrated
> Los
Alamos Renewable Energy - Solar Reduction of Carbon Dioxide (SOLAREC)
produces fuel while simultaneously producing electricity, at a cost
competitive with fossil fuel generated power. The fuel can be burned
at night to produce power 24/7 with no environmentally harmful
by-products. The process has an over-all efficiency of nearly 48%.
(Thanks John
Q. Public)
Top
100: Hydrogen
> BlackLight
> Introduction
to BlackLight Power - Video (5:19 min; 16 MB, wmv) - Randall
Mills summarizes BlackLight technology, which relies on a new chemical process of releasing the latent energy of the hydrogen atom, the BlackLight Process. In this process, the electron in an ordinary hydrogen atom is induced to move
closer to the proton, below the prior-known ground state. Hydrogen gas derived from water serves as the fuel.
Top
100: Hydrogen
from Water > Kanzius
Effect > Salt water as fuel? Erie man hopes so
- Rustum Roy, a Penn State University chemist, held a demonstration
last week at the university's Materials Research Laboratory in State
College, to confirm what he'd witnessed weeks before in an Erie lab. (Post
Gazette; Sept. 9) (See also Yahoo
News) (Thanks Craig Stangland)
Fuel
Efficiency > Retrofits
/ Additives
> HAFC: Hydro Assist Fuel
Cell kit - The HAFC kit presently for sale combines three fuel saving technologies
along with a sophisticated computerized emission system optimizer. It
includes 1) an electrolysis unit for on-board hydrogen injection; 2) a
vaporizer/ionizer
using magnets; and 3) additives that include acetone and xylene. (PESWiki;
Sept. 11)
Gravity
Motors > Canadian's
Machine Turns Gravity into Power-
Bob Kostoff has created a self-sustaining engine that says would cost less
than half of a small wind turbine. The machine works much like a
teeter-totter, using a series of sliding weights that, with the help of
the earths gravitational pull, force the unit to continue spinning around
in a circle. (PESWiki; Sep. 7, 2007)
Electrolysis
> Overview
Video: Water as Fuel (via ZPE) (3 min) - While academia
has been spurning the topic, hundreds, if not thousands of hobbyists
and independent investigators worldwide are working on various
electrolysis-like projects which put out more energy than was required
to run the electrolysis unit. (PES Network Video; Aug. 31)
Interview (Download
55 min
13 Mb) - David
Wenbert on Water
Fuel Cells - An open source project by the H2earth Institute is in
process of replicating the water fuel cell technology of the late Stanley
Meyer, who ran vehicles on water, and whose patents have just now become
public domain. (Free Energy Now; Aug. 27)
Top
100: Wind
> High
Altitude > Ladder
Mill Successfully Demonstrated in Europe - Dutch inventor, Wubbo
Ockels, yesterday demonstrated his radio controlled kites for the first
time, which create a set of kites he calls the "ladder mill",
putting out 10.5 kilowatts. Commercial units are estimated to generate
electricity at 5 cents/kw-h. (PESWiki; Aug. 30)
Top
100: ZPE > Advanced Energy Technology Colloquium
Report - Having been probing the field for 20 years, Major
Hathaway pulled together a conference to highlight what is real and
ready. He concludes that advanced energy technologies commonly identified as zero point energy technologies are not only real but are being brought to full scale production in real time.
(PESN; Aug. 27)
Top
100: Cold Fusion
> Cold-Fusion
Graybeards Keep the Research Coming - Recent conference at MIT
concludes that with 3,000+ published studies from around the world, the
question of whether Cold Fusion is real is not the issue. Now the
question is whether or not it can be made commercially viable, and for
that, some serious funding is needed. (Wired; Aug. 22, 2007)
Nuclear
> Hot Balls Chemical Nuclear Reaction
- "While working as an engineer at the Idaho National Engineering Lab (INEL)
for a private contractor, we invented Hot Balls that would heat to 450
degrees." Previous work regarding petroleum cracking with catalysts
is listed as well as supply sources for steel balls and the catalysts. (PESWiki; Aug. 21)
Vortex
> Messias Machine - the
Vortex Synergy Model - Syrian inventor's model has particular
interest inasmuch as it contains some explanation for
unusual energy flow (thermal into kinetic), providing justification for
Schauberger'
s hypothesis of energy from swirling
water. (PESWiki; Aug. 23)
Solar
> Citizenre
> Is
the Sun Rising or Setting on Citizenre Solar? - Company that intends to rent out solar power at rates competitive with local utilities has announced its financial team, though it has not yet secured financing, and may not be able to given the present credit crunch.
