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Friday, July 3, 2009

Top 100 / Featured: Solar > Concentrated > AORA hybrid solar provides baseload, community power - Israeli company combines a modular concentrated solar tower technology with other heat sources to enable its plants to be baseload capable, providing utility power needs 24/7/365. Each 'solar flower' is designed to produce 100 kW of electricity as well as 170kW of thermal power, targeting community-sized production. (PESWiki; July 3, 2009)

• Solar / Mimicking Living Organisms > Photosynthesis Imitation >
  Converting light into energy with ‘artificial leaf’ one step closer - As an efficient, natural means of capturing solar energy, photosynthesis is hard to beat. But it's also proving extremely difficult to duplicate. Researchers at Leiden University in the Netherlands have built a light-harvesting antenna using the chlorophyll of the alga Spirulina, bring them half way towards creating an artificial leaf. (GizMag; July 1, 2009)
  

• Humor > Fuel Efficiency >
  Smart Car's impact on cars of the future - See a gallary of what some of your favorite cars might look like if they were minaturized in the spirit of the Smart Car. Maybe you've already seen these, but I thought they were hillarious. Check out the Smorvette, Smaudi, Smamborghini, Smorsche (shown at right), Smerrari (Youtatech; June 25, 2009)
  

Thursday, July 2, 2009

• Batteries / Nanotechnology >
  Printable batteries - For a long time, batteries were bulky and heavy. Now, a new cutting-edge battery by Fraunhofer ENAS is revolutionizing the field. It is thinner than a millimeter, lighter than a gram, and can be produced cost-effectively through a printing process. (PhysOrg; July 2, 2009)
  

• Water > From Air / Conservation >
  The AIR-igator draws water from the air for thirsty gardens - The AIR-igator collects condensate from air conditioners, storing it and then automatically drip-watering. So, the hotter it gets, the more water your garden gets. A fairly efficient three-ton central air conditioning unit will produce as many as 15 gallons of water a day. (GizMag; June 29, 2009)
  

• Mimicking Living Organisms >
  Biomimicry: Designing with Nature - People at Natural Logic ask their clients to imitate life as model, mentor, and a measure of what works, and to change the way we conduct business to be more in harmony with nature. (RealitySandwitch; June 30, 2009)

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Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Featured: Fuel Efficiency > Fuel Pre-Heating > Green Mileage Maker by Vapster, Inc. - Patent-pending device uses an electrical heater rather than exhaust to pre-heat the fuel, resulting in improvements in mileage by 20-30%, as well as a reduction in emissions by 80%, confirmed by a Florida university. Combined with hydroxy devices, the improvement in mileage goes as high as 45%. (PESWiki; July 1, 2009) (Comment at Examiner.com)

• 
  Stirling Engines / Alternative_Fuels >
  Dean Kamen developing eco hybrid that will run on anything that burns - Dean Kamen – the multimillionaire inventor behind the Segway – is well down the road in the development of a new bike that combines electric power and a radical stirling generator which will allow it to burn almost any fuel; and is part of a project that also includes a car designed around the same technology. (GizMag; June 28, 2009)
  

• Solar / U.S. Government and Energy >
  Interior Dept Designates Solar Energy Zones - Hoping to speed up the development of renewable energy resources on federal lands, the U.S. Interior Department designated about 670,000 acres of land, divided into 24 solar energy zones spread across six western states that could generate nearly 100,000 megawatts of solar electricity. (Planet Ark; July 1, 2009)
  

• Conspiracy / Suppression >
  History: GM Conspired to Eliminate Mass Transit - The automobile did not end up dominating American transportation by chance -- or by public choice. General Motors led the way to buy up and replace more than 100 electric mass transit systems with their more expensive, less efficient, and much dirtier, diesel-powered buses. (Mercola; June 30, 2009)

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

• Conservation / Water >
  New Washing Machine Only Uses One Cup of Water - Most of the water in the washing machine developed by the University of Leeds, Britain is replaced by thousands of tiny reusable nylon polymer beads which attract and absorb dirt under humid conditions. Presently available for commercial applications, a consumer version is expected next year. (Alternative Energy News; June 26, 2009)
  

• Events > Breakthrough Power >
  Silicon Valley New Energy Group - Join them July 5 as they launch a local New Energy Movement chapter, considering clean innovations as well as new energy devices you can assemble and use yourself. (SJSU.edu)
  

• 
  Environment >
  We are the World (music video with subtitles) - Very touching performance by 45 of the biggest music stars from 1985, including Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie, Paul Simon, Kenny Rogers, Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Diana Ross, Huey Lewis, Tina Turner, Kenny Loggins, Ray Charles. (YouTube; May 02, 2007)
  

Monday, June 29, 2009

• 
  Engines >
  Perendev Nitrogen/Air Motor Video - Footage shows testing being done inside an EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company) lab. The motor, running on compressed air at just 3 bars, turns at 2900 rpm; allegedly designed to run at 10,000 rpms on 30 bars of pressure. A month ago, Perendev posted a new video showing an all-magnet motor, but not running. (PESWiki; June 29, 2009)
  

• BioElectricity >
  Voltree demonstrates first wireless sensor network powered by trees - A three-day test of Voltree Power's climate sensor network, powered by energy harvested from living trees, not only proved Voltree’s technology but also demonstrated the successful integration with already existing “Remote Automated Weather Stations” network, transmitting air temperature, humidity, and diagnostic data utilizing the preexisting satellite infrastructure. (BusinessWire; June 25, 2009)
  

