(Image credit: Focardi and Rossi with their e-Cat, retrieved from Brian Wang.)
Pure Energy Systems reports that Andrea Rossi announced on January 5th, 2012 that he is in discussions with Home Depot to bring his revolutionary Low Energy Nuclear Reaction (LENR) electrical generators to market as early as Fall of 2012. While the talks are in early stages, the fact that major retailers are in discussions with Dr. Rossi is an indicator that the technology may be in households within the year.
The statement released by Dr. Rossi is as follows:
Andrea Rossi
January 5th, 2012 at 4:27 AMDear Alex:
IMPORTANT: WE DID NOT REACH ANY AGREEMENT WITH HOME DEPOT YET!!! WE ARE IN TALKS WITH THEM. MANY ISSUES HAVE TO BE RESOLVED YET. CERTIFICATION, OF COURSE, MUST BE COMPLETED BEFORE WE SELL OUR E-CATS. OF COURSE WE ARE IN DISCUSSIONS ALSO WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.Warm Regards,
A.R.
You can also listen to Dr. Rossi’s radio interview by James Martinez where he discusses his plans of moving forward with retail outlets to sell his devices. Skip to 14:00 minutes for the main part of the interview.
What is LENR?
If you haven’t heard of the technology yet, LENR is most easily compared to cold fusion and also called Chemically Assisted Nuclear Reaction (CANR). With an initial charge of electricity, the devices are heated and then sustain their temperature indefinitely with excess heat produced. Modern LENR devices are so efficient that 1kw up to 1MW of excess heat have been generated by these devices. In short, if found to be viable, LENR means no more need for fossil fuels.
Pricing and Output
(Image credit: Artist depiction of the Rossi E-Cat, retrieved from EC3)
Dr. Rossi has allegedly developed a LENR device referred to as the E-Cat (Energy Catalyzer) capable of using Nickel powder and Hydrogen to generate 10kw – 20kw of power. This is plenty of power for running air conditioning and heating for most homes.
The E-Cat is estimated to cost approximately $1,000.00-$1,5000 (USD) per unit (radio interview by James Martinez, 17:30). Dr. Rossi explicitly states that his goal is to keep the price as low as possible to reduce competition.
Big Names Backing Rossi
In late 2011, Dr. Rossi began working with National Instruments to develop manufacturing specifications and plans for production of the E-Cat as reported by E-Cat World.OilPrice.com broke the news that the State of Massachusetts has ordered 13 of his 1Mw units. According to Fox News, the U.S. Navy has allegedly expressed interest and support of Rossi’s designs.
Other LENR Options
Dr. Rossi isn’t the only LENR developer making headlines. Defkalion Energy, a Greek-based tech firm, also claims to have been able to consistently produce power using a near-identical process, but much more efficiently. Defkalion is months behind Rossi in terms of manufacturing process yet has gone so far as to post product specifications. Other scientists have been emerging with similar results – all using Nickel and Hydrogen. This seems to validate Dr. Rossi and Defkalion Energy findings.
The entire E-Cat technology has yet to be publicly unveiled. Private demonstrations have convinced key investors, but Dr. Rossi has chosen to keep the details under lock and key until he receives patents for his device. This has led to wide-spread cynicism not to mention rejection by academia because no modern theory explains how the E-Cat and other LENR technologies work.
With all signs pointing towards LENR reaching markets soon, we may be standing in line next Christmas at Home Depot hoping to buy our very own LENR device.
Updated 1/15/2012 to correct Texas Instruments to National Instruments and report PES as original reporting news source.
