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As we finish
up another year, it is exciting to see the energy
developments that are going to market. Time magazine
recently had a wonderful cover story on the "50 Greatest
Inventions" of the past year www.time.com . Our story #3
also shows a simple but very effective free energy
invention (with a two minute video) that is taking over
the third world countries and a very current assessment
of the Chinese solar industries ability to keep up with
thin-film technology. Of course it is thrilling to see a
man keep up with a jet plane, perhaps inspired by the
Iron Man movies, and see the JetPak you can buy...see
story #1. How about the emerging electric car market? We
have the latest scoop right from the Jay Leno show
discussing in story #2 the latest book and future
developments of the electric car with a video. IRI is
negotiating a cooperative agreement with the latest
ARPA-E Summit (Feb 27-29) occurring just before our
SPESIF-COFE event (Feb 29-March 2, 2012). Story #5
describes the energy summit sponsored by the USDOE. This
leads us into the last story #4 which gives you the
first glimpse at the progressive and adventurous titles
of papers being presented at SPESIF 2012. Hope you can
join us in person or on the web (webcasting will be
announced when it is available). Please also note our
end of the year fundraising drive for IRI in the
sidebar. A single membership is a big deal to us and
maybe that is all you can afford. Any support (which is
100% tax-deductible since we are a charitable
organization) is greatly appreciated as we tackle future
energy, propulsion and bioenergetics for the New
Year!
Lastly, if
you know any student who is an inventive genius,
our friends over at the Thiel Foundation http://www.thielfellowship.org/
asked us to help spread the word about their
fellowship program, which offers $100,000 grants to
innovators age 19 or younger, if you apply before
December 31, 2011. The 2011 class of Thiel Fellows
includes 24 people who are tackling breakthroughs in
hardware and robotics, making energy plentiful, making
markets more effective, challenging the notion that
there is only one way to get an education, and extending
the human lifespan. Several of them have already
launched companies, secured financing, and won
prestigious awards. As they're demonstrating, you don't
need college to invent the future (you can read about
their progress in a recent article in
TechCrunch).
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1) Jetman
& Other Alternative Vehicles
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By Martin Hone , Aero Gizmo,
04:22
November 30, 2011http://www.gizmag.com/jetman-flies-in-formation-with-jets/20673/
Ed. Note: As new energy sources come on board, this and
other inventions will simply upgrade fuel tanks or energy
packs to improve efficiency. See the related story on the the
Martin $80K jetpack or the electric multicopter for example. A
last minute present for the CEO executive who has
everything! - TV
Jetman's death-defying aerial antics took another turn
recently, when he teamed up with a pair of jets for some
formation work. In what could easily have turned into a replay
of Icarus's last adventure, Jetman (Swiss pilot Yves Rossy)
strapped on his tiny wings and leaped from his rotary-wing
elevator to meet up with his bigger brothers.
The wing carries four small jet engines and has no
control surfaces like a regular aircraft, rather Jetman relies
on body movement to control his trajectory, not that easy when
flying formation only meters away from some hot and heavy
metal at 125 mph (200 km/h) plus!
Jetman's previous adventures include crossing the English Channel,
flying across the Grand Canyon and
performing loops, as well as numerous appearances at airshows
around the world.
What other exploits he and his team will dream up
remains to be seen, but I am sure there is plenty more
innovation to come.
Yves Rossy is the
Jetman (15 minute dynamic video):
http://dotsub.com/view/d3bd8490-12d3-405c-acb1-35c64b3d06b9
Source: Jetman via Dvice
Related
Stories
AERO GIZMO
First-ever manned flight of an electric multicopter
takes place in Germany
By Ben Coxworth
11:22
November 1, 2011 http://www.gizmag.com/first-manned-multicopter-flight/20345/
German aircraft company e-volo has accomplished what
it claims is the world's first manned flight of an electric
multicopter
By now, most readers are probably pretty familiar with
quadracopters - small hovering
unmanned electric aircraft, which get their lift from a set of
four propellers. Well, make the whole thing larger, boost the
number of propellers (and accompanying motors) to 16, and you
get what German aircraft developer e-volo calls a multicopter.
