2007 Free Energy Highlights

• 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 / Alternative Fuels > Diesel > GRC Microwave Turns Carbon Items into Oil and Gas - Frank Pringle of Global Resource Corp (GRC) has invented and refined an efficient microwave energy process to turn plastics, discarded tires, and other carbon-based substances such as shale, coal, and tar sands into gas and oil. (PESWiki; Dec. 29) (Thanks Sepp Hasslberger)

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  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 > Sandia’s 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)

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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)

• 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)

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  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)

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  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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  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)

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  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)

• Electrolysis > Hydrogen Injection > Bob Boyce System Replications Reporting 40-60% mpg Increases - Another update by Michael Couch on various developments in the water fuel cell field, in which hydroxy gas from electrolyzed water is added to the air intake of a vehicle. The teamwork resembles the days of pre-Apple computer collaboration. (PESN; Nov. 29)

• 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)

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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)

• 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.

• Awards > AERO offers at least $5 million award for a working clean energy tech - Company offers a $200,000 up-front licensing award for an outside-the-box energy technology, followed by the much larger award paid within two years of commercialization. (PESN; Nov. 2)

• 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)

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  Electromagnetic > Magnetic Power Inc > MPI Claims OverUnity Prototypes Exist - Responding to recent criticism about hype, CEO, Mark Goldes elaborates on Magnetic Power Inc.'s recent achievements. Anticipates 1 kW generators available by the end of 2008. (PESN; 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)

• 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) 

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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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  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)

• Nanotech / Thermal Electric > Nansulate Paint May Soon Generate Electricity from Thermal Differences - With the application of a paint coating, the thermal difference between inside and outside temperatures could be used to generate electricity, in addition to saving energy through its insulating properties. (PESN; Oct. 1)

• 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% - 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)

• 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)

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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)

• 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)

• 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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  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)

• Suppression / Electrolysis > Water Fuel Cells >
  Ravi's Water Fuel Cell Suppressed in India - A prolific independent experimenter who is progressing in his effort to replicate the work of the martyred Stanley Meyer, who allegedly ran a car on water, has now been intimidated into laying low. (PESN; 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)

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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)

• A/C and Refrigeration > Milestone in magnetic cooling - A project involving magnetic cooling at Risø National Laboratory has achieved the first milestone: between 5 and 10 degrees of cooling. Magnetic refrigeration may be as much as 60% more efficient than compressor based refrigeration systems. The project is aimed at developing a workable prototype by 2011. (PhysOrg; Aug. 24, 2007)

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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)

• 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 vehicle’s 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)

• 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)

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  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)

• Electromagnetic > Bedini SG > Bedini Monopole Mechanical Oscillator Simplified School Girl (SSG) Presentation - Bedini student, Rick Friedrich, presents his set-up and results, claiming that in the process of running the Bedini motor, that the system can achieve a net energy gain, harvesting energy from the environment.  Claim lacks supporting data?  (FreeEnergyNews; July 23)

• 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) 

• Pyramid Power > Pyramidal Electric Transducer: A DC to RF Converter for the Capture of Atmospheric Electrostatic Energy - A California researcher shows how an antenna, modeled on the Great Pyramid of Giza, can transfer the power of atmospheric electrostatic discharge impulses into a resonant circuit that converts the random impulses into an alternating current as a potential source of renewable electric power. (PESWiki; July 20)

• 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)

• Magnet Motors > Steorn >
  • 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)
  • Archive of Google News listings for Steorn (PESN; July 8)

• 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)

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  - 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)

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  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)

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  Engines / Thermal Electric > Low Level Heat Powers Low-Cost Hydraulic Engine - Deluge has developed a 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)

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  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)

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  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)

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  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)

• Hydrogen from Water > Cancer-Cure Radio Frequency Machine Turns Salt Water Into Fire - John Kanzius invented a radio wave machine in an attempt to kill cancer. While trying to desalinize salt water with the machine, the water started burning. (PESWiki; May 26, 2007)

• 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)

• Videos / Radiant Energy / Bedini >
  
  New "Energy from the Vacuum" Documentary Series DVD release - John Bedini - Bedini conducts a tour of his lab and explains how every motor works, in addition to patiently answering a whole host of questions pertaining to 'radiant energy'. (PESWiki; May 23)

• 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: Thermal Electric / Solar >
  Kokhala Energy now installing CHP systems that compete with grid prices (interview: 55 min, 13 mb; mp3) - Technology harnesses 120+ degrees from a wide variety of sources (e.g. solar) to generate electricity and provide left-over heat (CHP), for reliable, affordable, clean power for residential, commercial and industrial applications. (PESWiki / FreeEnergyNow; May 19)

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  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 whale’s flipper, allowing a turbine to capture more of the wind's energy, and at much lower speeds. (PESWiki; May 14)

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  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)

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  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)

• Fuel Efficiency > Vehicles > The flying motorcycle - road-registered and available now - Super Sky Cycle is a gyroplane that can fly at better than freeway speeds, land in 20 feet, be driven home as a motorcycle, and fit in your garage. It saves gas by avoiding traffic jams, is exceptionally safe to fly, and is available as a kit vehicle for US$37,195. (Gizmag; Apr. 18, 2007) (Thanks John Q. Public)

• Suppression / Fuel Efficiency > Pantone/GEET > Embattled Scientist on the Edge of Deletion - George Gaboury gives a masterful review of the tribulations Paul Pantone has faced in Utah in trying to bring forth a revolutionary fuel efficiency plasma technology.  (ExtraOrdinary Technology; Oct/Nov/Dec 2006)

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  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)

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  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)

• Secondary Oscillations > Using a Clock Pendulum to Generate Electricity - Bill Mehess has invented a system in which a clock pendulum mechanism swings magnets into coils, allegedly generating enough electricity to recharge the clock spring as well as power other devices. (PESN; Mar. 24)

• 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)

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  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)

• Nuclear Remediation > Turning Radioactive Waste Into Clean Fuel - With the help of Russian scientists, Israeli firm Environmental Energy Resources, has taken the laws of science and turned them into a useful invention for mankind - a reactor that converts radioactive, hazardous and municipal waste into inert byproducts such as glass and clean energy. (Israel21c; Mar. 18) (Thanks TreeHugger)

• 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)

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  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)

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  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)

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  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)

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  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)

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  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)

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  Solar > Concentrated > IAUS > IAUS Announces Manufacturing Breakthrough for Affordable Solar - First 24-hour run of 1,000 kW worth of lenses sets production record for speed and cost, bringing commercial solar into a price range that competes with grid wholesale pricing. (PESN; Feb. 14)

• 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)

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  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)

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  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)

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  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)

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  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)

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  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)

• Academy > Y-Bias and Angularity: The Dynamics of Self-Organizing Criticality: From the Zero Point to Infinity - Monograph by David G. Yurth and Donald Ayres of the Nova Institute of Technology describes a newly developed model of scalar physics that incorporates all the rules of self-organizing criticality into a simple, elegant framework. (PES Network Academy; Jan. 11)

• 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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