Let's Make History: eCat 1MW Fusion Test Starts Today

Today in Bologna something very special will happen that could potentially touch the lives of everyone on the planet.

The inside of the 1MW Plant - photo credit: Daniele Passerini

Andre Rossi's 1MW eCat Plant will begin operation in a series of tests designed to prove the technology to the US based customer - and more importantly to the waiting world.  A successful test of the 1MW Energy Catalyzer should be enough to take us into a new era of cheap, clean energy generation, possibly triggering a positive economic tide to lift all ships.

The only clue we have to the identity of the mystery customer who is in charge of the tests came from blogger Daniele Passerini yesterday when he said "it is a well-known and largest industrial group". Yesterday we speculated that it could be General Electric and duly sent off a press inquiry to them, however as of this date we have not recieved a reply. 

Rossi confirmed on his blog that he is raring to go with a "We are  Ready!" proclamation. But this time Rossi will take more of a back seat during these tests.

Rossi - photo credit: Daniele Passerini

Rossi: "We Are Ready!"

RockEye October 27th, 2011 

 Dear Mr. Rossi I just want to wish you good luck and go change the world tomorrow!! 

October 27th, 2011 

Dear RockEye: 

Thank you: now it’s 4 p.m. of the 27th, and we are finishing the cosmetics of the plant. I think tomorrow we will make, with the help of God, a good job. My work, basically, is finished. Within one hour the Consultants of the Customer will arrive to start the check of all the parts of the plant and prepare all their stuff for the test of tomorrow. Until some hour ago I felt a strong pressure, now, at the eve of the battle, as usual, I am recovering all my coldness and calm. We are ready. Warm Regards, A.R. 

Brad Arnold sums the mood up perfectly when he said:

"I don’t think it is too grandiose to say the hopes and dreams of countless people alive now, and that are yet unborn, are on Rossi this week. The importance of this occasion can not be overstated.

I pray the “customer” will quickly commercialize the e-cat “container” when it checks out. The sooner it is proven via the only certain way (i.e. successful commercialization), the sooner the R&D departments of countless corporations around the world will kick in and start integrating it to various applications. Cars, ships, desalination plants, home heaters, power plants, portable electrical generators, water heaters…the applications are endless and the world is waiting."

The "Guessed" Guest List

Representatives Of The US Based Customer

Prof Sergio Focardi

Andrea Rossi

Prof Giuseppe Levi

Prof Bianchini

Prof Christos Stremmenos

Daniele Passerini

Craig Casserino (Ampenergo)

Sterling Allan (Peswiki)

Mats Lewan (NY Teknik)

Raymond Zreich (Focus.IT)

 

In addition to the people listed we are told that there will be "prominent scientific journalists" in attendance, so let your mind wander on that one for a bit. If the test goes to plan and the customer is happy, then over the next few weeks the ripples from this will spread out like a tsunami as people start to take notice.  It's hard to imagine how the media silence can be maintained on the back of unquestionable proof of a new clean primary energy waiting to be tapped.

 

Safety

There is always the question of safety when you are dealing with super-heated steam, but Rossi has always maintained that the eCat has very good safety built in should anything go wrong.  But this is a slightly different proposition. 52 eCats running simultaneously inside a shipping container is a whole different ballgame.  Hopefully all will go well on the night regarding the safety of the participants.

Live Webcam?

We still do not have any indication if there will definitely be a live webcam feed of the test - email us at ecat@overunity.co if you know differently and we'll put the link up for everyone to see.

Hourly Updates On Rossi's Blog

We are told there will be hourly updates of all the goings on over at Rossi's Blog. Where exactly, remains a mystery.

Don't know about you, but I'm off to stock up on popcorn.

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Wanna Buy A 1MW Fusion Reactor? - On Sale November

If an X-Box or an iPhone 4S seems a little tame this Christmas, then why not get yourself off the grid forever with a cheeky little 1MW Fusion Reactor conveniently packaged inside a shipping container ready for delivery to the country of your choice.

• Andrea Rossi

  October 19th, 2011 at 8:58 AM

  Dear Marco:
  The 1 MW plants will be for sale starting November. We did not decide, yet, about the smaller units.
  Warm Regards,
  A.R.
  
