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M2E Power Could Charge Your Cell Phone With Kinetic Energy!

M2E Power is emphasizing the commercial applications for their technology, with a specific goal: revolutionizing cell phone batteries. An external charger generates between 300 and 700 percent more energy than current kinetic energy technologies, and may eventually replace cell phone batteries...

Interview: Ronn Motors' Scorpion Aims to Optimize then License Hydrogen Boosting

Damon Kuhn, COO of Ronn Motors, maker of the new 150,000-dollar green supercar, talks about how their company is well suited to finally build an ideal version of the on-board electrolysis technology that injects hydrogen into the air intake to catalyze a more efficient burn of the petrol,...

Aerogels: Nanotechnology for Ultracapacitors

This 87-year old technology will improve ultracapacitors by swapping in carbon nanotubes, since they have a extremely high surface area, carbon aerogels are used to create ultracapacitors with values ranging up to thousands of farads. It is already used a a super-insulator and for collecting...

Electric Freight Rail 8X More Efficient than Heavy Trucks

Electrifying railroads and transferring half of the ton-miles of trucks to rail could save 6.3 percent of US oil consumption. Electric railroads, well-proven in other countries, are cheaper to operate and can carry more freight because they accelerate and brake faster (and can generate electricity...

Shelby SuperCars (SSC) to Build World's Fastest Electric Car

The Ultimate Aero EV is based on the SSC Aero, the world's fastest production car. The EV will be powered by a 500 horsepower electric motor. The drive train will feature a revolutionary power source allegedly allowing for several years between charging (not a typo). (PESWiki; August 13, 2008)

Maisotsenko M-Cycle Coolerado

The engineering, design, application and installation of Coolerado's unique air-conditioning systems offer more flexibility and change than the air-conditioning world has seen in decades, using the Maisotsenko Cycle (M-Cycle). (PESWiki; Aug. 14, 2008)

Report: ExtraOrdinary Technology Conference 2008

See our 2008 Tesla Technology Conference reports, photo gallery and follow-ups. Our New Energy Congress members who attended have posted their thoughts and feelings on this year's Conference activities. (PESWiki; August 12, 2008)

Carbon Nanotubes and other Nanotechnology Solutions for Renewable Energy

From vastly increasing efficiencies in solar power to reducing costs of hydrogen generation, the alternative energy sector is seeing a range of nanotech developments. Reducing the amount of raw product necessary for technology production, carbon nanotechnology cuts costs and conserves our precious...

Ronn Motors' Scorpion the First to Implement Hydrogen Boosting

New $150,000 green sports car will integrate Hydrorunner's on-board electrolysis unit to inject hydrogen into the air intake to catalyze a more efficient burn of the petrol, increasing its mileage by 20-40 percent. (PESWiki; August 13, 2008)

Firestorm Spark Plug

This revolutionary design creates an electric plasma that fills the entire combustion chamber like a firestorm. It allows you to take an internal combustion engine from the standard 14.7:1 air-to-fuel ratio to an incredibly lean 24:1. At this ratio, all the air/fuel mixture is burned much more...

Interview: Cool Earth Solar's Answer to Global Energy Crisis

In 1-hour interview, CEO, Rob Lamkin, discusses how his company's inflatable solar concentrator technology slashes materials costs, making solar farms able to compete with natural gas plants, and eventually even coal plants. Commercial deployment expected next year; could satisfy a large portion of...

eeFuel Gradually Boosts Mileage in 2007 BMW 335i

Ryan Fowler reports an improvement in his mileage on the same stretch of road since he started using the eeFuel additive, beginning with a jump of 5.7 percent, followed by 8.6 percent, then 14.0, and then 17.9 percent in subsequent test runs in triplicate, as measured by onboard mileage...

Intergalactic Hydrogen Expects to Win Auto X-Prize

Using off-the-shelf components and technology they have mastered, Tai and Fred Robinson say they can surpass 100 mpg-equivalent using a high-efficiency stock vehicle modified to run on hydrogen. (PESN; Aug. 9, 2008)

Phemax Technology's Plasmagnetic Alternator

Patent pending device allegedly generates electricity via plasma arc (Microsun) technology, initiated with low voltage, high current, high temperature, thermally conductive, thorium tungsten / graphite electrodes submerged in water. The resulting syngas runs a Phemax generator, which is said to...