• 
  Environment >
  Michael Jackson - Earth Song - (music video) - One of the all-time most expensive music videos features a commentary on what we humans have done and are doing to the planet, also inspires an un-doing of the damage to restore the earth to its pristine state. It is a prayer of intercession, and one of last artistic works done by the controversial musician. (YouTube; May 14, 2008) (See also: Treehugger; July 26, 2009)

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Sunday, June 28, 2009

Featured: Magnet Motors > Steorn > Steorn Jury issues verdict: no excess energy - After nearly three years of review, the jury selected by Steorn to validate their claim to a free energy device has issued a verdict: Steorn's process does not produce energy. Despite the negative results of this jury, Steorn continues to allege that they will have such a product available to go into production by the end of this year. (PESN; June 28, 2009) (Comment at Examiner.com)

• Perpetual Motion / Gravity Motors >
  The Physical Principles of Unworkable Devices - . Perpetual motion machine inventors do have principles. Unfortunately the physical principles they assume are often ones not obeyed by nature. Let's examine just a few that stand in the way of these idealistic people who seek to make a machine that outputs more work than is required to run it. (Donald Simanek at IHUP.edu)
  

• Global Warming > Politics >
  EPA Quashed Report Skeptical of Global Warming - Less than two weeks before the EPA formally submitted its pro-carbon dioxide regulation recommendation to the White House, an EPA center director quashed a 98-page report that warned against making hasty 'decisions based on a scientific hypothesis that does not appear to explain most of the available data. (CNet; June 27, 2009)
  

Saturday, June 27, 2009

• Solar > Vehicles >
  Round-the-world solar plane debut - Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard, who made history in 1999 by circling the globe non-stop in a balloon, has unveiled a prototype of the solar-powered plane he hopes to fly around the world in 2012, using super-efficient solar cells, batteries, motors, propellers, and a wingspan the size of a Airbus 340 to get it through the dark hours. (BBC; June 26, 2009)
  

• Batteries > Lithium
  Waterproof lithium-air batteries 10x more energy dense than Li-ion - A company based in Berkeley, CA, is developing lightweight, high-energy batteries that can use the surrounding air as a cathode. PolyPlus is partnering with a manufacturing firm to develop single-use lithium metal-air batteries for the government, and it expects these batteries to be on the market within a few years. (MIT Technology Review; June 26, 2009)
  

Friday, June 26, 2009

• Marine >
  Ocean Renewable Energy Has Huge Potential But Not Without Giant Hurdles - Today’s marine renewable energy industry is commonly compared to the wind industry of the 1980's and early 1990's. At that time, there were many competing technologies being developed and thousands of turbines were broken during the testing process; but it won't take 15 years to catch up. (Renewable Energy World; June 24, 2009)
  

• Wind > Tools
  Slip Rings for Wind Power (video) - Slip Rings by Moog Components Group, utilize fiber brush sliding contact technology, making them a “no maintenance” rotary devices for transferring electrical power and signals; and eliminates the need for common slip ring maintenance procedures such as vacuuming of brush debris, lubrication, regular inspection for wear, and brush replacement. (Engineering TV; June 22, 2009)
  

Thursday, June 25, 2009

• Biofuel > Algae
  Blooming Biofuel: How Algae Could Provide the Solution - The distant sparkle of algae is coming into focus. Interest is growing exponentially and a handful of companies are planning the leap from research to commercial production of algae-based fuels. The tiny plants can produce at least 15 times more oil per hectare than alternatives. (RenewableEnergyWorld; June 22, 2009)
  

• Electric Vehicles > Motorbikes >
  Yamaha set to launch hybrid production motorcycle for 2010 - Yamaha's Gen-Ryu uses a YZF-R6 600cc engine to turn a generator which in turn powers an electric motor to turn the rear wheel, delivering the type of performance normally associated with a much larger capacity engine, and is packaged as a futuristic cruiser with advanced aerodynamics and noise cancelling in the cockpit area. (GizMag; June 22, 2009) (Image Gallery)

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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Featured: Electrolysis > Brown's Gas > George Wiseman discusses Brown's Gas technology (Interview) - Industry leader describes his work in this fascinating field, spanning a quarter of a century. Discusses a myriad of applications including acetylene torch replacement, thick steel cutting, hydrogen boosting for fuel economy improvement, dissimilar metal welding, transmutation of elements, nuclear remediation, and refinement of ore. (PESN; June 24, 2009)

• Nuclear >
  A Preassembled Nuclear Reactor - A US company, Babcock and Wilcox, that has that has made nuclear reactors for the United States Navy ships for about 50 years, has designed a nuclear reactor that can be manufactured in a factory and shipped by rail rather than built at a power plant, thus cutting construction times for nuclear power plants almost in half and make them cheaper to build. Expected by 2018. (MIT Technology Review; June 16, 2009)
  

• Lighting > LEDs
  Sharp introduces color changing LED light bulbs - Sharp Corporation has just announced an LED globe that includes a remote-controlled, adjustable-color function and a dimmer. But in this context, when you see the word "color" don't think rainbow, thing various shades of white, from warm white to daylight light. (GizMag; June 17, 2009)
  

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

• Wind >
  Wind Could Provide 5X World Energy Needs - A new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science estimates the earth's capacity for wind power if plausible areas were put to use with 2.5-MW wind turbines, and 3.6-MW off-shore turbines (within 50 nautical miles in ocean depths less than 200 meters) showed that wind energy could provide over forty times the world's current electrical consumption and over five times the global use of total energy needs. (Mongabay; June 22, 2009)
  