While the company has previously demonstrated unmanned drones,
on October 21st it accomplished what it claims is a world
first - a manned flight.
The flight took place at an airstrip in southwest
Germany, and lasted one and a half minutes. Thomas Senkel, a
physicist and designer/builder of the multicopter, piloted the
aircraft from a center-mounted seat, using a handheld wireless
control unit. The flight consisted mainly of maneuvering the
multicopter around within a fairly small area - no sense in
getting cocky.
"The flight characteristics are good natured," Senkel
said afterward. "Without an steering input it would just hover
there on the spot."
According to e-volo, its multicopter is simpler in
construction and mechanics than a helicopter, and safer - it
can reportedly land even with up to four of its motors failed,
and its propellers experience much less wear. Onboard
computers running custom firmware control the rotational speed
of the propellers, dictating the attitude (horizontal
orientation to the ground), altitude and direction of travel
of the aircraft.
Potential flight times range from 10 to 30 minutes,
depending on payload and battery capacity.
The e-volo team are also working on a
commercial version of the manned multicopter, which they hope
will be ready for the marketplace "at an affordable price"
within the next few years. They state that a gas/electric
hybrid model is a possibility, to increase flight time to at
least an hour.
The first manned electric multicopter flight can be
seen in the video below.
The world's first manned electric helicopter
flight was achieved earlier this year. Technically, at
least by current definitions, there's no such thing as a
multicopter, but we expect it will become part of the language
eventually.
Interestingly, e-volo's Stephan Wolf went to great
pains to point out that the company's new flight machine was
not a helicopter. "It uses a completely different technology
compared to standard helicopter technology, which we now
consider obsolete", he said.
AERO GIZMO
The Martin Jetpack
By Tannith Cattermole
It's been a long time coming. While Arthur C. Clarke's
satellites have taken to space, and James Bond's futuristic
mobile technology has become common place, still the dream of
sustained personal flight has eluded us. But the future is
here! Finally we can all take flight as Martin Aircraft in New
Zealand releases the first commercially-available jet
pack!
A bit of history...
Like many science fiction concepts, the jetpack design
has become firmly entrenched in the collective psyche: ask
anyone to draw you a jetpack and they will give you a man with
two fiery pods strapped to his back gravitating him skyward.
We owe much of this to James Bond's Thunderball, which served to advertise the most successful of all
the jetpack inventions; the Bell Rocket Belt.
Developed by the U.S. military in 1961 with the aim of
producing an all-terrain vehicle to move military commanders
around a battlefield, the Bell Rocket Belt could only maintain
flight for 26 seconds on a full tank of fuel. After the film
was released the subsequent clamoring for sales only served to
prove what a marketable product a jetpack might be if one
could be properly developed. Sadly with such limited
application the Bell Rocket Belt was consigned merely to film
work and TV appearances.
More recently, aside from the exploits of a brave few
like Yves Rossy, attempts to realize a
one-person flying machine ranging from flying exoskeletons to
ion-propelled and water-drive technology have
failed to gain momentum.
In 1998 and Martin Aircraft of Christchurch New
Zealand was formed with the specific aim to build a jetpack
that improved on the Bell Rocket Belt's record fly time by 100
times. The concept, developed by Glenn Martin, manager of
Martin Aircraft in 1981, was verified by the Mechanical
Engineering Department at the University of Canterbury, New
Zealand. Since then nine prototypes have been developed and it
is lucky number nine that in 2005 broke the mold and achieve
sustained flight times.
The technology
The Jetpack is constructed from carbon fiber
composite, has a dry weight of 250 lbs (excluding safety
equipment) and measures 5 ft high x 5.5 ft wide x 5 ft long.
