Waiting for Godot

We took a decision over a month ago now to cease reporting of the eCat for several reasons. 

First of all, 16 months have elapsed since we helped break the story to the world and yet there are still no independent third party test results of the eCat.  This is a very disappointing situation in view of the intitial timescales to commercial launch that were originally given.

There can be no doubt that many very qulaified individuals have been present and witnessed eCat tests - however, despite the optimism felt for the commercial realisation of such a revolutionary technology, the fact remains that in the absense of independent third party verification the eCat's claimed power output remains heresay at this point. There can be no doubt that Nickel Hydrogen reactions do produce anomalous heat, but the question remains over the power figures claimed.

So what do we mean by third party tests?  Essentially - this refers to testing in a laboratory environment by a reputable third party testing company such as Underwriters Laboratories or similar.  The tests would be made when no current member of the eCat team was present in the room and would include several test runs with controls in place.  These tests would be conducted over several weeks ideally to reach a conclusive result.

It is not fair on the readers of Free Energy Truth that we report daily unsubstantiated rumours of  "he said" "she said" hearsay.

Should independent collaborations or verifiable developments / testing occur then we will resume coverage.  Our eCatNow site contains feeds of all the relevant "he said" she said" developments on the eCat which you are still welcome to follow.

Defkalion

Defkalion have went silent, so there is nothing to report that can be substantiated or verified.  However, the fact they have went silent is a good sign of their professionalism and their resisting the sensationalist  rumour mill.

It's hard to imagine a scenario where both Defkalion and the eCat are both nothing but hot air and harder still to see how anyone hopes to make serious money unless they have a legitimate product to sell.

As it turns out our decision to cease reporting was a good one. News on both of these potential game-changers has been deathly quiet for nearly 2 months.

While behind-the-scenes developments are reported to be happening in both camps, only time will tell when and if one or both reach a commercially viable status.

Truthfall

Meanwhile, in other news,  work continues on our brand new site which breaks out of the narrow band of free energy developments to present you with a more complete picture of the secrecy and supression that pervades our society. The site will launch sometime in May. In the meantime please "Like" our Facebook page to keep up to date with events.

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High Noon As Defkalion Accept $1 Million Dollar Challenge

NOTE: We are in the middle of transitioning away from Google's Blogger platform to a brand new site which is still under construction at present, so please excuse any broken links or features that are not yet enabled - Thanks, Free Energy Truth.

The site will go "live" a few weeks from now.

Click here to read "High Noon As Defkalion Accept $1 Million Dollar Challenge".

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Hyperion Independent Testing: Defkalion Swamped With Applications

 eCat competitor Defkalion recently asked for interested organisations and individuals to step forward and independently test their LENR reactor (Hyperion). The response was very positive it would seem.

An update on their forum says:

"So far we have received applications and we are in the process of preparing independent test with 7 well-known research centers and organizations from Greece and abroad.

We have received hundreds of applications from independent individual researchers from around the world. Obviously they can not meet all these requests memonomenon researchers within the space of the next two months.

The process of determining the available testing dates of research centers and protocols of each test-instrumentation research centers / organizations, require much correspondence and understandings (possibly more time consuming than we thought, due to their internal bureaucracy)."

http://www.defkalion-energy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5914#p5914

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Obama State Of The Union: "Clean Energy Industry Never Been So Promising"

In President Obama's State Of The Union speech which has just been aired, Obama described a "clean energy industry that's never been more promising".

In obvious reference to the control and supply of Iranian oil he looked to the future energy needs for the US "A future where we're in control of our own energy, and our security and prosperity aren't so tied to unstable parts of the world".

As well as natural gas and other conventional energy, Obama made a commitment to dump oil company subsidies and proceed towards a clean energy future.

"We have subsidized oil companies for a century. That's long enough. It's time to end the taxpayer giveaways to an industry that's rarely been more profitable, and double-down on a clean energy industry that's never been more promising." - President Obama

Nowhere is the promise of innovation greater than in American-made energy. Over the last three years, we've opened millions of new acres for oil and gas exploration, and tonight, I'm directing my Administration to open more than 75 percent of our potential offshore oil and gas resources. Right now, American oil production is the highest that it's been in eight years. That's right - eight years. Not only that - last year, we relied less on foreign oil than in any of the past sixteen years.

But with only 2 percent of the world's oil reserves, oil isn't enough. This country needs an all-out, all-of-the-above strategy that develops every available source of American energy - a strategy that's cleaner, cheaper, and full of new jobs.

We have a supply of natural gas that can last America nearly one hundred years, and my Administration will take every possible action to safely develop this energy. Experts believe this will support more than 600,000 jobs by the end of the decade. And I'm requiring all companies that drill for gas on public lands to disclose the chemicals they use. America will develop this resource without putting the health and safety of our citizens at risk.