  
  

...and in a previous comment

Guido Chiostri

October 19th, 2011 at 3:38 AM

Dear Dr. Rossi,

if I understand:

- Test of October 28 is not made public and will be conducted according to the protocol required by the customer but the results will be announced sworn by top scientists?

- The plant will be tested on November 28 will be a prototype or a model ready for industrial applications?

- It 'confirmed that the phase of commercialization of the devices will start in November or you will have to wait, even if the result is positive proof of 28.11, the result of the predicted R & D work of the universities of Bologna and Uppsala?

- Potential customers, of course if you have adequate credentials, can refer only to the results of that test, or will provide additional information to evaluate the opportunity and convenience for any purchase?

- There will be an official announcement to the market that will make the precise moment at which potential customers can make contact with you or your company (Leonard Corporation) or remains valid indication of the month of November 2011?

thanks

Best regards and good work

Guido Chiostri

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Dear Guido Chiostri:
1- yes
2- it’s ready for the market
3- november confirmed
4- no more info before the contract is signed
5- november confirmed
Warm Regards,
A.R.

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"Private" 1MW eCat Test Will Feature Live Webcam

Yesterday we were told that the 1MW eCat test would be a private affair.  Selected invitees only and representatives of the customer who is stepping up to buy the 1MW reactor.  Today we find out that it won't be so private after all.  A webcam will broadcast live pictures from the test.  What exactly those pictures will feature is still not clear at this moment.

Jan
October 19th, 2011 at 9:37 AM

Dear Mr. Rossi,

On September 11th, regarding the 1 MW Plant demonstration, you confirmed that you will have a webcam and real-time power meters of your plant to be shown on this site.

Is this still planned for?

Best Regards,

Jan
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Andrea Rossi
October 19th, 2011 at 2:40 PM

Dear Jan:
Our Customer, who will make the test, is still planning for this.
 
Warm Regards,
A.R.

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eCat: "Potential Game Changer" Says Business Recorder

Another mainstream article features the eCat. This time it's a major Pakistan Business site "Business Recorder". Interestingly filed under "oil and gas", the article deals with the promise of new energy technologies and the wave of new investment opportunities that will be created.

From the article:

"In fact, as the worlds energy needs continue to mushroom, alternative energy has been the buzzword among visionary inventors and savvy investors. These visionaries, keen on riding the waves of innovation, are eyeing a promising new technology on the horizon that could wash away conventional energy generation technologies"

Read the full article here

http://www.brecorder.com/home/br-research/single/421/29:oil-and-gas/2061:energy-catalyser-potential-game-changer/?date=2011-10-19

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Forbes Reports On eCat

 After more than 10 months, is the mainstream media finally catching up to the news that we are on the verge of an energy revolution?

Mark Gibbs paints a comfortingly optimistic picture of life post eCat revolution.

"If this device works as claimed, the world will change and not just a little but hugely and at every level of how we’re organized, how we make stuff, how we travel, and how wealth is distributed. And those changes won’t just impact the US or the Western hemisphere; they well transform the entire world because incredibly cheap energy is the ultimate game changer."

"So, the E-Cat will be demonstrated on the 28^th of this month and I, for one, will be watching with great interest and enormous hope because if Rossi’s E-Cat system works, it will be goodbye recession and hello, brave new world." - Mark Gibbs (Forbes.com).

Thanks to arian for sourcing this information.

Read the full article here

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eCat: Computerworld Article

Cheap power: An overnight revolution

Written from the point of view of powering racks and racks of servers in global datacentres.  It would be true to say this would save a vast amount of energy costs for the companies involved, but I can think of 438 more needy applications of eCat technology.  Beer fridge for example.

Anyway, here's the article.

http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=2419105C-1A64-67EA-E4564591D0CF1371

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Defkalion Respond To Stremmenos: Let's Move Forward With LENR

Dear Christo,

It was with profound regret that I read your public letter and personal attacks against Defkalion. I was even more surprised by the obvious contradiction with your status as Honorary Vice President and Head of our company’s R&D. In legal terms, this could be considered by ill-wishers as a breach of contract.