• Solar > Concentrated >
  Solar Project Meets Bigger Foe Than Cloudy Skies: The US Air Force - On a vacant piece of land near Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, the promise of solar energy has collided into the demands of military training. And a solar project by SolarReserve that would have featured a vast field of mirrors, a molten-salt storage facility and a 600-foot "power tower" appears to be heading for defeat. (Washington Post; June 20, 2009)
  

• Grid > Smart Grid >
  Security Interoperability Standards will be a key in Smart Grid backbone being formed by NIST - A teleconference will be held June 24, 1 PM Eastern to address the Security Interoperability Standards being set into place for the smart grid by NIST for the next 25 years. "Everything will come out of these and be based upon these." Attendance urged if you have knowledge/wisdom to impart for this key meeting. (PESN; June 23, 2009 update) (Comment at Examiner.com)

Monday, June 22, 2009

Featured: Running Vehicles on Water / Fuel Cells > Japanese Car that Runs on Water - I've been getting quite a few people sending me links to this Reuters video. Actually, this story is a year old: June 13 -- of 2008. See our feature page built last year, along with some of the reality about the technolgy, such as that it is basically a fuel cell, and that the ultimate goal of the company is a genset. (PESWiki; June 22, 2009)

• Solar > PhotoVoltaics >
  Transparent Electronics: A Solar Energy Breakthrough - The Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials in Germany is developing transparent solar cells that would make it possible to be able to look out a window that is simultaneously producing energy. Not only windows but the facade of the house, too, might be harnessing solar power. (Alternative Energy News; June 19, 2009)
  

• Global Warming > Government & Politics >
  New White House Report on Climate Change Impact Released - The American Energy Security group points out significant opposing views to the one released by the Obama administration in their recent report, Global Climate Change Impact in the United States, which blames human activity as the predominant cause of global warming, warning of potentially catastrophic climate events if we don't act right away, giving another excuse to grow government. (American Energy Security; June 19, 2009)

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Sunday, June 21, 2009

Featured: Conspiracy > Suppression > David Icke on Alex Jones TV: Superseding the Reptilian Brain - A fascinating dialogue between two pillars in the freedom and enlightenment movement; relevant to the emergence of free energy technology because it describes the 'mindset' of those who seek to suppress the emergence of these technology that would not only make oil obsolete, but would remove one of the primary methods of maintaining control over society. (PESWiki; June 21, 2009) (Comment at Examiner.com)

• Magnetism >
  Ocean Currents Proposed As Cause of Magnetic Field - "Professor Gregory Ryskin from Northwestern University in Illinois, US, has defied a long-standing convention by applying equations from magnetohydrodynamics to our oceans' salt water (which conducts electricity) and found that the long-term changes (the secular variation) in the Earth's main magnetic field are possibly induced by our oceans' circulation." (Institute of Physics; June 14, 2009) (Paper)

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Saturday, June 20, 2009

Featured: Magnet Motors > V-track > Update on George Soukup's V-Track Rotary Magnet Motor - German inventor claims that an earlier all-magnet motor accelerated to destruction. He has filed for a German patent and plans to later openly disclose the motor. He says investors have been secured. (PESWiki; June 20, 2009)

• Hydrogen > Vehicles >
  Riversimple hydrogen-powdered urban car - The Riversimple Urban Car, a hydrogen-powered two-seater capable of speeds up to 50mph and of traveling more than 200 miles without refueling, was unveiled in London this week. The company's principles including: make the design and development completely open source; don't sell cars, but lease them; distribute manufacturing to small, local factories.(GizMag; June 19, 2009)
  

• Electric Vehicles > Competitions >
  Electric Drag Racing - Oregon racer, John Wayland (Plasma Boy), has converted a 1972 Datsun B210? to become the world's fastest, street-legal, vehicle. Originally 69 HP, now ~300 HP, the "White Zombie" is all-electric, and it not only beats anything raced against it, but it sets world records, doing the 1/4-mile in less than 11.5 seconds, while topping 118 mph using A123 Li-ion batteries. (Oregon Public Broadcasting; May 7, 2009)

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Thursday, June 18, 2009

Featured: Wind > Horizontal Axis > Honeywell Wind Turbine by EarthTronics - EarthTronics, of Michigan, USA, says they have developed a wind turbine for residential and business customers that produces the highest output while having the lowest cost per kWh installed, at 1/3 the cost of any other wind generator on the market, and will be available through Ace Hardware stores in the Fall. Skeptics say this is hype not supported by actual deployment. (PESWiki; June 18, 2009)

• Fuel Efficiency > Hydrogen Injection >
  Cleaner fuel through hydrogen innovation - Normally, hydrogen fuel generators use electricity to divide molecules. Go Go Green LLC uses a chemical reaction that uses less energy. They can’t sell the device in the U.S. until it is certified by the California Air Resource Board and the EPA, but they can market the product internationally through their website. (Tracy Press, CA; May 29, 2009)
  

• Solar / Electric Vehicles > Solar Vehicles >
  Cruise Car Electric Cars - Garry Reid from Florida's Cruise Car Inc. talks about the Kudo and Sunray vehicles in their solar-powered line-up. Cruise Cars, with more than 50 models to choose from on four continents, can be made street-legal in most US states and driven on roads with speeds posted 35 mph or lower. (EngineeringTV; June 8, 2009)