It's driven by a 2.0 L V4 2 stroke engine rated at 200 hp (150
kw), can reach 8000 ft (estimated) and each of the two 1.7 ft
wide rotors is made from carbon / Kevlar composite.
There is always risk associated with flying so Martin
Aircraft has been careful to equip the pack with redundant
systems that will take over in the event that the main system
goes down. If a crash-landing is required, a pilot-operated
toggle will rapidly fire a small amount of propellant
deploying a ballistic parachute (similar to a car airbag)
which will allow the pilot and jetpack to descend together. It
also has an impact-absorbing carriage, patented fan jet
technology and 1000 hours engine TBO (Time Between Overhaul).
Small vertical take-off and landing aircraft (VTOL) are not
subject to the same limitations as other helicopters and fixed
wing aircrafts but Martin Aircraft have built it to comply
with ultralight regulations and therefore suggest it as at
least as safe to operate, and claim it is the safest of all
jetpacks yet built.
The Jetpack achieves with 30 minutes of flight time
and is fueled by regular premium gasoline, though you will
undoubtedly earn some disbelieving stares at the petrol
station. Since it has been built according to ultralight
regulations no FAA recognized pilot's license is required to
fly one in the U.S., though this will depend on a country's
specific requirements. However, despite being significantly
less complex than a helicopter to fly as pitch and roll are
controlled by one hand, thrust and yaw by the other, Martin
Aircraft won't let anyone take receipt of their jetpack before
completing their specially-developed Martin Aircraft Company
approved training program. The pilot must also weigh between
140-240 lbs.
Tell what I really want to know: how can I get my
hands on one?
After nine prototypes Martin Aircraft have an accurate
expectation for how much a jetpack will cost, and suggest that
at $86,000 it is pitched at the level of a high-end car. As
sales and production volume increase they expect this to drop
to the price of a mid-range car. A 10% deposit buys you a
production slot for 12 months hence; progress payments are
made during manufacture with final payment due on delivery.
Details and a deposit contract are available from their Martin Aircraft's
website.
And when will I be able drive it to work?
Again it's a waiting game as currently air traffic
control technology is not yet advanced enough to cope with
jetpacks, but the US Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA) is developing "highways in the sky" technology - 3D
highways based on GPS tracks. Initial tests have been positive
but the technology is unlikely to be implemented for another
10 years yet so for the meantime initial use will remain
recreational as with jet-skis, snowmobiles and ultralights.
Until then we'll keep waiting and watching the sky.
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2) Tesla and Free Energy on Jay Leno
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By Sebastian Blanco Dec
13th 2011
http://www.green.autoblog.com/2011/12/13/jay-leno-takes-a-gander-at-high-voltage-a-new-book-on-electric
 Our friend Jim Motavalli can easily play
the absent-minded professor, but he's whip-smart when it comes
to fuel-efficient vehicles. Back in 2000, he wrote a book
called "Forward Drive: The Race to Build
"Clean" Cars for the Future" and he's just followed that
up with a new tome called "High Voltage: The Fast Track to Plug
In the Auto Industry." It's because of this new book that
he sat down with Jay Leno recently for a short video book
club.
High Voltage seems to be (we haven't read it yet)
a sort of text version of Chris Paine's new movie Revenge of the Electric Car. The
book goes deeper than the film, according to its Amazon page,
looking not only at the race to build plug-in cars but also at
the charging infrastructure and the changes that electric
vehicles will bring to our modern world.
Leno's obviously a fan, writing a blurb for the book
that says, "Electricity has always been the best way to power
an automobile. At the dawn of the last century, electric cars
were the future, and 100 years later they're the future again.
For that reason, I'm sure you'll find this book fascinating."
Ed Begley Jr., Paine and the hosts of Car Talk also contribute
positive comments, so if you trust any of those people, you
may want to check out the book. Until then, you can watch Leno
and Motavalli talk about the book after the jump.
