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Community-Built 'Free Energy' News Submit renewable energy technology break-through developments from around the world. News bullets are archived by topic in our extensive energy directory. Advisory input provided by the New Energy Congress, who reviews the best technologies for feature in the Top 100 Energy Technologies listing. Editing on this page is limited to syosops. To prepare news bullets for this page, go to News:Inbox.

Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008

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  Featured: Air Cars / Magnet Motors >
  Magnetic Air Car Could Be Ready by 2010 - The Magnetic Air Car uses three on-board substations to build and harness compressed air. "A battery starts a magnetic motor… which in turn drives a small but powerful on-board air compressor. The air flow is then tubocharged and multiplied." (PESWiki; Oct. 14, 2008)
  

• Top 100: Solar > Towers >
  Solar Updraft Towers: Variations and Research - Solar Updraft towers, also called solar wind or solar chimney plants, provide a very simple method for renewable electricity generation, with a constant and reliable output. (Renewable Energy World; Oct. 7, 2008)
  

• Tidal Power / Current events >
  Tidal Energy Summit '08 - November 11-12, 2008, Regents Park Marriot, London, England. The 2nd Annual Tidal Energy Summit is the only event dedicated to the future of Tidal Energy. And with over 30+ Tidal developers already signed up to attend, will be the highest concentration of dedicated Tidal pioneers.
  

• Biodiesel > Videos >
  Biodiesel Safety - Dr. Jon Van Gerphen from the University of Idaho points out the dangers of making biodiesel in this Biodiesel Safety Video. (YouTube) (How to Make Biodiesel; Oct. 12, 2008)
  

Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008

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  Featured: Algae for Oil >
  OriginOil Pursuing Cost-Effective, Environmentally-Friendly Petrol from Algae - OriginOil, Inc. is developing a breakthrough technology that will transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum. The technology will produce "new oil" from algae, through a cost-effective, high-speed manufacturing process. (PESWiki; Oct. 14, 2008)
  

• Ocean Wave Energy / Tidal >
  New Surges In Wave And Tidal Power - The fledgling ocean energy industry is awash in ideas for making electricity from moving water but it is still reaching for a toehold in the commercial world. (CBS News; Oct. 13, 2008)
  

• Solar > Black Silicon >
  "Black Silicon" Advances Imaging, Solar Energy - "Forcing sulfur atoms into silicon using femtosecond laser pulses creates a material called 'black silicon' that is 100 to 500 times more sensitive to light than conventional silicon, in both the visible and infrared spectrums, according to SiOnyx, a venture-funded Massachusetts start-up that just emerged from stealth mode. (Slashdot; Oct. 12, 2008)
  

• Biodiesel >
  Economy crushes biofuel projects - It is a scene that has been repeated throughout the United States: Lilbourn, MO; Clovis, N.M.; Nevada, Mo.; Hartsburg, Ill.; Lamoni, Iowa; Evansville, Wis.; Greybull, Wyo.; Rock Port, Mo.; Belle Fourche, S.D. All were supposed to have biofuels plants operating or under construction by now. None do. (Winston_Salem Journal; Oct. 12, 2008)
  

Monday, Oct. 13, 2008

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  Top 100 / Featured: River / Water >
  Markovic Self-Propelled (SP) River Pump - This innovative pump system by Slovenian inventor, Vladimir Markovic, works in relatively slow and shallow moving water (rivers) to pump water for irrigation; pump air into the water to oxygenate and clean up a river; or to pump water for driving an electric generator. (PESWIki; Oct. 13, 2008)
  

• DIY > Wind > Home Generation >
  Vela Creations Chispito Wind Generator - This is the latest version of the instructions for building a 100-Watt Chispito Wind Generator. This machine can be made from parts in most cities in most countries, throughout the world. (Vela Creations; Oct. 5, 2008)
  

• BioElectricity / Mimicking Living Organisms >
  Models of Eel Cells Suggest Electrifying Possibilities - Researchers at Yale University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) believe it is possible to build artificial cells replicating the electrical behavior of electric eel cells. In fact, such artificial cells could deliver better performance — as much as 40% more energy than real eel cells, a computer model suggests. (EurekaAlert!; Oct. 5, 2008) (Slashdot)
  

• Grid > Storage > Flywheels >
  Beacon Power Tests Megawatt of Flywheel Storage - Beacon Power has built and tested an integrated matrix of ten high-power flywheels that when operated together can absorb and supply a full megawatt (MW) of electricity for 15 minutes. (Renewable Energy World; Sept. 22, 2008)
  

Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008

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  Featured: Videos > Conspriacy >
  Zeitgeist: Economic Collapse from Scarcity Mentality to be replaced by Abundance via Free Energy, etc. - Latest Zeitgeist movie attempts to point out the root causes of pervasive social corruption, while offering a solution. This solution is based on a modern, non-superstitious understanding of what we are and how we align with nature, to which we are a part. (PESWiki; Oct. 11, 2008)
  

• Directory:Magnet Motors > Magnetic Power Inc >
  Revolutionary Energy Breakthroughs Can Kick-Start Economic Recovery! - MPI generators are allegedly tapping into "Space Energy", referred to as the Quantum Vacuum, or Zero Point Energy (ZPE). Two major utilities and several very large firms have begun to evaluate MPI's magnetic energy conversion systems, some of which have no moving parts. (Video) (PR Renewable Energy World; Oct. 8, 2008)
  

• Global Warming > CO2 Sequestration >
  New Zealand Company Locks Away CO2 in Charcoal -Carbonscape, a company based in New Zealand, sequesters carbon dioxide using microwaves to transfer CO2 into charcoal. (EcoGeek; Oct. 3, 2008)
  

• Communities > Building / Solar>
  Solar-Powered Monte Rosa Alpine Hut- The four-story autonomous 90% energy-independent alpine shelter accommodates 125 guests and was designed at the Swiss Federal Technical University in Zurich. Energy is generated from photovoltaic panels and solar thermal systems and a cogenerative heat and power system for backup. (Inhabitat; Oct. 9, 2008)
  

Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008

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  Featured: Wind > Offshore > Floating >
  WindFloat Provides Renewable Spinoff Application from Oil Platform Tech (Interview) - Principle Energy Inc., is presently focused on two areas: 1) Windfloat, which is a floating platform for offshore wind, wave, and current harnessing; and 2) an inflatable concentrated solar technology developed by Cool Earth Solar. The WindFloat is fitted with patented heave plates and active ballasts for stability. (PESWiki; Oct. 10, 2008)
  

• Batteries / Magnets >
  New spintronics effect could lead to magnetic batteries - Researchers in Japan have discovered that heating one side of a magnetized nickel-iron rod causes electrons to rearrange themselves according to their spins. This so-called "spin Seebeck effect" could lead to batteries that generate magnetic currents, rather than electric currents. (PhysOrg; Oct. 10, 2008)
  

• Geothermal >
  Hydro-thermal Spalling - Potter Drilling’s technology differs from prior air based techniques in that it uses hot fluid rather than air to spall rock. Because spallation occurs in a water filled borehole, Potter Drilling’s technology can be used to drill to depths required for universal EGS (12,000 to 30,000 feet). (Flash animation in link) (Oct 10, 2008) (Thanks Andrian)
  

• Human-Powered >
  Self-Powered Light Switch Has No Wires - You flip the switch made by Enocean, and a tiny generator creates a tiny charge. There is enough energy in operations or actions like this to transmit wireless signals over a distance of up to 300 meters. (EcoGeek; Oct. 1, 2008)
  

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