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2007 Free Energy Highlights
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)
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Waste-to-Energy
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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)
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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)
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Solar
> Thin
Film > First
CIGS thin-film panels shipped -
Nanosolar has
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)
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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)
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- 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)
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- 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)
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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)
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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)
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- 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)
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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)
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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)
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- Solar
> Thin
Film > Nanosolar
wins PopSci award - Nanosolar PowerSheet
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)
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- Piezoelectric
> Motion
to energy generator - M2E
Power is 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)
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- Waste
to Energy / Plastic
> Tire
Recycling Breakthrough - Delta
Energy's DEPolymerization
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)
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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)
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- 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)
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- 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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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- 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)
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- 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)
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- 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)
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- 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)
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- Fuel
Efficiency > Transmissions
> IVT
Improves Bus Fuel Economy 19% -
Torotrak achieved
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)
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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)
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- 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)
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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)
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- 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)
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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)
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- 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)
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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)
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- 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)
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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.
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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)
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- 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)
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- 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)
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- 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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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- 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)
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