(PESN; Aug. 22)
Solar
Hydrogen > Solar
Water Cracker - Clean
Hydrogen Producers'system
concentrates sunlight to heat a furnace to the point where it splits
water into hydrogen and oxygen, which can be used to generate
electricity. It combines the cost efficiency of wind farms with the
advantage of being both predictable and adjustable thanks to hydrogen
storage. (Green Car Congress; Aug. 17, 2007)
Engines
> Digital
Electro-Hydraulic Systems - Developing a Danzer Cycle linear
engine, pump/motor unit and novel hydraulic circuit that should
provide better thermal efficiency over a vehicles operating range.
During the power stroke, water is injected into the combustion chamber
shortly after ignition, converting it to a steam engine to utilize the
waste heat.
(Thanks John
Q. Public)
Solar
> Nanoparticles
Boost Solar Cell Efficiency by 60%-
Octillionannounced
that the same silicon nanoparticles used in the company's transparent glass
window capable of generating electricity, are able to increase the power of
conventional silicon solar cells by 60-70% in the ultraviolet-blue (UV)
range, and 10% in the visible light range. (Renewable Energy Access;
Aug. 22, 2007) (Also PhysOrg)
(See Slashdot
discussion)
ZPE / Electrolysis
> Water
Disassociation Using Zero Point Energy - Moray King, Ph.D., has
put forth a scientific model that suggests that the reason so many
experimenters are observing more energy emerging from their electrolysis
systems than what they put into it, is that the configuration harnesses
zero point energy. (PESWiki; Aug. 13)
Top
100: Fuel
Efficiency > Vehicles
/ Hydraulics
> Valentin
Technologies' 130 MPG Car - The car is a medium size, 5-seat
passenger car, driven by a Hydrostatic Powertrain. The free-piston
internal combustion engine pumps hydraulic fluid into the accumulator that
drives the wheelmotors in each wheel. The wheelmotors are reversed during
braking and become pumps to recuperate the entire braking energy. (PESWiki;
Aug. 18)
River
Energy > Joe
Holden's River Turbine - Inventor of the first afterburner for
Jet Engines at Rolls Royce, applies his knowledge to Sustainable
Energy. His Min Hydro Plant uses his proprietary "Compression
Tube" technology that can make a meter squared hydro plant to
power 100 homes. (PESWiki; Aug. 9) [World's Nest]
Fuel
Efficency > Hybrids
> HyKinesys
- PowerBeam hybrid systems increase vehicular fuel efficiency by 100%,
improve vehicle performance and reduce the cost of hybridizing
vehicles. They are applicable to any road vehicle with any type of
power train, whether gasoline, diesel, electric or fuel cell.
(Thanks John
Q. Public)
Magnet
Motors / Magnetism
> Magnet Motors Powered by Electron Spin
- Former College Dean, Dr. Ken
Kozeka, puts forth a model to describe how the energy in magnet motors is generated from the electron spin that maintains the magnetism, and that it is essentially an atomic force at work -- not energy from nowhere.
(PESN; Aug. 3)
Events
> Konstantin Meyl to Lecture on
Scalar Waves and Neutrino Power - Three-day presentation this coming weekend in Carlsbad, California will discuss and demonstrate exotic Tesla technology.
Meyl posits an expanding earth theory based on neutrino interactions with
the Earth. (PESN; Aug. 1)
Biofuel > Engineering
Bacteria to Make Gasoline - A biotech startup describes how it will coax petroleum-like fuels from engineered microbes within three to five years.
To do this, the company is employing tools from the field of synthetic biology to modify the genetic pathways that bacteria, plants, and animals use to make fatty acids, one of the main ways that organisms store energy.