Please recall that we have incurred considerable damage in the recent past from inaccurate statements. For example the announcement of alleged rights of Ampenergo, which are contradictory to our contractual rights with EFA. Christo, as you remember, the contract we signed on November 17, 2010 with EFA, clause 1.13 clearly states that our global presence excludes the USA and military applications.

As a key player involved between the contracted parties, you also signed a document relinquishing your impartiality to become a formal member of Defkalion’s BoD with the position of VP of R&D, which was given to you after your personal request for this position and was unanimously agreed by our BoD.

Since June you have unfortunately missed all of BoD meetings and R&D development breakthroughs. Although you and Rossi received, signed and approved our product designs for Version 3, we have made significant progress since then and are now in Version 7, which leads to a full working prototype ready for production.

Your declaration that "we don’t have the technology" is in contradiction to your recent attempts to entice away our scientists which was not concluded successfully.

We stress again that it is a pity that our designs were applied wrongly, demonstrating in public, immature prototypes with wrong protocols and instruments as explained in our communication on Monday, 10th October.

In all such cases, had there been close cooperation with Defkalion to develop the technology together, as opposed to focusing and putting pressure on us to receive money, many of these unfortunate legal and technical misunderstandings could have been avoided.

As such, all these created serious delays for all contractual parties and for payment to be made according to our contract. You will safely recall that payment is based on the successful demonstration according to protocols and procedures that have been supplied to EFA, whose conditions have not been met yet.

Many will agree that this situation is confusion to the point of comic tragic. Defkalion has the science, the know-how and the ability to proceed, the team, the electronics, the engineering, as well as all the funds required to move this project forward; there is no delusion. Yet, there seems to be a strange urgency to avoid the kick-off of this project but instead just to create negative noise. Defkalion respects your position and friendship, as well as Rossi’s creativity and ingenuity. However, patience has its limits and business has its goals. It would be a shame for Defkalion to move forward in LENR either alone or with alternative technologies.

I hope you agree that such a situation of confusion can only create great consternation. However, Defkalion confirms that it has the organization and professional team, plus all necessary infrastructure in order to direct the availability of funds. I sincerely hope that we shall press the start button together.

Alexandros Xanthoulis

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Kleiner Perkins Denies Being eCat Partner Firm

Kleiner Perkins Make eCat Statement: 

In reply to Free Energy Truth's previous questions we received the following statement from Kleiner Perkins through their Facebook Page.


"Thanks for reaching out! We're not an investor, nor are we affiliated with this company in any business capacity. For more on our portfolio companies, you can check out the KPCB website at www.kpcb.com."

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UPDATED: eCat: Kleiner Perkins Denies They Are The Partner Firm

Kleiner Perkins have responded: In reply to my previous questions I received the following statement from Kleiner Perkins through their Facebook Page.

"Thanks for reaching out! We're not an investor, nor are we affiliated with this company in any business capacity. For more on our portfolio companies, you can check out the KPCB website at www.kpcb.com."

 UPDATE ABOVE
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Yesterday we cautiously received more information from a trusted source that Rossi's partner firm is indeed Kleiner Perkins Caulfied And Byers. 

Then later in the day we subsequently learned that Raymond Zreick of FOCUS magazine was asked at the October 6th demo if the partner firm was indeed Kleiner Perkins?  His answer -  "No comment". Hmmm...very intriguing.

In a separate development today we were 100% categorically (and we have the proof) that:

Kleiner Perkins (Menlo Park) Has An Interest In The eCat. How deep an interest is not clear, but we definitely know that they know of it and that they are (at the very least) monitoring this with much interest.

To avoid unnecessary speculation I emailed Kleiner Perkins last week and did not recieve any response. My question to Rossi also did not get an answer when he is normally so good at replying to my questions. Today again, I asked KPCB again through their Facebook Page to confirm or deny their interest in the eCat technology.  So far, no official confirmation or denial, but it does now seem almost certain that they are Rossi's partner firm.

It looks like the genie is out of the bottle, so I would expect an announcement from them or Rossi very soon.  If confirmed, then you cannot fathom what this means for the development of the eCat technology.

There is no better or bigger green tech investment firm on the planet that I can think of. If anyone can bring forth a new age of clean energy and power then it would be a company of this standing.  

I expect we will know for certain in the coming days.