Renewable Solutions for Emergency Preparedness

In case of emergency, be prepared. New page commenced to identify those areas and technologies for emergency situations that are inter-related with alternative energy solutions. (PESWiki)

EarthLinked Technologies

Company has been in the business of installing Ground Source Heat Pumps for nearly two decades. The residential and commercial systems save energy in the winter and summer, drawing from the thermal mass of the earth with their direct geo-exchange technology. ROI is just a few years. (PESWiki; July...

Interview: Super-Efficient 'Gun' Engine

Canadian inventor, Kazimierz Holubowicz, has come up with an environmentally friendly and transmission-free engine based on the same mechanics as how a bullet is shot from a gun. More recent test results showed a 14% increase in torque while using 10% as much fuel. (FreeEnergyNow; Aug. 4, 2008)

ICreateProfits Service Helps Energy Website Development

A great tool for those with websites (energy or otherwise), to help them improve, but especially for those who are contemplating making the plunge, with beginning-to-end resources. Instructive step-by-step videos aid the concise instructions. (ICreateProfits)

Lateral Aperture Solar Design

'Think of a sheet of glass set out to capture the sunlight; instead of letting the light pass through or reflecting it off somewhere, it captures the light inside the thickness of the pane. It then redirects it toward an edge, or a number of them, where it then emerges at a concentration ratio.'...

What You Can Do Now to Go Green and Save Money

Products and concepts presently available and doable which help you reduce your footprint on the planet while also saving you money. These products are some of the best so far as we can tell. (PESWiki)

Interview with TMA Global Wind Energy Systems

Vertical axis wind turbine design creates pull on the back side contributing to 40 percent+ wind conversion efficiencies. Doesn't kill birds, runs more quietly, doesn't need to be installed as high, blends better with landscape, cost-competitive, going commercial. (FreeEnergyNow; July 28, 2008)

Electrolysis Breakthrough Makes Solar Storage Affordable

MIT researchers have combined a liquid catalyst with photovoltaic cells to achieve nearly a 100 percent efficient electrolysis in a simple set-up, which could make solar energy more affordable and practical -- excess capacity during the day could be stored as hydrogen and oxygen, then used in fuel...

Water-Fueled Car from Sri Lanka

Epoch Energy Technology Corp is a Taiwan-based manufacturer of Oxy-hydrogen gas generators and solar water heaters. They have developed a method by which ordinary soft water can be instantly transformed into oxygen-hydrogen fuel. (PESWiki; July 23, 2008)

Water-Fueled Car from Sri Lanka

A Sri Lankan inventor has come up with a super-efficient electrolysis method that allegedly enables a small vehicle to travel 80 kilometres on just one litre of water, without any danger to life or any impact on the environment. (PESWiki; July 23, 2008)

McQueen Machine - Revolutionary Energy Generating Machine

The patented McQueen Machine is a new 'Internal Energy Generating Power Source' that uses positive electrical charges from the atmosphere to generate power. It is claimed to generate more energy than is required to operate the machine. (PESWiki; July 24, 2008)

Videographer Posts Magnet Motor Spoof

On July 27, 2008, Alan D. Joseph posted a video to YouTube showing a motor that appears to spin with no batteries or other electrical input. Is it real, or was he putting his video skills to use? (PESWiki; July 24, 2008)

LaFonte Perpendicular Magnetics Motor

Butch LaFonte now offers to open source what he and his associates have come up with, being far enough along to begin some serious building and testing and possibly start coming up with some useful output designs. (PESWiki; July 24, 2008)

Free Energy and the Open Source Movement Series

In this series of articles, Steve Windisch examines several 'Free Energy' devices, explains their workings in a simplified way, while discussing the proposed theories behind them. Interviews look at new inventors and researchers working within the Open Source Energy movement today. (PESWiki; July...