The development of natural gas will create jobs and power trucks and factories that are cleaner and cheaper, proving that we don't have to choose between our environment and our economy. And by the way, it was public research dollars, over the course of thirty years, that helped develop the technologies to extract all this natural gas out of shale rock - reminding us that Government support is critical in helping businesses get new energy ideas off the ground.

What's true for natural gas is true for clean energy. In three years, our partnership with the private sector has already positioned America to be the world's leading manufacturer of high-tech batteries. Because of federal investments, renewable energy use has nearly doubled. And thousands of Americans have jobs because of it.
When Bryan Ritterby was laid off from his job making furniture, he said he worried that at 55, no one would give him a second chance. But he found work at Energetx, a wind turbine manufacturer in Michigan. Before the recession, the factory only made luxury yachts. Today, it's hiring workers like Bryan, who said, "I'm proud to be working in the industry of the future."

Our experience with shale gas shows us that the payoffs on these public investments don't always come right away. Some technologies don't pan out; some companies fail. But I will not walk away from the promise of clean energy. I will not walk away from workers like Bryan. I will not cede the wind or solar or battery industry to China or Germany because we refuse to make the same commitment here. We have subsidized oil companies for a century. That's long enough. It's time to end the taxpayer giveaways to an industry that's rarely been more profitable, and double-down on a clean energy industry that's never been more promising. Pass clean energy tax credits and create these jobs. 

We can also spur energy innovation with new incentives. "The differences in this chamber may be too deep right now to pass a comprehensive plan to fight climate change. But there's no reason why Congress shouldn't at least set a clean energy standard that creates a market for innovation. So far, you haven't acted. Well tonight, I will. I'm directing my Administration to allow the development of clean energy on enough public land to power three million homes. And I'm proud to announce that the Department of Defense, the world's largest consumer of energy, will make one of the largest commitments to clean energy in history - with the Navy purchasing enough capacity to power a quarter of a million homes a year".

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Reading between the lines, Obama has clearly been briefed on the fact that LENR is rapidly coming of age as a replacement for polluting energy sources such as oil, coal and traditional nuclear power. This is the biggest signal yet from the US administration that we are moving to a new era of clean energy where oil subsidies are gone and replaced with incentives for clean energy developments.

Energy from LENR (Low Energy Nuclear Reactions) although not directly referenced in the speech, will no doubt form one of the core clean energy technologies for the future. This speech (just like the recent Zawodny NASA video) is just another part of the drip feeding process, preparing the public for the inevitable transition to LENR.

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NASA Video: So what was all THAT about?

What a bizarre week it has been.

Most puzzling of all has been the amazing NASA video which went to great lengths to extol the virtues of LENR, promising us a world of clean abundant energy before being shot down in flames by the same people who made it. As you do.

In our original post discussing the Zawodny NASA LENR video we said "This video by NASA seems to validate the work we have been seeing recently by Rossi, Focardi, Piantelli and Celani and the claims that LENR (Cold Fusion) is a valid technology with enough power and potential to completely replace fossil fuels and polluting nuclear power."

So in no way did we single out the work of Rossi and his eCat. What we said was that the NASA video validated LENR as a valid technology and Zawodny confirms this in his blog. It does not matter who crosses the finish line first, what matters is that LENR becomes integrated into our lives and we start to drag ourselves out of 19th century energy generation.

This is just an opinion, but If Zawodny is backtracking both by dissasociating himself and his work from "official" NASA control and by claiming LENR is not commercially viable then that's NOT what the video is hinting at. Want proof? Read the comments on the YouTube page and you'll quickly realise that people are certainly not interpreting the video as merely proof of excess heat.

Can NASA REALLY say they are surprised at the public reaction to the video?

The video has the official NASA logo stamped all over it, it repeatedly refers to NASA scientists and NASA patents. Meanwhile the video contains images of trucks, planes, ships and other power hungry transportation and hardware that presumably could be powered by LENR, so why are those images in the video if it was not intended for people to read this conclusion? What was the purpose of the video then? If it was to simply confirm that LENR produces excess heat and that it has real potential for the future then it's dead simple. Don't put trucks and planes in there. And how does one go about getting a video onto the official NASA technology portal? I'm willing to bet that anything going on there needs some sort of official sign-off and approval from a MUCH HIGHER AUTHORITY. Was it the censors day off?

And what about the timing of the release of this video? Is it just a coincidence that several LENR researchers (including Rossi) have been confirming USEFUL results and plans for commercialization? Is Rossi's seemingly rampant march towards commercial products pushing NASA on information release a little quicker than they would have liked?

It could be argued that the video was intended to go out with the intention of slowly drip feeding the public and preparing them for this new technology and that slowly over time this would have ramped up until we accepted it like it has always been that way. How do you boil a frog? - Very slowly so that it barely notices the slow rise in water temperature.

What ACTUALLY appears to have happened (and again this is only an opinion) is that NASA miscalculated the amount of public interest in LENR generated by Rossi over the last year. After realising that the public reaction was BIG they quickly moved to pour cold water on the story before it hit the global mainstream media. Their planned slow drip-feed may have turned into a potential Tsunami ahead of time.