In the meantime, here's what Wikipedia says about KPCB

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) is a world leading venture capital firm located on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park in Silicon Valley. The Wall Street Journal has called it one of the "largest and most established" venture capital firms in the world.^[1] The New York Times has called it "one of Silicon Valley’s top venture capital providers," and said that it is "one of Silicon Valley's most prominent venture capital firms."^[2][3] Reuters news service has called KPCB "one of the most successful venture capital firms in the world."^[4]
KPCB specializes in investments in incubation and early stage companies.^[5] Since 1972, KPCB has supported hundreds of entrepreneurs in building over 475 companies, including such major names as Amazon.com, Sun Microsystems, Electronic Arts, Genentech, Intuit, AOL, Genomic Health, Verisign, and Google.^[6] More than 150 of the firm's portfolio companies have gone public.^[7] Its team includes the world leading venture capitalist John Doerr; Sun Microsystem's co-founder Bill Joy; NASA rocket scientist K. R. Sridhar; former US Vice President Al Gore; and former US Secretary of State Colin Powell.^[8]

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Defkalion Statement: LENR Will Change The World

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.

Defkalion has held direct business discussions with 62 interested companies who visited our offices in Greece and witnessed our work. Small industry and large energy players internationally were all impressed by our progress in technology and engineering. More are still coming. Despite this phenomenal progress, Defkalion never made promises.

Our aim has always been to inform and demonstrate to public our progress when the final product is ready for use, thereby avoiding any speculations.

Today, Hyperion engineering has completed version 7. We were surprised to see our old designs used in public testing. We were confused why our old designs were implemented wrongly, as well as witnessing insufficient use of instruments and testing protocols. We also identified confidential (yet shown in public) special instruments designed in collaboration with Rossi and prepared by Defkalion. These actions have already paved the way for more negative criticism (unworthy) against the inventor, which do not give credibility to his important work.

The plethora of positive and negative comments is not helpful, as pointed out recently on the Vortex mail archive:
(http://www.mail-archive.com/vortex-l@es ... 52357.html).

Defkalion fully supports and endorses this technology. Our mission is to introduce this technology on a global scale, responsibly. To date, we have self-financed all R&D and business development phases without asking for a single penny from anyone (private or public). We will soon be ready to announce the results of our extensive R&D with Hyperion final products.

Athens, October 10th, 2011
Defkalion GT S.A.

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eCat: It Works! - That's The Verdict From FOCUS and NYTeknik

Andrea Rossi Inside The 1MW Plant

NY Teknik Conclusion

"Still, the measurements should lead to the conclusion that this model of the E-cat produced heat at a power of at least 2 to 3 kilowatts in self sustained mode, in this case supposedly with only one of three reactors inside the casing in operation". - Mats Lewan (NY Teknik)

FOCUS Magazine 

"The calculations made on the measurement of temperature on the secondary circuit are in fact "conservative" means that the entire test was evaluated for defects, neglecting the heat loss from the E-Cat and the exchanger and the heat exchanger efficiency .

Finally, is the first time that an E-Cat has worked in self-sustaining for a long period, at least in public.

All this should lead to the conclusion that the idea works of Rossi and that even if science does find it hard to accept it or, more simply, even if the "reason" to think that nothing is so determined to get it for free. But there are always questions the next day."-Raymond Zreick (FOCUS Magazine)

At the center, Andrea Rossi indicates the location of the thermocouple on the heat exchanger.

Rossi Receives A Round Of Applause

"Thirty people, including scientists, business representatives and journalists from Sweden, the USA, China, Italy. Together we have inspected to the rotation and for the whole day, in small groups, the place where he was operating the machine, to see what was going on, check charts, and measuring instruments and talk of his future projects with Rossi"

FOCUS Full Report (Google Translate) - Report is in 7 parts under heading "INDEX"

NY Teknik Full Report

Photo Credit: Mats Lewan (NY Teknik).

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eCat Tests: Preview Of What's To Come On Thursday 6th October

• Closed Loop Tests Lasting Many Hours
• Scientists From Many Countries Present
• Focus and NY Teknik Magazines Will Cover The Events
• Few hundreds Euros Will Power 1 MW Plant For 6 months

Not many people know it, but tomorrow is a very big day for the world. If you are only finding out about this now, it is because your media have failed you.  Since January the controlled mainstream press have ignored the single biggest science story in decades despite many attempts to get them to sit up and take notice.