(MIT Technology Review; Aug.1)
Electrolysis
/ Water
as Fuel > Water
Fuel Cell Open Source Project - An open source project by the
H2earth Institute is in process of replicating the water fuel cell
technology of the late Stanley
Meyer, who allegedly ran vehicles on water, and whose patents have
just now become public domain. (PESWiki; July 3)
Pyramid
Power > Pyramidal
Power by Thomas Trawoger - Austrian inventor demonstrates that a
fairly simple set-up of a home-made capacitor and two home-made coils,
stimulated by a magnet, positioned at the geometric center of a metallic
pyramid will produce appreciable amounts of current, enough to run a small
fan. (PESWiki; July 22)
Solar
> Plastic
/ Nanotech
>New Flexible Plastic Solar Panels
are Inexpensive and Easy to Make - Researchers at New Jersey
Institute of Technology (NJIT) have developed
an inexpensive solar cell that can be painted or printed on flexible
plastic sheets. The process uses tiny carbon Buckyballs to trap
electrons, combined with carbon nanotubes, which conduct current
better than any conventional electric wire. (Science Daily;
July 19) (Also The
Energy Blog) (See Slashdot discussion)
Plastic
/ Oil / Recycling
> Making
Oil out of Plastic - Japan's Blest Company has developed a
machine which recycles plastic waste back into oil. The Blester is a
batch type oil machine which can recycle polypropylene (PP),
polyethylene (PE) and polystyrene (PS). Recycling plastics can lead to
an 87% reduction of carbon dioxide. (TreeHugger; July
22)
Air
Conditioning > Zeolite-Water
Heating and Cooling System - Zeo-Tech has developed a new
energy conversion process for the efficient generation and storage of
heat and/or cooling power. Driven by a heat source, this process is
solely based on the material zeolite and water and is therefore fully
compatible with the most stringent environmental regulations. (Thanks Fran
Giroux)
Zeolite
/ Ethanol
> Zeolite
Membrane for Ethanol Dehydration - Mitsui Engineering will use
a zeolite membrane in dehydration systems for bioethanol plants, to
remove water from the ethanol produced. Only water passes through the
membrane, thereby helping to reduce process fuel consumption by around
10% compared to other methods. (Green Car Congress; Jul. 11,
2007)
(Thanks John
Q. Public)
Magnet
Motors > Steorn
>Orbo Free Energy Demo
Botched
- Widely publicized pending demo of Steorn's free energy prototype at the Kinetica Museum in London, promised to be streamed live around the world, opens with the device not working and a no-show on the Orbo demo
site for the first 24+ hours.
(PESN; July 5)
Steorn's
CEO states the obvious: "we screwed up" - Steorn
brought three systems to London, one of which they got working for
"about 4-hours" on Tuesday night. As we all know by now,
it mysteriously ceased to function after it was moved to the
display room. (Engadget; July 7)
Global Warming >
Live Earth
Concert Now Under Way - Concert series to raise awareness about human's impact on the climate and the need to live responsibly is proceeding through the earth's time zones from Sidney to Rio across all seven continents on this date of 7-7-7.
(PESN; July 7)
Events
> EO
Tech > 2007
ExtraOrdinary Technology Conference (Jul 26-Jul 29; Salt Lake City)
- An annual highlight that include such topics as: Tesla technology,
magnetic motors, zero-point energy, cosmic/radiant energy, Brown's gas,
low temperature plasma, GEET, electrogravitation.
Wave
> OWC
> First
Commercial Wavegen marine energy plant - Wavegen's
Oscillating Water Column (OWC) technology, which has been successfully
field tested in Scotland for seven years, is to be built on the
Spanish Atlantic coast. An opening in the front of the breakwater
allows the sea to rise and fall within a chamber, compressing air
which drives a turbine and generator to produce electricity. (Inside
Greentech; Jul. 3, 2007)
(Thanks John
Q. Public)
Waste-to-Energy
> Waste Management Taps Clean Power From Garbage
- Waste Management Inc. said it will speed up its tapping of gas from rotting garbage to generate clean power from 60 landfills over five years.
Waste Management will bring turbines to the landfills to generate more than 700 megawatts of power a year, or enough power for about 700,000
homes. (Reuters; June 28)
Top
100:
- Siemens has teamed up with a Norwegian energy group, Norsk Hydro, to
install a wind farm in the middle of the North Sea, beginning with one
test unit in under two years, ending with 200 turbines by 2014.
The turbines would access the strong off-shore winds, and would not be
visible from land. (The Independent; UK; June 27) (Thanks Tedd)
Water
/ Air
Conditioning
> XDOBS
Renewable Cooling and Water from Air - The XDOBS night radiant condensation system is a water-from-air extraction
system and air conditioner that does not use any external electricity or fuel.