Again, this is just an opinion, so no-one needs to get their knickers in a knot.

But buried in this whole story is a small but important fact and that is that Zawodny confirms that LENR in his professional opinion has been shown to produces excess heat. Essentially LENR (cold fusion)works!

Just try getting an official government agency to admit cold fusion was a real prospect even 12 months ago and I could have sold you a bridge in Brooklyn.

Can Pons & Fleishmann now get an official apology? Will the scientific community now admit they were wrong? Where are the old establishment oligarchs now? The ones who made sure cold fusion was killed off before it even got started.

In terms of the bigger picture, Cold fusion is no longer a dirty word.

National and international official govt policies on LENR have been CHANGED. The question is who ordered it and why?

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New Rossi Video From eCat.com

Interesting new video released by eCat.com, apparently filmed in Bologna on January 12th shows the / a 1MW eCat plant. Rossi discusses his plans for product marketing.

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EXCLUSIVE: Is 3M one of the 1MW eCat Customers?

In late 2011 we received information from a source that suggested international conglomerate 3M was one of the first customers who purchased a 1MW Industrial eCat (Energy Catalyzer).  

The energy catalyzer is a revolutionary LENR technology which uses miniscule amounts of powdered Nickel and pressurized Hydrogen to produce vast amounts of energy.  The energy catalyzer (if verified) has the potential to revolutionize every aspect of life, geopolitics and finance on the planet.

3M are one of the world's largest companies who are very well respected for their products and are internationally known.

3M Headquarters in St Paul, Minnesota

Free Energy Truth put the question directly to 3M for clarification.

We asked - "I’d like to know if 3M have purchased a 1MW eCat reactor from Andrea Rossi (Leonardo Corporation) or have any business relationship with Rossi or his Leonardo Corporation? "
 
"Andrea Rossi is the inventor of a revolutionary new energy technology LENR (Low Energy Nuclear Reactions). There was talk that the company  that purchased the reactor was 3M, so I’d like to get clarification from yourselves as to whether this is based in truth or not. Can you provide me with some sort of statement either way on 3M’s position regarding this and any involvement in this new revolutionary energy device?"

Free Energy Truth received the following brief statement via email from a 3M spokesperson at their St Paul Headquarters.

"It is 3M's practice not to discuss our business involving specific individuals or companies.  Thank you."

According to Wikipedia -  "3M has over 80,000 employees, they produce more than 55,000 products, including: adhesives, abrasives, laminates, passive fire protection, dental products, electronic materials, medical products, car care products (such as sun films, polish, wax, car shampoo, treatment for the exterior, interior and the under chassis rust protection)^[2], electronic circuits and optical films.^[3] 3M has operations in more than 60 countries – 29 international companies with manufacturing operations, and 35 with laboratories. 3M products are available for purchase through distributors and retailers in more than 200 countries, and many 3M products are available online directly from the company."

 

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Video: NASA Admits LENR Can Power The World

It's GAME OVER for traditional fossil fuels and conventional nuclear power as NASA admits LENR "Game Changer" can power everything cleanly and cheaply. What a start to 2012!

Watch the video here!

Narrator: "While the world is drastically dependent on fossil fuel, researchers at NASA Langley Research Centre are working on another way of producing efficient nuclear power."

Dr Zawodny: "This other form of nuclear power releases energy by adding neutrons. Eventually they gain a sufficient number of neutrons that they spontaneously decay into something of the same mass but a different element."

Narrator: "The different element is cleaner than traditional nuclear fuels and can be produced with raw materials such as Nickel, Carbon and Hydrogen".

Dr Zawodny "It has the demonstrated ability to produce excess amounts of energy, cleanly, withour harardous, ionizing radiation, without producing nasty waste".

Narrator: This clean form of energy is also powerful, able to support everything from transportation systems to infrastructure.

Dr Zawodny: The easiest implementation of this would be for the home. You would have a unit that would replace your water heater. And you would have some sort of cycle to derive electrical energy from that. And then it would dump it's waste heat into the water, or air handling system for the building. So it would be a dual use thing, it would be sitting there producing heat then you'd drive electricity from it to run your electronics. Power the house, power the building, power the light industry. And then the waste heat would be used for environmental control and warm water.

Narrator: NASA's method for Enhancement of Surface Plasmon Polaritons to Initiate And Sustain  LENR in Metal Hydride Systems, a clean nuclear energy for your power operated technology.

This video by NASA seems to validate the work we have been seeing recently by Rossi, Focardi, Piantelli and Celani and the claims that LENR (Cold Fusion) is a valid technology with enough power and potential to completely replace fossil fuels and polluting nuclear power.

This also comes on the back of an admition by Royal Dutch Shell that they too through their "Shell Game Changer" program are working on LENR technologies to replace fossil fuels.