Despite the mainstream media willfully ignoring the story, a few blogs and websites have been keeping the world informed of the almost daily developments in the ecat story. See video below.

In Bologna Italy, a small group of international scientists will gather to conduct the most comprehensive tests yet on Andrea Rossi's revolutionary clean energy technology - the eCat (Energy Catalyzer). Present to record and document the proceedings will be Focus Magazine (Italy) and Swedish Tech Magazine NY Teknik.

What's an eCat?

Newcomers to the story will be surprised to learn that the eCat is a potentially revolutionary new clean energy source which produces vast amounts of energy from cheap powdered nickel and miniscule quantities of pressurized hydrogen. For a quick introduction to why the eCat is so revolutionary, we would recommend you view the following video.

eCat - FAST FACTS

So What Do We Know?

Unlike previous tests, this particular test will last much longer than any previous and this time, will NOT measure steam.  In previous tests there has been much controversy over the measurements of the "dryness" of the steam and the flow rate of the water, therefore questions remained over the true amount of excess power produced.

So instead, tomorrow's  tests will use a heat exchanger in a closed-loop test which should eliminate the controversy over steam.  This should help settle some of the debate for genuine sceptics, but there will always be a hard-core of pseudosceptics who (in the face of conclusive proof) will still deny the truth to the end.

The test is due to start at 12:00 midday and will be conducted in Bologna, Italy.

Who's Attending?

The probable guest list for tomorrow's tests will look something like this.

• Hanno Essen And Sven Kullander From The University Of Upsalla, Sweden
• Representative of The EPO European Patent Office - (Invited, but not confirmed)
• Daniele Passerini, Blogger and personal friend to Giuseppe Levi.
• Prof Brian Josephson (an outside possibility).
• NY Teknik Magazine - Confirmed
• FOCUS Magazine - Confirmed
• Scientists from the US, Russia, Italy

Focus Magazine

Focus Magazine is a worldwide science and technology publication owned by the BBC. Journalists from the Italian Focus Magazine will be covering the developments with photos, videos and in-depth reports. A recent translated article from their website said:

"Thursday, October 6 at Bologna began testing a new E-Cat: Focus.it will be present to document the event with photos, videos and interviews. The test will be conducted by Rossi on one of the local EFA (the family business) in the presence of “nuclear physics” – according to Rossi’s own statements.

Wanting to go into the field of hypotheses we can say that will probably present Mauro Villa, University of Bologna (but the test is not attributable to the university) and in all probability there will be no physical Brian Josephson, whose presence seemed to some a few days ago. The test will begin t midday, and the program should continue until late at night.

According to Rossi said, will be very similar to the last test performed with the Swedish NyTeknik except for the fact that the thermal measurements will be taken on a secondary circuit where the water will not be vaporized, to allow you to “read” better efficiency of the system. In addition to Focus.it will be present to document the event for Matts Lewan NyTeknik and Daniel Passerini . Send questions to ask the same day, during interviews with Rossi and the present, you can use the forum for test of October 6 or e-mail focusfusione@gmail.com."

Last week we contacted the separate UK Based Focus Magazine through their Facebook page.  We asked them "When do you anticipate that Focus Magazine will cover the Andrea Rossi Energy Catalyzer Story that's been going on since January this year? They responded with "Sounds interesting. We'll take a look."  Since their Italian counterparts WILL be there to cover the story, it will be interesting to see whether the English language editions will also follow up on this with their OWN articles.

eCat Impact

The impact of this technology could be unfathomable.  For example, recently Rossi answered a question from a reader relating to the cost of  operating the ecat for 6 months. The reader's guess was "More or less than 250,000.00 USD?” Back came the surprising answer from Rossi - “Few hundreds of euros activate for 6 months the 1 MW plant.” This figure presumably relates mainly to the replacement cost of the specially treated Nickel powder on which each eCat reactor runs.

In a further confirmation of how revolutionary the ecat could be Rossi gave more encouraging news - “I can guarantee you that the E-Cats will have a price that will allow to everybody to pay them. I am working for this, and this is what will give a sense to my work.”

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