The company is entertaining licensing agreements. (PESWiki;
June 21)
GEET
/ Fuel
Efficiency > Retrofits
> Pre-Ignition Catalytic Converter
Coming Soon - Better World Technologies presents a catalytic converter replacement that
legally pre-treats the fuel for complete combustion, rather than burning what is left over after incomplete combustion.
Pre-heating the fuel along a rod turns the fuel into plasma, to burn a
wide varieties of fuel efficiently and cleanly. (PESWiki; June 22)
Magnet
Motors > Kedron
Discovers Inexpensive New Energy Source - Kedron Corporation
presents extensive data in support of a new, extremely inexpensive, pollution-free source of electricity. Two permanent magnets of a particular shape can be pulled apart along a prescribed path using less work than the amount produced when the magnets come together along a different path.
(PESWiki; Jun. 19)
Top
100: Electromagnetic > Millenial
Motors - The Magnetronic Motor is said to use a small amount
of magnetic force to control a large amount of magnetic force. Motor
concept is tested and the final prototype is being developed, with
debut for distributors scheduled for July 2007. Company is planning to
retrofit cars to produce pollution free vehicles.
(PESWiki; June 16)
Top
100: Engines
/ Thermal
Electric > Low
Level Heat Powers Low-Cost Hydraulic Engine - Delugehas
developeda
thermal hydraulic engine that is now ready for commercialization. The
Natural Energy Engine, requires no combustion, operates virtually
silently, and generates no emissions. Utilizing low level heat energy,
180°F (82°C), it is suitable for solar, geothermal, or waste heat
applications.
(PESWiki; Jun. 14, 2007)
Top
100: Tidal
/ River
> Verdant
Leads River/Tide Energy Pursuit - Verdant Power is a world leader
in commercializing low-impact kinetic hydropower solutions, harnessing the
energy from river, tide, and man-made channels. Prototype array is presently producing power for customers. (PESWiki;
June 9)
River
/ Vortex
> Gravitational
Vortex Power Plant - Mini-power plant is simple to construct,
has a turbine efficiency of 80% but is safe for fish due to low
turbine speed. The gravitational vortex hydro technology can be
applied with water drop as little as 0.7 meters. The cost for
installation of the prototype was close to $1/watt capacity. (TreeHugger;
Jun. 2, 2007)
Wireless
Transmission > MIT
Wirelessly Powers a Lightbulb - A team from MIT
has experimentally demonstrated lighting a 60W light bulb from a power
source seven feet (more than two meters) away; there was no physical
connection between the source and the appliance. The MIT team refers to its
concept as WiTricity (as in wireless electricity). (PhysOrg;
June 7) (See Slashdot
discussion) [Tesla did this a century ago.]
Thermal
Electric > A Sound Way to Turn Heat into Electricity
- University of Utah physicists developed small devices that turn heat into sound and then into electricity via piezoelectric conversion. The technology holds promise for changing waste heat into electricity, harnessing solar energy and cooling computers and radars.
(PESN; May 5)
Top
100: Wind
> Vertical
Axis > Neo-AeroDynamic
Wind/Water Turbine - The patent-pending turbine for wind and
water, invented by Phi Tran, employs lift on the leeward edge,
harnessing the turbulence that usually impedes efficiency. The price
point is expected to be better than fossil-fuel-generated electricity,
even in low wind areas, making it ideal for city/urban roof top and
back yard settings. (PESWiki; May 31)
Ocean
Current / River
/ Tidal
> Vortex
Hydro Energy - VIVACE (Vortex Induced Vibrations Aquatic Clean
Energy) extracts energy from ocean, river, tidal and other water
currents over a wide range of current speeds. It is non-obtrusive,
environmentally friendly, and has an extremely high energy density
(50x less acreage required than wave power). A working prototype has
met expectations, leading to a multi-kilowatt field demonstration.