Watch the 2 minute teaser video here

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Happy Christmas SNAKE!

Andrea Rossi has his own inimitable style when it comes to language. Entertaining, if nothing else.

• Andrea Rossi

  December 3rd, 2011 at 2:55 PM

  Dear E-Catering:
  Have a Merry Christmas and a lucky 2012 you too, as well as all the Readers of this Journal ( I am so good: Merry Christmas and lucky New Year also to Puppet-Snakes and to their Puppetteers!)
  Warm Regards,
  A.R.
  

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MSNBC On Rossi's Visit To Massachusetts

MSNBC.com reports on Senator Bruce Tarr's invitation to Andrea Rossi to base any eCat manufacturing facilities in Massachusetts. 

It's a regurgitation of the original (and better) article in the Boston Globe.  The MSNBC article is only mildly significant in the sense that it is yet more mainstream coverage.  Also worthy of note is that MSNBC (as mainstream as you can get) are actually covering the story more than the majority of the "alternative media" sites who should be ALL over this news.

Widen Your Outlook

Yes, there looks like a much bigger economic collapse coming, and yes, Isra-hell are shaping up for an attack on Iran which could pull in China and Russia and escalate into a much wider conflict, but that does not excuse the alternative media from reporting on one of the SOLUTIONS to the problem!

I don't know what it is, but they seem to report on every other alternative topic (except free and exotic energy developments) for some reason.  It's time they got with the program.

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Defkalion Press Release And Hyperion Tech Data Sheet

Today Defkalion Green Technologies published 2 new important documents. The first is a full preliminary technical data sheet for it's Hyperion (Kw Series) products. The second was a press release mapping out their plans for the introduction of their Hyperion product.


Information Release Highlights

• Hyperion Technical Specifications Data Sheet Released
• New Photos Of Fully Assembled Hyperion Product
• Defkalion will allow third-party independent testing
• 850 companies from 60 countries interested in licensing
• Research And Development Joint Ventures
  

Toady's Press Release


Today, and through our company website, Praxen - Defkalion Green Technologies Global has disclosed its current work on Nickel and Hydrogen exothermic reaction using Chemically Assisted Low Energy Nuclear Reactions.

The provided Technical Specifications Sheet is a first preparation of our pre-industrial Hyperion product. This data has been tested with progress made towards the design of a final product ready for market entry in 2012.

Hyperion products will be introduced into the global market with applications for buildings, agriculture and industrial energy needs.


Beyond the completion of the final product with all necessary certificates, our company has three key objectives for 2012:


1. Agreements with companies for exclusive licenses according to country / territory

We have received interest in our license agreements from 850 companies from 60 countries. They have already received an invitation for testing our products on the basis of a license for their country. We expect to sign contracts in 2012 and have already started talks.


2. Third party independent tests for scientific purposes and advancement of theory

Praxen - Defkalion Green Technologies is a strong supporter of LENR technologies globally. Greece can become the global centre for R&D on LENR technologies. We have already received numerous requests from leading scientific authorities, academic institutions and national laboratories from key countries to conduct tests on our products. Our policy is to accept their requests, under agreed protocol, and to allow publication of their findings. The process of agreeing to dates for such tests depends on the availability of our staff and labs, keeping in mind that we run a business, not a technology show room.


3. R&D-based joint venture partnerships with companies in niche market applications

There are many applications that stand alone Hyperion products cannot service. In these cases, we will enter into joint venture agreements with companies that have specialized know-how and technologies in their field, but who will be able to utilize and capitalize on our technology to create entirely new products with ours. Examples of such partnerships have come from interested companies in the fields of marine propulsion, water desalination, off-shore drilling, trains, telecom towers, heavy vehicles, and micro energy sources. These agreements will be

Spec Sheet: About The Reaction

"Defkalion's scientific R&D team have successfully managed to trigger and monitor Chemically Assisted Low Energy Nuclear Reactions caused by Nickel and Hydrogen nuclei. Following extensive experimentation on the preparation, cleaning and degassing of Nickel clusters and atomic Hydrogen systems, valuable knowledge has been gained.  The data was obtained from conventional, non-specifically designed for LENR instrumentation, such as mass-spectrometer, gas-chromatographer, Wilson camera, SEM spectra and others".

"Such measurements of phenomena gave us strong evidence on the activation mechanisma of Nickel that allow the nuclear capture of Hydrogen (the "breaking" of the Coulomb barrier), as well as the thermalization mechanism in a dynamic system of multi-stage set of reactions. Due to the elapsed time between the phenomena and their measurements using the above mentioned instrumentation, an incomplete proof of theories still exists, However, the obtained data provide us with a solid basis to control the triggering and termination conditions of the Ni-H reactions within Hyperion reactors, as well as the necessary conditions for stable performance."

"As a result , the above mentioned efforts led to the design of safe and stable Hyperion pre-industrial product, following the specifications described in this docment."