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Featured: Magnet Motors > Hamel > Sean CLaNZer's Replication of the Hamel Spinner - Drawing from information around the web, Sean has posted a series of videos showing his replication of David Hamel's all-magnet spinner. Though it doesn't accelerate, the rate of deceleration appears to be much slower than what would be manifest with a normal friction-based slow-down. (PESWiki; June 16, 2009)

• Wind > High-Altitude >
  Results from High-Altitude Wind Study Promising - In the future, will wind power tapped by high-flying kites light up New York? A new study by scientists at the Carnegie Institution and California State University identifies New York as a prime location for exploiting high-altitude winds, which globally contain enough energy to meet world demand 100 times over. (Wired; June 15, 2009)
  

• Electric Vehicles > Hybrids > Plug-in >
  Volvo Tests Plug-in Hybrids - One of the cars being tested this summer can go up to 50 kilometers on a 100-horsepower electric motor powered by a lithium-ion battery before switching to a 205-horsepower diesel engine. The cars have two plugs: one for recharging via a standard wall socket, and one for more rapid recharging via special charging stations. (MIT Technology Review; June 16, 2009)
  

Monday, June 15, 2009

• Wind > Floating >
  First floating wind turbine buoyed off NorwayFirst floating wind turbine buoyed off Norway - Siemens and energy company StatoilHydro installed the first large-scale floating turbine. The testing is expected to last for two years. The Hywind turbine will still have a ballast that is tied to the sea floor with cables. Wires will transfer the electricity produced to the mainland grid starting in July. (CNet; June 12, 2009)
  

• Solar > Thin Film
  Flexible solar-powered rooftop shingles - Using technology was originally used to protect flat panel televisions from dampness, researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have developed flexible solar panels that could be installed on roofs like shingles. (Alt Energy News; June 14, 2009)
  

• Global Warming > Skeptics >
  Statement on Global Warming Petition Signed by 31,478 Scientists - Ron Paul sumarizes: "While ... the human right to produce and use energy does not extend to activities that actually endanger the climate of the Earth upon which we all depend, bogus claims about climate dangers should not be used as a justification to further limit the American people's freedom."

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Sunday, June 14, 2009

• Environment >
  Home: how we care for our planet (video) - Stunningly beautiful footage and introspective commentary GoodPlanet.org reviews the milti-billion year history of our planet and the major disruption imposed in just that last 100 years, urging action to stem the tide of destruction and spur sustainable existence. (YouTube; May 19, 2009)
  

• Nanotech / Solar > Thin Film Solar >
  Using nanoparticles to increase the effiiciency of thin film solar cells - Researchers at the Institute of Condensed Matter and Solid State Optics in Germany have found that using metallic nanodiscs distributed over the surface of a thin film solar cell increases absorption in the cell, improving its efficiency by up to 50 percent. (PhysOrg; June 12, 2009)
  

• Environment >
  First floating wind turbine buoyed off Norway - A collection of some stunning photos from around the world for some relaxation.

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Friday, June 12, 2009

• Anti-Gravity >
  Seven things that don't make sense about gravity - Gravity keeps our feet on the ground and our planet circling the sun, but we know remarkably little about it. New Scientist investigates the force's greatest mysteries, including why gravity pulls rather than pushes, does life need gravity, and could we ever build a gravity shield? (New Scientist; July 10, 2009)
  

• Second law of thermodynamics >
  Non-equilibrium chips could avoid overheating laptops - Researchers are re-examining the Second Law of Thermodynamics in a bid to manage heat from laptops and other miniaturised electronics. [Hence the mainstream is forced, by a very practical difficulty - heat dissipation in laptops - to investigate reversing entropy.] (IT News; Oct. 2, 2008)
  

• Classifieds >
  Seeking Professor to Validate Tesla-type Technology - An investment group is looking to hire a Ph.D. professor of electrical engineering presently employed by a university, preferably in North America, to conduct a technical assessment of an exotic energy technology. The consultant will have a demonstrated expertise in rotating machines. Do you know such a person? (PESWiki; June 12, 2009)

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Sunday, June 7, 2009

• Events: Nuclear > Cold Fusion >
  2009 Colloquium on LANR (Cold Fusion) - The 2009 Colloquium on Lattice-assisted Nuclear Reactions (LANR) will be held June 20, 2009 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, focusing on the science and technology of deuterated metals, engineering and devices, with theme: successful mathematical formulae and engineering concepts in LANR. (STD.com)
  

• Water > Purification >
  Multi Solaqua draws on the sun to provide safe drinking water - The Solaqua is a nifty portable device that uses the sun's rays to purify contaminated water. Through innovative use of readily available materials, it carries, disinfects and stores water, providing a safe, environmentally sustainable source of water for rural communities. (GizMag; June 3, 2009)
  

• Animal-Powered >
  Electric eel powers Christmas tree - Maybe someone living near the sea and a cheap way to keep the eels fed, could power a house using enough of these 800-Watt eels. But wiring it up might be tricky. (YouTube by FreeGlobalEnergy; June 1, 2009)
  

Saturday, June 6, 2009

• Flight >
  Multi Mode Vehicle - motorbike AND aircraft in one - Here we are in 2009 - televisions are thin, phones are smart and robots are on the rise, but still there's that nagging sense of disappointment each time you look outside and realize that cars don't fly. Samson Motorworks hopes to rescue us from this predicament. (GizMag; June 3, 2009)
  