NEC Says Gore's Ten-Year Renewable Energy Plan is Achievable

The New Energy Congress is taking up the challenge to show how it will be possible to achieve the goal of 100 percent of U.S. energy coming from renewable energy sources within ten years, (PESWiki; July 25, 2008)

2008 Hydrogen Implementation Conference

Michael Riverson reports on the conference held July 22 - 24 in Laramie, Wyoming, covered a wide range of hydrogen generation sources, storage mechanisms, transport infrastructure, and application considerations. (PESN; July 25, 2008)

Hydrogen-Assist Fuel Cell Warning from Former Installer

Richard Coyle said the units sometimes work at first, but then the improvements go away, and in their place some serious problems arise such as stuck idle motors, boiling water and gunk in the motors, plugged air filters. (PESWiki; July 22, 2008)

Boosting Acetone's Improvement on Mileage

Steve D. Gage gives the logic and data behind his conclusion that vehicle fuel efficiency can be improved 50 percent by adding 1 oz acetone per gallon and tricking the car's computer into detecting an excess of oxygen so it richens up the mixture. (PESWiki; July 19, 2008)

Using Tesla's Valvular Conduit to Harness Water Waves

Proposal to combine (1) Nicola Tesla's 'Valvular Conduit', patented in 1920, which is essentially a one-way fluidic valve, and (2) the Anaconda Bulge Wave concept of having rubber tubing move up and down with ocean waves, in order to provide a simple and cost-effective mechanism for harnessing sea...

Tangarie Alternative Power's spiral wind turbine

The Greenpower Utility System line of vertical axis wind turbines produces up to 50 percent more electricity on an annual basis, generates electricity in winds as low as 4 mph (1.5 m/s), and continues to generate power in wind speeds up to 130 mph (60m/s). It withstands extreme weather such as...

EeFuel additive gets flatline results on heavy-duty rigs test

A fleet in California that has multiple trucks taking the same route every day hauling lumber out and wood chips back, ran three of their trucks for a week using the eeFuel additive, but saw no improvement in mileage. (PESN; July 19, 2008)

Slowing Down Doesn't Always Save Money

Vehicles are designed to achieve optimal efficiency at certain engine rpms and speeds. Going slower can actually use more fuel over the same distance, especially at much lower speeds. The Nissan Quest minivan does 35 mpg at 75 mph, wherease it only gets 30 mpg at 55 mph. (PESWiki; July 19, 2008)

Hypermiling - Driving Tips for Better Mileage

Hypermilers are drivers who exceed the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimated fuel efficiency on their vehicles by modifying their driving habits. (PESWiki; July 15. 2008)

CEO Interview: TESNIC vertical-axies wind turbine

The TESNIC, invented by Horia Nica, is based on the principles of the Tesla turbine, extracting the wind power via adhesion, in addition to the classic drag and lift extraction, enabling it to achieve a very high efficiency. (FreeEnergyNow.net; July 14, 2008)

James D. Hardy's Self-Looped Water Pump and Electricity Generator

Massachusetts inventor demonstrates a patent pending technology in which a 165 gallon/minute water pump powers a water wheel, which is connected through belts to a one horse power generator, which powers the water pump as well as an incandescent bulb. (PESWiki; July 16, 2008)

SHEC Labs Claims to Have World's Most Efficient Solar Thermal Tech (http://pesn.com/2008/07/14/9501487_SHEC_labs_solar_thermal_record/) (Interview)

By focusing the concentrated rays into the aperture of a highly-reflective, elongated tube, by the time the light bounces back out, it has gradually dumped 95% of its heat into the tube, which can then be put to work. (PESN; July 14, 2008)

What You Can Expect Open Sourcing Energy Technology

Sterling Allan describes how an ideal open source energy technology might roll out from beginning -- even before it is publicly posted -- through the time of early replications, to end when it spreads throughout the earth to bless mankind. (PESWiki; July 13, 2008)

Maryn International's lubrication solutions

Maryn is a leading developer and manufacturer of high performance industrial additives which significantly improve lubricity and which also improve mileage. While the product is aimed at the trucking industry, it also works well in any car. (PESWiki; July 7, 2008)