"Defkalion GT is an industrial company and not an academic or research institute with a role to state, prove and reject theories; as such, we recognize that products do not need to be based on theories. However, we do recognize the importance of scienfific knowledge for further scientific research and product development. For this reason, we have decided to invest on a new series of on-line real-time mass spectrometers, designed specifically for LENR and Hyperions, that we are developing and testing in Greece. It is our intention to publish all relative measurements in scientific journals and events, when our tests are finally concluded."


Forum Questions and Answers

Defkalion opened a new Discussion Thread in their forum.  Here are some of the first questions and answers:

Q: How quickly can the system come up to power? Also, how fast can it be turned down to idle mode?

A: Please indicate an example of configuration (single or multi-reactor, kW and maximum allowed temperature). We will consult our R&D to check tables and we will provide you with a precise answer the soonest. In general, the mean time to put a Hyperion from 0 to 100% of its capacity is 6,5min.

Continuous Operation

Q: Could you clarify how long the Hyperion can produce excess heat continuously ? Thanks.

A: As you can see in specs, for at least 6 months non-stop (for any reason).
Thank you

Thermostat

Q: Dave wrote:

Will it be controllable by some form of thermostat so that it can be used to heat an environment?I read the specifications but do not recall seeing answers to these questions.

A: In a secondary circuit sending heat to an environment, any typical thermostat can adjust the energy demand to Hyperion. Hyperion PLCs are monitoring on line the Delta on calorimetry in the prime circuit, auto-adjusting the production (opening/closing the reactor(s) accordingly)

Self Sustain

Q: Meta wrote:

I note that Rossi has aparently demonstrated his ecats in Self sustain mode for brief periods of time, after the kernals have been preheated to operating temperature. In your nicely crafted report there are various modes of operation mentioned but a self sustain mode seems to be absent. Is self sustain possible under the currently developed control system? Or would you prefer to avoid the term self sustain for the time being due to its radical connotations..

A: Hyperion is a system, not just a bare reactor. And the system uses pumps and electronics that need electric power in normal operations. So, there is not really a sustain mode in such systems.

PS Please notice also that we indicated COP for single or mult-reactor systems and not for bare reactors.

Price of Hyperions

Q: Can you give us an idea about hyperion's price list? (Products and annual services)
thanks

A: Indications on prices for the Greek market you can find in several publishes in Greek newspapers in Press Section of our site. In case you can not read Greek, this indication is 5.500euro per multi-reactor system (installed) and some hundreds of euros per year for recharge/support/service. Official price lists for local and international markets will be announced later.
Thank you

Note: All multi-reactor systems will have the same selling price, regardless if they are of let us say 20 or 35 or 45 kW nominal power. In all cases, 9 reactors are in the kernel. Up to 4, 7 or 9 respectively in this examble, are allowed to operate concurrently by their setup. So the recharge period varies, as far as all 9 reactors may service the system following a balancing algorithm. So, recharging period is not always 6 months. It can be more as stated in specs.

Nickel Consumption

Q: This question, by a consumer point of view might probably be irrelevant since each six months (in single reactor units) the nickel charge and the hydrogen bottle get replaced completely, but I was wondering on a scientific point of view what is the consumption of Hydrogen and Nickel in grams for, let's say, a 10 kW unit continuously running at 100% power for six months? (or better and more generically, using a more proper unit of measure, in g/MWh) Could you also state how much Hydrogen and Nickel would such unit start up with?

Perhaps for Nickel a more correct word than consumption would be transmutation (assuming this is what happens in the reactor core, as with Rossi's). If you agree with this, could you tell how much of it, in the example above, gets transmuted after six months of use?

A: The most serious reason for a 6-12 months recharge of Hydrogen and Ni is not their consumption (or if you like the transmutation of Ni) but pure engineering reasons. Hyperions are quite new, so we will need to run diagnostics test for the kernel's peripherals in situ at least every six months in the first period, according to our present analysis of different components or subsystems and the service protocols. Later on, these protocols may change as we expect.

So, for your consumer point of view, we have to assure you that your Hyperion is properly monitored and cared, as we have to. For your scientific point of view of your questions, please note that less than 15gr of Ni are loaded in each reactors chamber during its production - Thank you

Exclusive Rights

It is interesting to note that references to Andrea Rossi's have been removed from their website with Defkalion now claiming full rights:

"Praxen Defkalion Green Technologies (Global) Ltd., is based in Cyprus. It owns full rights to its own technologies and will sell exclusive rights globally for the production of its proprietary products (Hyperion)."

Power

There appear to be two different kinds of prototype reactors being offered. A single reactor "kernel" of 5kW and a multi reactor kernel made from 9 reactors and capable of 10-45kW

Defkalion Press Release 30th Nov, 2011
 

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Defkalion Get's Ready

A new discussion has appeared on the Defkalion Forum, but is currently "locked" in preparation for the release of today's announcement.