• Geothermal > Installation and Consultation >
  ElectraTherm Green Machine harnesses geothermal and other low heat - ElectraTherm’s Texas partner, Gulf Coast Green Energy, will make power from heat captured in geothermal brine, a common byproduct of drilling for oil. The machine can produce power from a wide array of heat sources including industrial waste heat, stationary engines, biomass, and solar thermal installations. (BusinessWire; June 4, 2009)

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Friday, June 5, 2009

Featured: Fuel Efficiency > Engines > MYT > Mighty (MYT) hope for auto dealerships - While Raphial Morgado's Massive Yet Tiny (MYT) engine is not yet in production enabling the service department of dealerships to run a retrofitting business, dealerships might consider getting into the interim business of pre-owned/used car sales rather than just shutting down, if they can, to hold them over. (PESN) (Comment at Examiner.com)

• Nuclear > Thorium Reactors >
  Aim High! Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor - The Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor (LFTR) uses inexpensive thorium as a fuel, transforming it to uranium-233 which fissions, producing heat and electric power at a cost less than that from coal power plants. (Advocacy page)
  

• Solar > Installation and Consultation >
  Solar-Estimate.org: free, solar estimating software and solar sales leads - The web's largest, most comprehensive selection of local, certified pre-screened solar contractors and energy professionals. Very cool, public service. Anyone in the solar business should be using this site.
  

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Featured: Nuclear > Thorium Reactors > Thorium Energy Independence and Security Act of 2009 - Thorium reactors -- a sufficiently mature technology -- provide a much more clean and safe alternative to uranium-based nuclear reactors, and could be retrofitted in to existing nuclear plants. (PESN; June 4, 2009)

• Solar > Thin Film >
  Roll-Up Solar Panels - Xunlight, a startup in Toledo, Ohio, has developed a way to make large, flexible solar panels. It has developed a roll-to-roll manufacturing technique that forms thin-film amorphous silicon solar cells on thin sheets of stainless steel. Each solar module is about one meter wide and five and a half meters long. (MIT Technology Review; June 4, 2009)
  

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Featured / Events: Orgone / Weather Control > Interview with James DeMeo about Orgone technology - Former professor DeMeo, a foremost world expert on the subject of Orgone Energy, discusses the well-documented yet still shunned work of the late Dr. Wilhelm Reich and his findings on the orgone energy, or life-energy, which has application in health, mechanical energy, and weather work. Upcoming conference. (PESN; June 3, 2009) (Comment at Examiner.com)

• Trends >
  Global Shift to Renewable Energies Happening - In 2008, for the first time, more renewable energy than conventional power capacity was added in both the European Union and United States, showing a fundamental transition of the world’s energy markets towards renewable energy. Solar tops the list of renewable energies, just beating wind power. At least 73 countries have renewable energy policy targets. (ISIS; June 3, 2009)
  

• Biofuels > Ethanol >
  Ethanol Production Could Jeopardize Soil Productivity - The American Society of Agronomy reports that crop residues possess a critical role in sustaining soil organic matter, and as it is increasingly being used for the production of cellulosic-based ethanol, this removal may impact the long-term productivity of soils. (Newswise; June 2, 2009)

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Sunday, May 31, 2009

• Orgone / Bio-Energetics / Weather Control >
  Wilhelm Reich and the Orgone Energy (video) - Dr. James DeMeo provides a brief overview of Dr. Wilhelm Reich's work and findings on the orgone energy, or life-energy, which have been subjected to careful scientific scrutiny and evaluation, being verified and confirmed in their major aspects, even while his malicious critics continue to ignore or distort this record of accomplishment and discovery. (YouTube; May 11, 2009)
  

• Nanotechology / Solar Machines >
  Tiny boats made of nanomaterials are powered directly by sunlight - Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, are using carbon nanotubes to build small, simple waterborne machines propelled directly by sunlight. In theory, they say, these machines could be scaled up to make energy-generating pumps directly powered by the sun. (MIT Technology Review; April 13, 2009)
  

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Featured: Magnet Motors > Poll: Do you think an all-magnet motor (no electrical input) is possible? - We've posted a poll to get your input on this question, with the following answer options: - Impossible - Maybe - Quite sure - Someone I trust says they've built/seen one - I've personally built or seen one. Comment as you like. (PES Network via 99Polls.com; May 30, 2009)

• Nuclear > Fusion
  Giant Laser Reactor Unveiled in California - The $3.5-billion-dollar National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will focus 192 laser beams on a hydrogen pellet the size of a bead, heating it to incredible temperatures in an attempt to recreate the power of the sun, in an event that could light the entire country for a split second. (Fox News; May 29, 2009) [Like trying to harness a hurricane?]
  