Video:
http://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/video/Jay-Lenos-Book-Club-High-Voltage/1372232
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Bottle Bulb Lights Up Lives |
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Bibi Farber,
NextworldTV Press Release, Dec. 21, 2011, http://www.nextworldtv.com/page/5048.html
Ed.
Note: Sometimes the most useful free energy innovation can be
the most low tech utilization. However, IRI recommends www.solatube.com for roofs that
are thicker than just a piece of corrugated metal. Bring the
sun indoors today and fight seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
as well! - TV
Water + Bottle
+ Sun= Light
A "light bulb"
now exists that does not use any conventional
energy.
Introducing
the Solar Bottle Bulb -- an alternative source of daylight
powered by the sun. It is made from an old soda bottle. By
filling it with water and sealing it into the roof, the water
refracts the sun's rays and provides about 55 watts of light
to a darkened room.
This video
introduces you to the village of Sitio Matigaya in the
Philippines where hundreds of these bottles have been
installed. The villagers are saving money on electric bills,
and literally seeing a big difference in their lives.
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Bottle |
This was
invented in 2006 by students at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT). It can be built and installed in less than 1
hour, and uses inexpensive or recycled materials. The water is
mixed with some bleach to kill algae and does not need
replacing for about 2 years.
The organization
Myshelter Foundation through Isang Litrong Liwanag plans to
light up a million homes in the Philippines by 2012! They call
it "A Liter of Light".
More power to them!
Also visit www.isanglitrongliwanag.org to
donate or volunteer.
ANOTHER
STORY ON SOLAR
CHINESE
SOLAR MACHINE
Kevin Bulls, MIT
Technology Review, January,February 2012
Ten years ago,
solar panels were made mostly in the United States, Germany,
and Japan. Chinese manufacturers made almost none. But by
2006, the Chinese company Suntech Power had the capacity to
make over a million silicon-based solar panels a year and was
already the world's third-largest producer. Today Chinese
manufacturers make about 50 million solar panels a year-over
half the world's supply in 2010-and include four of the
world's top five solar-panel manufacturers. What makes this
particularly impressive is that the industry elsewhere has
been doubling in size every two years, and Chinese
manufacturers have done even better, doubling their production
roughly every year.
This dominance
isn't due to cheap labor in Chinese factories: making solar
cells requires such expensive equipment and materials that
labor contributes just a small fraction of the overall cost.
Nor is it because the Chinese companies have introduced cells
that last longer or produce more power: by and large, they
make the same type of silicon-based solar panels as many of
their competitors around the world, using the same equipment.
They have succeeded in large part because it's faster and
cheaper for them to build factories, thanks to inexpensive,
efficient construction crews and China's streamlined
permitting process. The new factories have the latest, most
efficient equipment, which helps cut costs. So do the
efficiencies that come with size. As a result, Chinese
manufacturers have been able to undercut other makers of
silicon solar panels
and dash the
hopes of many upstarts hoping to introduce novel
technology.
But the solar
market is rapidly evolving, and technological innovations are
becoming increasingly essential. Though demand for solar power
continues to grow around the world, the market is flooded with
photovoltaic panels: worldwide production capacity more than
doubled from 2009 to 2010 and continued to increase in 2011.
The overcapacity was so great that last fall, Chinese
manufacturers had trouble selling solar panels for more than
it cost to make them. In such a market, the way to
differentiate your product-and charge enough to stay afloat-is
to make it better than your competitors'.
For solar
manufacturers today, that means inventing cells that are more
efficient at converting light to electricity. As the price of
solar panels has fallen, installation costs have come to
account for a greater percentage of solar power's cost.
Customers want panels that are more powerful, so that they can
install fewer of them. From now on, the best way for Chinese
manufacturers to lower the cost per watt of solar power may
not be by lowering manufacturing costs but, instead, by
increasing the number of watts each panel generates. "The game
is now changing," says Mark Pinto, executive vice president of
energy and environment solutions at Applied Materials in Santa
Clara, California, the world's largest supplier of solar
manufacturing equipment. "Before, it was all about scale. Now
it is about conversion efficiency while keeping the cost
down."