The discussion is titled Discussion on Hyperion Specs

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Defkalion Spokesman: "“I Know What He’s Got in the Reactor, I Know Everything."

According to this new NY Teknik article the University Of Siena ran a spectroscopy of Rossi's eCat at some point and consequently it revealed to them the contents of the reactor, presumably revealing the secret catalyst which enables the Nickel Hydrogen to fuse.

Excerpt of Ny Teknik’s conversation with Alexandros Xanthoulis (Defkalion Spokesman) August 5, 2011

 

"Let’s say I have the formula of Rossi, but I’m not saying it officially. My scientists found a way to make it. They need three months, but I’m not going to play game behind Rossi. I’m  not a cheater. We started together and if he has to be paid, he will. But his problem is scientifically solved by us.
Because we believe that his reactor cannot operate more than 24 hours.
When we requested 48 it was a problem. But my scientists found out the problems. I cannot reveal it right now. But the problem can be fixed by us. It’s very simple but they didn’t think about it. The same way more than a year ago when Rossi had never thought that his invention could create electricity. He had never thought about it until we told him."

"First of all, the first problem was with 48 hours, that’s for sure. And he had a huge fight with one of my scientists, Mr Hadjichristos, you’ve heard of him most probably, Yiannis, because we were insisting on 48 hours. But we know the problem; we didn’t tell him of course, we know the problem.
I know what he’s got in the reactor, I know everything. It was a spectroscopy (Greek: ‘fasmatoscopy’) made by the university of Siena. It was an equipment made by the University of Siena. It understands everything that’s inside the reactor. So we know the components."

Ny Teknik: Who did that?

"The University of Siena. They tried his reactor without him understanding what they did. They checked it and we know what’s in the reactor. So it’s a matter of two or three months that my scientists can reproduce that, but I’m not going to try it. I’m playing a fair game.

We solved the problem. The problems he’s got, we solved them. Because the problem is that he cannot spread the reaction all over the pipe, and all the heating is concentrated in the middle. So we found the solution."

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Defkalion Announcement: May Include Testing / Certification by Independent Third Parties

Defkalion Green Technologies (DGT) will make a big announcement tomorrow (Wednesday) following many weeks of build up and anticipation.

Yesterday on their forum Defkalion posted:

"Dear all,

We will release the expected info pre-announced on November 14th 2011, on

Wednesday, November 30th 2011."

Thank you for your attention

Defkalion GT"

What to expect then?  Well, based on their own statements we can hazard a guess at:

Third party testing and certification of Hyperions underway, perhaps even positive results from a credible third party. More documentation including Final product specifications and probably some photos.

Initially, Defkalion had been working closely with Andrea Rossi on an ambitious commercial project to roll-out eCat fusors to the masses.  The plans included a factory working at full capacity producing 300,000 Hyperions (DGT Name For Their eCat Fusor), with plans for additional factories and research facilities in Greece.

That is until the relationship soured with Rossi citing financial issues as the cause of the breakdown in relations. Defkalion countered with accusations that Rossi did not "meet parameters such as the stable operation of the device for at least 48 hours".

Defkalion seem very confident launching their Hyperion technology, while Rossi has been adamant that Defkalion do not know the industrial secret in order to successfully manufacture and produce the reactor cores.  The industrial secret being the method of preparation and treatment of the powdered Nickel with an as yet undisclosed "secret" catalyst.

When you look at everything that has happened since January, Defkalion have sensibly bowed out of getting involved in name calling and the media circus that surrounds Rossi and have maintained quite a professional stance since they first came on the scene.

One of their first statements was very positive indeed and also seemed to imply that Rossi's was not the only technology they were working with when they said Defkalion has: "Enhanced technology and engineering on Rossi’s invention or similar inventions".

On October 10th they made the following statement:

The technological breakthrough of LENR (or CANR) is no longer speculation. It is a fact that will eventually change the world’s energy problems and its sociopolitical divides through cheap, clean and green energy. The world needs LENR as a new energy source. Although change will not happen over-night, LENR will help reduce CO2 emissions, lower the cost of energy, and provide longevity to our planet’s energy needs.

Defkalion sees its role with responsibility and asks the community at large to continue its support.

Defkalion has:

• Enhanced technology and engineering on Rossi’s invention or similar inventions

• Prepared business models for international expansion

• Established a strong network of global contacts

• Prepared legislative and certification procedures

• Ensured national, regional and international network in politics and business

• Prepared global financing

Defkalion has worked in close partnership with Andrea Rossi for a very long time to prepare a commercially viable and industrially applicable product using his invention. Defkalion invested a lot of money to evolve Rossi’s E-Cat lab prototype into its Hyperion product. Defkalion is now at the stage where its industrial prototype is ready for production.

More recently they produced this press release which features pictures of Hyperion prototypes and of the inside of their workshop.