Friday, May 29, 2009

• 
  Free Energy >
  World renowned physicist challenged over free energy machines - Nuclear physicist, Dr. Robert Koontz, has written an open letter challenging Dr. Michio Kaku who recently called free energy machines "impossible" in a recent interview on Coast to Coast AM, saying he needs to reconsider their feasibility based on unknown principles such as alternate dimensions. (Examiner; May 29, 2009)
  

• Solar > Largest
  The race to build the world's biggest solar power plant heats up - The race to build the world’s largest solar power plant continues with Arizona Public Service and Starwood Energy Group Global LLC unveiling plans for a 290-megawatt concentrating solar plant west of Phoenix. Named Starwood Solar, it will produce enough electricity to power more than 73,000 homes and is scheduled for completion by 2013. (GizMag; May 26, 2009)
  

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Featured: Magnet Motors > Mylow > Data > Jose E. Concepcion, aka Mylow magnet motor a hoax - Recent evidence suggests that "Mylow" of Chicago was fibbing from the beginning when he claimed to have successfully replicated Howard Johnson's all-magnet motor; and that he has never actually produced a single working unit. (PESN; May 28, 2009)

• Waste-to-Energy >
  Waste Management joins with with InEnTech to convert waste to energy - Waste gasification, a process for converting garbage into fuel and electricity without incinerating it, may be a step closer to large-scale commercialization. Industry heaviweight, Waste Management, has entered into a joint venture with InEnTec of Richland, WA to commercialize its plasma-gasification technology, forming S4 Energy Solutions. (MIT Technology Review; May 27, 2009)
  

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

• 
  Solar > Vehicles >
  Plans to build Arizona bullet train fired by the sun - Solar Bullet LLC is developing a bullet train that will be powered by the sun. At 220mph the train could travel from Tucson to Phoenix in just 30 minutes. The system would need 110 megawatts of electricity to run, generated by solar panels mounted above the tracks, and is slated for operation beginning in 2018. (GizMag; May 26, 2009)
  

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

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  Nanotechnology / Storage > Capacitors >
  Print-on-Demand Power - Flexible carbon-nanotube supercapacitors could give more power to cell phones and other electronics. Researchers have made the first printable supercapacitor. This high-performance energy-storage device performs better than conventional supercapacitors currently on the market. (MIT Technology Review; April 27, 2009)
  

Monday, May 25, 2009

Featured: Suppression / Movies > Race to Witch Mountain -- a Metaphor - This new Disney film is amazingly on point when it comes to depicting how the BlackOps control advanced technologies via off-budget, huge projects, in cahoots with certain elements within the U.S. government, often in blatant disregard for the large picture in favor of some myopic agenda. (PESWiki; May 25, 2009) (Comment at Examiner.com)

• Cold Fusion > Sonofusion >
  Explaining how collapsing bubbles can get so hot - A new paper published in the New Journal of Physics proposes a model explains much of the sonofusion heating process, including a possible route towards heating the interior of the bubble further, making the process more potentially practical. (ARS Technica; May 14, 2009)
  

• Biomass > Ethanol >
  Cellulosic Ethanol on the Cheap - Mascoma, a cellulosic biofuels company based in Lebanon, NH, reports significant advances in its goal of simplifying the cellulosic ethanol process by skipping the use of costly enzymes, which could potentially reduce cellulosic ethanol's production costs by 20 to 30 percent. (MIT Technology Review; May 12, 2009)
  

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Featured / Papers: Cold Fusion > Cold Fusion explanation using the Y-Bias model of scalar dynamics - An ‘out-of-the-box’ explanation of the quantum electrodynamics attendant to the phenomenon referred to as Cold Fusion, by one a revered theorist and leaders in the field of exotic, breakthrough energy research. (PESN; May 24, 2009)

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Featured: Tools > The New Jersey Corporation for Advanced Technology (NJCAT) - A private/public partnership that pools the best talents and diverse resources of business and industry, entrepreneurs, university research centers, utilities and government to promote the development and commercialization of exciting, new energy and environmental technologies. (PESWiki; March 6, 2009)

• Biomass / Plastic / Alt Fuels >
  Plastic and Fuel That Grow On Trees - Chemists have learned how to convert plant biomass directly into a chemical building block that can be used to produce not only fuel, but also plastics, polyester, and industrial chemicals, cheaply and efficiently. (GizMag; May 20, 2009)
  

Friday, May 22, 2009

Featured: Magnet Motors > Swiss Ring Magnet Motor - "A current is produced in the ring because of the magnetic field of the magnet, this current creates a secondary magnetic field around the ring that is little delayed from the primary magnetic field of the magnet, which creates a force and makes the ring rotate." Higher output versions claimed. Open source maybe. (PESWiki; May 22, 2009)

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Featured: Magnet Motors > Mylow > Forum > What's your take on Mylow and his magnet motor? - Weigh in and comment on poll posted by Sterling, with the following range of answer options: - Will soon be vindicated - Sincere inventor scared by MIB - Psychotic faker from the beginning - Planted to discredit FE movement - Don't know / none of the above. (99Polls.com; May 21, 2009)

Featured: Magnet Motors > Mylow > Correspondence > Did the MIB force Mylow to fake his later all-magnet motors? - The specter of a working magnet motor technology coming on to the scene to disrupt the oil-based support system of the powers-that-be is indeed plenty of motive for them to play dirty tricks to maintain their supremacy. Wednesday's communications from Mylow. (PESN; May 21, 2009)

• Air / Batteries > Lithium Ion
  Future air-fueled battery could store 10 times more power - The new idea the researchers are examining is to replace the lithium cobalt oxide electrode in today's rechargeable lithium batteries with a porous carbon electrode. This allows lithium ions and electrons in the cell to react instead with oxygen in the ambient air. (CNet; May 19, 2009)
  

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

• Wind > High Altitude Wind Power >
  Harnessing High Winds With Giant Kites - On overview of various companies and groups seeking to develop viable, reliable methods of harnessing energy from high altitude winds, which carry hundreds of times more energy and are more constant than those near the ground. A look at Delft University of Technology's Laddermill; Google-supported Makani; University of Sussex; and Kitegen of Italy. (Alternative Energy News; May 20, 2009)