(Thanks John
Q. Public)
Top
100: Thermal
Electric > Acoustic
Stove, Fridge, Generator Could Aid Third World - The "Stove
for Cooking, Refrigeration and Electricity," or SCORE, could help
improve the health and quality of life for the two billion or so
people in the world who cook over open fires. The SCORE
thermoacoustics technology promoted by a multi-institutional project
converts heated gas into sound waves which can be used to cook, cool,
and/or generate electricity. (PESWiki; May 28)
Waste
to Energy / Electrolysis
> Welcome
back, Xogen Technologies Inc. - Canadian company is developing a
Brown's-gas-like
technology for the treatment of wastewater, producing energy in the
process. Approach would vastly reduce treatment plant footprint
and eliminate production of biosolids. Patented electrolysis
process allegedly splits water into H/O gas with less electrical current than is predicted by standard laws.
(PESWiki; May 9)
Electromagnetic
> Self-running Bedini motor -
Long-time participant in various Bedini motor replication projects, Rick Friedrich posts videos, photos, diagrams, and explanation of his set-up, which he says measures a net gain in energy "from nature". (PESWiki; May 15)
Top
100: Mimetics
/ Wind
> Humpback
flipper may be the key to better wind turbines - WhalePower Corp
features a blade design that mimics the aerodynamically efficient design
of a humpback whales flipper, allowing a turbine to capture more of the
wind's energy, and at much lower speeds. (PESWiki; May 14)
Top
100: Fusion
> Inertial-Electrodynamic
Device > Vital Electric Fusion: Proven, Safe, Cheap
- Energy device in funding limbo for two decades -- dying on the vine for lack of nuclear weapons potential.
Method developed by
US Physicist, Dr. Robert W. Bussard, does not need to release neutrons
(radioactivity) as
part of the fusion process. (PESN; May 9, 2007)
Cold Fusion
> Navy Heats Up Cold Fusion Hopes
- A recently published academic
paper from the Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (Spawar)
in San Diego throws cold water on skeptics of cold fusion. The article
claims that Spawar scientists have achieved a low energy nuclear
reaction (LERN) that can be replicated and verified by the scientific
community. (DailyTech; May 5) (See Slashdot
discussion)
Conservation > Grey Water > Sink-to-Toilet
Combo - A simple way to optimize water usage without setting
up a costly gray water system. The sink uses the inflow of water
headed to refill the toilet bowl. You can therefore use the
water twice by washing your hands in it before it fills the bowl.
One-size-fits-all retrofit available. (PESWiki; May 8)
Wind
> VAWT
> StatoEolien
Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine - The
power curve of this French design is surprisingly different than power curves for
conventional turbines because the output increases until the velocity
of the wind is above the lower hurricane levels. (PESWiki; May
3)
Featured: Wind > Poor
Man's Guide to Wind Power and Battery Systems - Downloadable book
tells you how to make a 1 kilowatt machine using off-the shelf scraps for
only $150, including the tower. Tells how to find and refurbish batteries
for free; and how to source a good generator.
Solar
> Concentrated
> 600-mirror
Solar Tower in Seville Spain - First commercial concentrator
station in Europe focuses sunlight onto water pipes at the top of a
40-storey concrete tower, which drives a turbine to generate 11
megawatts of electricity. Thousands more mirrors will be added
to further boost the output. (TreeHugger; May 4)
Weather
Modification > Drought Abatement Project Support Sought
- American scientist James DeMeo, Ph.D., has proven rainmaking methods
based on Wilhelm Reich's "cloudbuster" technology that could alleviate the epic drought baking Australia.
(PESN; Apr. 29)
Magnet
Motors > Lacroix
Magnet Motor Prototype Video- Jeffery Lacroix came up with an
idea for a magnet motor in 2004, then in 2006 he saw that Mike Brady's Perendev
motor integrates the essential design, minus some particulars which
Jeffery has recently implemented in a working prototype. (PESWiki /
YouTube; March 04, 2007)
Electromagnetic
> Electric Motor Secrets DVD by Peter Lindemann
- In his DVD presentation, drawing on 30 years of his own research and
development, Lindemann explains in simple terms what back EMF is, and
how one can build motors and generators that do not involve back-EMF.