Soon after they clarified some of the points made in the press release:

"We have to clarify that two of the pictures in our November 14th Press Release are from a low-end Hyperion single reactor pre-industrial version7 prototype. Several components on it (isolations, security components, anti-explosive protection, casing, functional I/O etc) have been deliberately omitted."

"Final products for mass production, that will be released following their prototypes certification, do have some minor differences in engineering/architecture and their assembly quality. A full specs sheet as well as product's basic design and their scheduled third party testing will be released as per our announcement of November 14th.

Thank you"

More recently an article with Defkalion's Alexander Xanthoulis in Greek publication Tovima shed more light on developments with Defkalion painting themselves as having a more stable and advanced product than Rossi. The article has been through Google translate, so as always some of the meaning is lost in translation.

“We not only continue our program and we are almost ready, with technology that precedes that of Rossi during a year. Specifically, within the next 15 days there will be announcements and initiated testing and certification by independent third parties. We will present the final product – not just a laboratory prototype – with all its subsystems to operate according to European safety standards. ”

“All the technology used in devices at the Hyperion KW and systems 1 to 5MW are our own design – different from those of Rossi” he replied. “As for the control, was already our own design and construction, and Mr. Rossi has signed acceptance certificate shows that it is ours. Even in the recent trial in October when he used some modules of our own design. However, the main and big difference in our device than that of Rossi is that our system is stable in performance, while that of Rossi or the last test failed to yield stable for more than five and a half hours. ”

So the rift between you was not due only to non-payment of first installment repayment, said Mr. Rossi?

“Not sure. We had finished the 15 million dollars of first dose, but Mr. Rossi did not sign the protocol of receipt, asking him to meet parameters such as the stable operation of the device for at least 48 hours. This was the real cause of the  interruption of cooperation, but not celebrated in the media because they want to continue a deleterious confrontation. Us us interested in real progress, and this success. The technology will present a few days the world will be entirely Greek and appreciate its contribution to the overthrow of what exists in the energy market. “

One rather positive outcome in all this is for neutrals is that despite the cavernous differences of opinion between all of the parties, Defkalion, Rossi and even Piantelli and Krivit - they all agree that the LENR phenomena is real.  This fact alone should give sleepless nights to even the most determined pseudosceptics.

It is possible that this announcement by Defkalion will be relatively tame, but  I don't expect that to be the case. There is a small, but nevertheless potential possibility that If Defkalion have progressed far enough to announce positive independent test results from a well-respected third party then this whole thing could go supernova overnight. Whether tomorrow is that day or many weeks away I have a strong feeling we ain't seen nothin yet.

A smattering of mainstream media exposure so far is nothing compared to the what is coming down the line.

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Rossi: New NE USA eCat Customer Will Be Announced Publicly

The latest 1MW eCat Customer Is Happy To Go Public According To Cold Fusion Supremo Andrea Rossi

In a very promising announcement on Rossi's blog today we have something very positive to look forward to - the public disclosure of a North Eastern USA based company who have purchased one of Rossi's 1MW ecat plants.

• Herb Gillis

  November 28th, 2011 at 12:42 PM

  
  How long do you think it will be before there is a 1MW customer that is willing to talk about their experiences with the product and act as a reference? Having another customer out there who is willing to act as a reference could provide tremendous leverage. This would be far more valuable than any public test. It would silence the skeptics forever.
  

Dear Herb Gills:

Today we sold in the USA a 1 MW plant which will go to a normal Customer. This installation will be visitable by the qualified public. 

We wait to have completed the contractual procedure through the attorneys, then we will give communication. It will be in the North East of the USA, where I have been in these days.

Warm Regards
AR


Previously we had heard that Rossi's trip to Massachusetts had not been fruitful, but it looks like this new customer was picked up there. So which large companies in NE USA would be interested in buying a 1MW fusion reactor? You decide.

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Pick Up An eCat Brochure

Bored with all the normal Christmas catalogues filled with iPods, iPads, DVD's and electrical items?  Then flick through a 1MW Cold Fusion brochure instead.

Produced by Hydrofusion - the same company responsible for ecat.com.   Not sure about the quotation from Dennis Bushnell. His comment that "this is capable of, by itself, completely changing geo-economics, geo-politics and solving climate and energy" was made in relation to the entire field of LENR (Low Energy Nuclear Reactions), not about the ecat in particular.

Anyway, put me down for half-a-dozen, in assorted colours.

Download the brochure here:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B__Wi_DF2CjJNTMyZTdlYjAtYzM3OC00ZGFjLTlkMjAtOWFkYWExODI4NmQ3&hl=en_US&pli=1

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Rossi In The US To Discuss eCat Production In Massachusetts

Andrea Rossi Is In Massachusetts To Meet With MIT (Massachusetts Institute Of Technology) and Govt Officials.

Andrea Rossi, inventor of the world's first commercially viable cold fusion technology - the eCat or (energy catalyzer), arrived at the Massachusetts State House on Tuesday morning for two days of meetings with government officials and representatives of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Massachusetts and Northeastern University.