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Sunday, May 24, 2009

Featured / Papers: Cold Fusion > Cold Fusion explanation using the Y-Bias model of scalar dynamics - An ‘out-of-the-box’ explanation of the quantum electrodynamics attendant to the phenomenon referred to as Cold Fusion, by one a revered theorist and leaders in the field of exotic, breakthrough energy research. (PESN; May 24, 2009)

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Featured: Tools > The New Jersey Corporation for Advanced Technology (NJCAT) - A private/public partnership that pools the best talents and diverse resources of business and industry, entrepreneurs, university research centers, utilities and government to promote the development and commercialization of exciting, new energy and environmental technologies. (PESWiki; March 6, 2009)

• Biomass / Plastic / Alt Fuels >
  Plastic and Fuel That Grow On Trees - Chemists have learned how to convert plant biomass directly into a chemical building block that can be used to produce not only fuel, but also plastics, polyester, and industrial chemicals, cheaply and efficiently. (GizMag; May 20, 2009)
  

Friday, May 22, 2009

Featured: Magnet Motors > Swiss Ring Magnet Motor - "A current is produced in the ring because of the magnetic field of the magnet, this current creates a secondary magnetic field around the ring that is little delayed from the primary magnetic field of the magnet, which creates a force and makes the ring rotate." Higher output versions claimed. Open source maybe. (PESWiki; May 22, 2009)

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Featured: Magnet Motors > Mylow > Forum > What's your take on Mylow and his magnet motor? - Weigh in and comment on poll posted by Sterling, with the following range of answer options: - Will soon be vindicated - Sincere inventor scared by MIB - Psychotic faker from the beginning - Planted to discredit FE movement - Don't know / none of the above. (99Polls.com; May 21, 2009)

Featured: Magnet Motors > Mylow > Correspondence > Did the MIB force Mylow to fake his later all-magnet motors? - The specter of a working magnet motor technology coming on to the scene to disrupt the oil-based support system of the powers-that-be is indeed plenty of motive for them to play dirty tricks to maintain their supremacy. Wednesday's communications from Mylow. (PESN; May 21, 2009)

• Air / Batteries > Lithium Ion
  Future air-fueled battery could store 10 times more power - The new idea the researchers are examining is to replace the lithium cobalt oxide electrode in today's rechargeable lithium batteries with a porous carbon electrode. This allows lithium ions and electrons in the cell to react instead with oxygen in the ambient air. (CNet; May 19, 2009)
  

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

• Wind > High Altitude Wind Power >
  Harnessing High Winds With Giant Kites - On overview of various companies and groups seeking to develop viable, reliable methods of harnessing energy from high altitude winds, which carry hundreds of times more energy and are more constant than those near the ground. A look at Delft University of Technology's Laddermill; Google-supported Makani; University of Sussex; and Kitegen of Italy. (Alternative Energy News; May 20, 2009)

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Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Featured: Magnet Motors > Mylow > Data > Fish line mechanical drive discovered in Mylow magnet motor - Some keen observers have pointed out a cheater device, which when noticed becomes blatantly obvious: a drive mechanism via fish line. Was Mylow forced to do that as a ploy to discredit the entire operation which actually had some legitimate stuff, or was it all a strange hoax? (PESN; May 19, 2009)

Featured: Events > 2009 Jarboes Mill AEPC Energy Show n’ Tell Event - Come and see who and what shows up in Maryland May 30-31 this year. It's the second annual Woodstock of free and renewable energy. Covering both conventional and exotic clean energy technologies -- mainly the latter. Bring your own tin foil hat. (PESWiki; May 19, 2009)

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Featured: Magnet Motors > Mylow > Version 2.1 > How does Mylow get his all-magnet motor to work? - Despite having posted a video showing his motor running using readily-available magnets, along with photos and caliper measurements of the spacing, no one yet has been able to replicate his work four days later. New information provided may change that soon? (PESN; May 16, 2009) (Comment at Examiner.com)

• Secondary Oscillations > Milkovic Two-Stage Mechanical Oscillator >
  Milkovic Output/Input Measured at 1.46 (0.5 Mb; PDF) - Ronald Pugh, a Canadian machinist, reports on the pendulum-lever system efficiency measurement he conducted. Once again, he confirms the super efficiency of Milkovic's Two-stage Mechanical Oscillator. (VeljkoMilkovic.com; May 17, 2009)

Saturday, May 16, 2009

Featured: Magnet Motors > Mylow > Plans > V2.1 Mylow Magnet Motor Version 2.1 Plans Available - We've completed the updated plans for the most recent all-magnet motor shown by Mylow, which appears to run using just six bar magnets on the rotor, using magnets that we sent him which are readily available in today's market. (PES Network, Inc.; May 16, 2009)

• Funding >
  Secretary Chu: Calling All Cold Fusion Inventors—and Other Revolutionaries - The U.S. Department of Energy is accepting proposals for energy R&D projects that “disrupt the status quo." The $400 million program is part of the Energy Department’s new emphasis on breakthrough technologies. Small thinkers need not apply: “We are not looking for incremental progress on current technologies.” (Wall Street Journal; May 12, 2009)
  

Friday, May 15, 2009

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  Magnet Motors > Howard Johnson >
  Bedini Posts Video of Howard Johnson's Devices - John Bedini and Rick Friedrick post a video showing Howard Johnson's linear track magnet train and original magnet motor that John has in his possession, received from HJ years ago. He addresses the video to Mylow to encourage him in his efforts to carry on the work of the late H.J. (YouTube; May 15, 2009)
  