He asserts that such designs can improve upon the most effective
motors of today by many-fold, not just a few percent. (PESWiki;
Apr. 21)
Top
100: Wind
> Plastic
Micro Wind Turbines for Sale - Two of the biggest hurdles for using wind power have been cost and the need for strong winds. A Hong Kong businessman/inventor has found a way to overcome those problems with
plastic, bringing the generation cost down to around 1 cent per
kilowatt-hour. (PESWiki; Apr. 17)
Top
100: SEG
> Searl
Effect project update - Associate, Terry Moore, provides an
inside glimpse into the recent progress toward replicating John
Searl's generator. "At each step he tells us in advance what the
result of various steps will be and he is always correct." (PESWiki;
Apr. 11)
Top
100: Solar >
Tower
> Video
Explains How Spanish Solar Tower Works (5 min) - Video
produced by Enviro Mission of Australia explains the construction and
performance of this functioning prototype. The heat stored in
the ground is enough to keep the turbines turning at night. (Thanks TreeHugger;
Mar. 19)
Magnetism > Quadratic
Magnet Gate - When a small magnet is placed into the entrance of a
quadratic magnet set-up, it shoots forward. No front-end loading
apparent, with work applied by magnets, illustrates that magnets can be a
source of free energy, like the wind. (PESWiki; Mar. 20)
Top
100: Engines
> Linear
Combustion Electromagnetic Engines - Index of designs and
companies promoting designs in which a lineaer two-piston system drives
magnets by induction coils to generate electricity, so that the output
energy of combustion is electricity, not torque. (PESWiki; Mar. 22)
Top
100: Thermal
Electric / Solar
> Ergenics
- Developing a metal hydride heat engine that converts solar hot water
into electricity for an estimated cost of less than 1’ per kilowatt hour.
The solar panels produce hot water which is pumped to a hydrogen
compressor, that compresses a gas that is then expanded in a hydraulic
motor-generator set that produces electricity. (PESWiki; Mar. 21)
Waste
to Energy / Non-Fossil
Oil > BioPetrol
- Developing a process of low temperature thermochemical conversion of
municipal sewage sludge into oil. It can also process agri-wastes,
pulp and paper residues, tannery sludge and other end-of-life products
such as plastics, tires and the organics in municipal solid waste.
(Thanks John
Q. Public)
Top
100: Engines
> External
Combustion > Cyclone
Technologies Schoell Cycle Engine- The Cyclone Engine is designed around the principles of an external
combustion engine, to efficiently use any liquid or gaseous fuel and
create more power and significantly less emissions than current
gasoline or diesel powered internal combustion engines. (PESWiki;
Mar. 15)
Top
100: Batteries
> A123
Systems lithium-ion battery technology - A123 replaces the
cobalt oxide in lithium-ion cells with nanophosphate, enabling a quick
charge, while delivering high power density, with a long life-time. Is
used in power tools, and is process of breaking into hybrid vehicle
market. (PESWiki; March 16) (USA Today)
Conservation
> US$50
fridge gadget increases efficiency - The e-cube,
invented by British engineers, significantly reduces by around 30% the
energy used by fridges and freezers, which are estimated to consume
about a fifth of all domestic electricity in the UK. The
one-size-fits-all, retrofit, wax device, barely three inches wide,
fits around the temperature sensor, to more accurately reflect the
temperature of the contents. (Guardian, UK; Mar. 17)
(Thanks Altorm)
Top
100: Solar
> Concentrated
> Cool
Earth Solar - Company has developed an inflatable solar
concentrator technology that slashes materials costs, making solar
farms competitive with commercial electricity generation systems
within three years. (PESWiki; Mar. 10)
Ocean
Wave > GyroWaveGen
- Innovation uses a gyroscopic flywheel to provide the stationary
position against which the oscillations of the wave motion can then be
converted to usable energy. Owners of expired patent now looking
to take improved design to market. (PESWiki; Mar. 10)
Top
100: SEG
> Searl
Proof of Concept Video Posted - Mock-up completion marks the first
time since 1968 that a roller has rotated about a ring continuously. To be
followed in a few months by a full 15 kW SEG generator capable of cheaply
and safely producing electricity without fuel, pollution, friction, or
noise. (PESN; Feb. 21)
Political
Action >Promoting
New Energy in D.C. - New Energy Movement vice president, Steve
Kaplan, recently returned from spending a month and a half briefing
various Congressional offices regarding new energy technologies and
promoting legislation that would support new energy. (PESN; Feb.