State Senator for Massachusetts Bruce Tarr spoke on his blog about his hopes for Massachusetts to become a production centre for eCats and of the tremendous response from the world famous seats of learning such as MIT who are based there.

Speaking about Rossi, he said "Mr. Rossi’s reactor, if successfully proven and developed, has the potential
to change the way the world deals with energy, and I’m pleased that he’s willing to discuss basing its production in Massachusetts."

"The enormous potential of this technology demands that it be addressed by the best scientific minds in the world. Since Massachusetts is the home of some of the best colleges and universities in the world, it makes sense for that process to happen here.

Our institutions of higher learning have been tremendous in their response to this opportunity, and I look forward to working with them."

In April MIT's Peter Hagelstein offered to test the ecat but Rossi's response at that time was no.

"I thank anyway Prof. Peter Hagelstein for his attention. If the MIT is interested to our
product, they can buy a plant, and make all the validations they want, for themselves, and get
from it good heating too, during the hard Bostonian winters ( I lived there for some year, mamma mia, che freddo!)

Warm regards,
A.R."

So what has changed Rossi's mind to make him travel all the way to the US. Could Rossi have reversed his decision and be considering letting MIT getting involved? Or perhaps Rossi is more interested in the potential commercial development opportunities that exist there.

*The State House is the centre of government for the state of Massachusetts. It is the state capitol and house of government of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts located in Boston in the neighborhood of Beacon Hill.


Cold Fusion Inventor Comes To Boston - Senator Bruce Tarr
http://www.tarrtalk.com/2011/11/cold-fusion-inventor-comes-to-boston.html

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eCat.com - Owned By HydroFusion

A story over at EnergyCatalyzer3.com has identified the company behind ecat.com as UK based HydroFusion.  

Hydrofusion's "About" page says the following:

"HydroFusion Ltd was founded in 2011 and is a UK-based company specializing in a number of areas related to fusion energy production, including marketing and sales of E-Cat powered products. HydroFusion’s headquarter is located in London with an office branch in Stockholm."

Their main page says:

"We are facing an era with the arrival of new products based on this game changing technology. The first generation of ECAT 1MW Plants and the smaller ECAT Home Units are scheduled to become available in 2012/13.In association with Andrea Rossi, HydroFusion will introduce these products to the market."

 Read more over at energycatalyzer3.com

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New eCat.com Site Launched Is Based In Heart Of London Financial District

In the last 24 hours what claims to be an "Official eCat" website was launched - their newsletter contains an address listed in the heart of London't financial district.  

Previously eCat.com hosted full screen professionally edited videos conducted with many of the men closest to the technology including Focardi and Stremmenos.

Today the site looks reasonably professional, having had a makeover and now claims to be the first site in the world to be taking offical orders for Rossi's eCat technology. Upon subscribing to their newsletter, the confirmation email conatins the following address:

ECAT.COM
New Broad Street House
35 New Broad Street
London, EC2M 1NH

A quick Google reveals:

"The London New Broad Street Centre is based in the heart of the financial district close to Liverpool Street Station and Broadgate Circle. The centre is spread over six floors of a seven-storey office building with a decorative Victorian facade. Local businesses work in recruitment, IT, marketing and financial trading and the area is surrounded by London's world famous financial district. Recently refurbished, the interior of the building is a modern welcoming and airy space. The lower ground floor is dedicated to conferencing with space for up to 100 people in a theatre style auditorium. In addition there are 14 meeting rooms, capable of hosting between two and 100 delegates. Many of the offices overlook a large central atrium with a glass roof so that workers receive maximum natural light. The atrium is also used for special events and parties".

So the questions right now are:

Is ecat.com recognised by Andrea Rossi as his "official" site? and if so, WHO exactly is behind the site?

Taking Orders

 The site claims to be taking non-binding advance orders for ecats on a first come first served basis. They say..

"You can get it right here, on this site, by filling out the inquiry form and specifying what type of product you are looking for. ECAT.com in Association with Andrea Rossi and Leonardo Corporation will then get back to you shortly regarding ECAT 1 MW Plant pre-orders and later in 2012 regarding ECAT Home pre-orders when enrollment plans for ECAT Home has been decided. The small ECAT Home unit will not be available in all countries in the beginning.

The first generation of products offers two choices:

1. ECAT 1 MW Plant unit. (Available now, delivery time 3 months)
2. ECAT Home unit ranging from 5-10kW. (Available in 2013)"

Is there anyone reading this who happens to be in London?  Do ecat.com ACTYALLY reside in this building?  Perhaps there is a tennants directory or nameplate on the door?  If anyone has information / photographs please send to contact@overunity.co

UPDATE

We have official confirmation now that the site is endorsed by Andrea Rossi. On his blog he replied to a question on ecat.com's owners.

Yes, it is the website of our North Europe commercial Branch.
Warm Regards,
A.R.

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