• Magnet Motors > Mylow > OS:MYLOW:Theory >
  Mylow's gate - "I have explained that the switching is very important and you must understand that first. I don't care how many magnets you glue on that disc it's not going to work until you understand the switch and where the energy is coming from." -- John Bedini (Mylow_Magmo; May 15, 2009 11:57 am Mountain)

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  Electromagnetic > Bedini SG >
  Spinning Magnet Using Bedini Circuit (video) - I found this looking for a back-up copy of Bedini's video about Howard Johnson's linear track and magnet motor. A cow magnet is seen spinning vertically on top of a plate over a Bedini coil powered by a 9-V battery on the input side, powering a 9-V on the output. (YouTube by Pirate88179; May 03, 2009)
  

• Clean Coal >
  Phoenix Firm Offers Nation 'Clear Coal' Solution - A new company, Phoenix-based CoalSack Energy's Clear Coal™ technology makes it possible to convert any type or grade of coal into three basic by-products — char, synthetic oil and synthetic gas — through one integrated process, and it produces one barrel of crude per ton of coal processed. (Bob McCarty Writes; May 14, 2009)
  

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Featured: Magnet Motors > Mylow > Correspondence > Mylow itching to go to TV; suggesting 3rd party test - In a couple of recent phone calls with Mylow, he mentioned that he plans to add more magnets to the version 2.1 (yin-yang rotor) device. Says rotor doesn't work with magnets N-down. (Mylow_Magmo; May 14, 2009)

• Awards >
  CleanTech Open - $1 million USD set aside by organization whose "mission is to serve as an innovation catalyst for ... entrepreneurs and early-stage companies creating clean, environmentally sustainable technologies. Any inventor, technologist or clean tech enthusiast is invited to submit a three-page Executive Summary by May 30th."
  

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Magnet Motors > Mylow > Replications > Mylow gets all-magnet-motor running using off-the-shelf parts - Since Saturday, Mylow has been posting a series of instructional videos to show how to replicate his motor using readily-available parts. Tuesday evening he got it spinning with just one set of six magnets on the rotor. The replication race will heat up for sure. Who will be first? (PESWiki; May 13, 2009) (Comment at Examiner)

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Magnet Motors > Mylow > Data / Videos > RPM Data of Mylow's All-Magnet Motor - LightRider has programmed some software that works with an external sensor to automatically perform an acceleration analysis of any of Mylow's videos. Analysis of his glass table video from May 2 shows rapid acceleration at first, then reaching an equilibrium speed at around 5 minutes, which is maintained to the end of the ~10-minute video. (PESWiki; May 12, 2009)

Monday, May 11, 2009

• Books > Breakthrough Power >
  Breakthrough Power book receives silver award - For 26 years, Independent Publisher has been recognizing the work of publishers who exhibit the courage and creativity necessary to take chances, break new ground, and bring about change, not only to the world of publishing, but to our society. This year they recognized Jeane Manning and Joel Garbon's book with one of their Outstanding Book of the Year awards. (IndependentPublisher.com; 2009)
  

• Humor / Global Warming >
  Two Sides of the Same Coin (video) - The Stuart David Show -- Episode 12 -- A Foothill in the Mouth, provides a good-natured poking fun at environmentalism and extremism from either end of the spectrum. (Vimeo; Apr. 2009)
  

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Featured: Magnet Motors > Mylow > V 2.0 / Videos > Mylow Posting How-To Instructional Videos for his All-Magnet Motor - Having received a new rotor-stator assembly and magnets that are off-the-shelf available, Mylow is now posting a series of instructional videos for people wanting to replicate his bar magnet motor. (PESWiki; May 10, 2009)

• Cold Fusion > Theories
  QED cavity up conversion is relativistic confusing measurements re LENR - "I am proposing that the hydrino state of relativistic hydrogen inside a Casimir cavity can only occur if vacuum fluctuations twist on the temporal axis appearing to an observer in our plane as getting faster and taking all matter diffused in the field such as the hydrogen atom along for the ride leading to the fractional quantum hydrino." (ScienceBlog; May 3, 2009)

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Monday, April 6, 2009

Featured: Suppression / Magnet Motors > Mylow > Mylow's All-Magnet Motor "Not a Fake" - Mylow gives more info about how his motor works, how the recent episode with the MIB guy (NSA) rattled him, tells of non-symmetric polarity in his stator magnet, encourages replication attempts. (PESN; April 6, 2009)

• EVs > Plug-In
  Can GM's Volt Save the Company? - Last week, President Obama said that GM had failed to present a convincing plan to turn around its decline, and he warned that the automaker may face bankruptcy. GM's planned plug-in hybrid car is at the core of the automaker's attempt to reinvent itself. (MIT Technology Review; April 6, 2009)
  

• Investment Resources >
  Report: Global clean-energy investment falls 53% - The steep drop-off shows the global economy's continued deterioration despite a fresh emphasis on curbing pollution and promoting cleaner energy such as wind farms, solar parks and biofuels plants. (MIT Technology Review; April 02, 2009)
  

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Featured / Store: Magnet Motors > Mylow > Mylow Magnet Motor Plans -- Version 1.1 - Sterling presents a concise and clear set of instructions of how to build a working all-magnet motor as described by Mylow, who is the first person we know of who has replicated Howard Johnson’s Stonehenge model from three decades ago. (MylowPlans.com; April 4, 2009)

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