25)
Top
100: Magnet Motors
> Perendev> Perendev
Magnet Motor History and Update Interview with Mike Brady,
who has stirred the imagination of many thousands with his claim to an
operational all-magnet motor, with no other input energy source than
magnets, which cause rotation when arranged in a proper alignment. (PESN;
Feb. 17)
Top
100: Fuel
Efficiency > Retrofits
/ Ethanol
> Tectane
> Tectane
Offers a Net Zero Solution for Existing Vehicle Infrastructure
- By injecting a water-ethanol mixture that can be used on most any
vehicle, and by producing ethanol from the prolific and multi-use
sweet sorghum plant, Tectane's net result is no added emissions to the
environment, at a cost savings. (PESN; Feb. 3)
The H2O Injector is presented as an inexpensive add-on device for car
engines which reduces emissions and increases mileage up to 40%, and
can allow cars to run on 75-octane gasoline or ethanol fuels. Aquahol
is the separate injection of 80% ethanol and 20% water.
Drawbacks? (PESWiki; Jan. 30)
Top
100: Wind
> Vertical
Axis > TMA
> Will
TMA Wind Blow Away the Competition? - Vertical axis wind
turbine technology with concentrating air foils enables TMA to compete
with the best horizontal turbine costs at lower wind speeds, while the
return on investment is even greater at higher wind speeds, where the
horizontal turbines have to shut down. Other advantages are many. (PESN
exclusive; Feb. 1)
Top
100:
Water / Wind > Max
Whisson's Gust Water Trap Apparatus - The Whisson vertical
windmill cools the air passing through the whirling blades. As it does
so, a proprietary process collects condensate, yielding fresh water
from the air. (PESWiki; Jan. 31)
Waste-to-Energy
> Scientists
develop portable generator that turns trash into electricity -
A group of scientists have created a portable refinery that
efficiently converts food, paper and plastic trash into electricity.
The machine, designed for the U.S. military, would allow soldiers in
the field to convert waste into power and could have widespread
civilian applications in the future. (PESN; Feb. 4)
Mixing
Sea and River Water > KEMA
- Blue
energy is electricity produced by harnessing the difference in
salt concentration between fresh water and salt water. Thanks to
advances in the electrical
modification of plastics, the special membranes needed for blue
energy can now be made very cheaply, which means blue energy has
become affordable for countries with river deltas. (Thanks John
Q. Public)
Top
100: Geothermal
> MIT
Releases Major Report on Geothermal Energy- A
comprehensive new MIT-led study of the potential for geothermal energy
within the United States has found that mining the huge amounts of
heat that reside as stored thermal energy in the Earth's hard rock
crust could supply a substantial portion of the electricity the United
States will need in the future, probably at competitive prices and
with minimal environmental impact. (PESN; Jan. 22)
Fuel
Efficiency > Hydrogen
Injection > Water4Gas
- Simplified device uses a little electricity out of your car's
battery to separate water into Hydrogen + Oxygen gas that is 3 times
more potent than gasoline. It is added to the air intake of your car
engine to improve gas mileage up to 37% by improving combustion.
Unique spiraled electrodes produce more gas for less electricity than
flat plates. (Thanks John
Q. Public)
Top
100: Batteries
/ EV
> EEStor
> EEStor
Announces Production Milestones - The first EEStor production
line has been proven to meet quality control requirements and its key
production chemicals have been certified. EEStor will begin shipping
15 kilowatt-hour Electrical Energy Storage Units (EESU) to ZENN
Motor Company in 2007 for use in their electric vehicles. (PESN;
Jan. 17)
Top
100:
Waste-to-Energy / Plasma
> StarTech
Environmental Corp - Startech is the only publicly traded
waste-to-energy plasma arc technology company in the world. They
presently have three 5 ton/day installations in operation, with a
number of other plants in various stages of implementation. A 200
ton/day plant being scheduled for Panama will be the largest such
plant in the world. (PESWiki; Jan. 15)
Electrolysis
> Boyce
> Bob
Boyce's Electrolyzer Plans Available to All - Michael Couch
writes about Boyce' system for high-efficiency electrolysis that
involves the alleged production of monatomic hydrogen, which has
highly unusual and effective properties in accentuating mileage. (PESN;
Jan. 8)
Solar
> Concentrated
> Solucar
Energia - Spanish company is building an 11-megawatt
concentrated solar power tower called PS10, that will be the first
tower-based solar power system to generate electricity commercially.
It consists of a field of large mirrors mounted on computer-controlled
pedestals (heliostats) to focus sunlight onto the top of a 330-foot
tower, generating steam to turn a turbine and produce
electricity. (Thanks John
Q. Public)
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