This might
sound like bad news for Chinese manufacturers that have
focused on scaling up standard technology. But their
experience in building conventional solar panels could help
them implement new designs that significantly boost the
performance of silicon solar cells. Over the years, these
manufacturers have lowered costs in part by developing better
ways to manufacture the cells. That's given them an
understanding of what works and what doesn't on the factory
floor. They also have the capital and the engineers to help
them translate newer technologies into mass production. They
might not have initially set out to commercialize those
technologies, but now, having mastered the market for
conventional solar panels, they're poised to do just
that.
In 2010, when
the U.S. secretary of energy, Steven Chu, gave a speech to the
National Press Club laying out his case that the United States
was falling behind in advanced manufacturing, Suntech Power
was his Exhibit A. He had toured its factory, and he was
impressed by what he'd seen. "It's a high-tech, automated
factory," he said. "It's not succeeding because of cheap
labor." Not only that, he noted, but Suntech had developed a
type of solar cell with world-record
efficiencies.
Chu's
assessment might have surprised some observers, but Suntech's
record-setting solar cells
are
impressive. The technology that goes into them takes
advantage of changes in both design and manufacturing
technique. The conductive metal lines that collect electric
charge from the silicon aren't created with screen-printing
methods, as is standard. Instead, Suntech uses a proprietary
process to deposit much thinner, more closely spaced lines
that are more efficient at extracting electricity from the
cells. The changes have allowed the company to reach
efficiency levels and cost reductions that an industry road
map released in 2011 had set as targets for 2020. "When you
put all those things together, we are not only doing better
than what people are doing now," says Stuart Wenham, the chief
technology officer at Suntech. "We are also doing better than
what they think they could be doing in 10 years."
So far, Suntech
has made relatively few solar panels based on the new
technology. Instead, it has focused its resources on tweaking
manufacturing processes to decrease the cost of making
conventional silicon solar panels. But that could soon change.
This year Suntech has started to increase production of the
new cells, and now it can make enough of them annually to
generate 500 megawatts of power-roughly 2.5 million solar
panels. That achievement owes much to the company's success as
a producer of the conventional products.
The technology
behind the new cells was developed in the 1990s at the
University of New South Wales, Australia, but the techniques
used in the lab were too expensive for commercial production.
It was a "horribly sophisticated process" including
photolithography, vacuum deposition of "quite exotic metals,"
and "all sorts of chemical processes," says Wenham, who is
also head of the photovoltaics research program at UNSW and
was formerly a professor of Suntech's CEO and founder,
Zhengrong Shi. According to Wenham, the technology remained a
lab curiosity for decades until Suntech's researchers figured
out how to adapt it to an assembly line. "They came up with a
simple, low-cost way to replace all of that while achieving
the same results," he says. The new technology could increase
the power output of a standard-sized solar panel from 205
watts to 220 watts or more-and the cells costs less to produce
than conventional ones.
Individual
parts of the technology were quickly successful. Suntech
introduced these into its standard manufacturing lines, with
an eye to keeping just ahead of its competitors in terms of
cost and efficiency. Scaling up the complete process, however,
was a challenge. A pilot manufacturing line was up and running
in 2009, but the company had to develop and implement new
equipment to get yields and production rates to the point that
the process was economical. Here Suntech's position as a
market leader with experience in developing new manufacturing
equipment proved critical. Not only did the company have the
expertise it needed to improve the process; it also had the
funds to keep working on the technology for years without its
bringing in significant revenue.
Suntech isn't
the only Chinese solar manufacturer to identify promising new
technology and find ways to produce it at a large scale. Last
September, Yingli Green Energy, based in Baoding, announced
that a partnership with a Dutch research center, ECN, had
yielded solar panels that could convert 17.6 percent of the
energy in sunlight into electricity; the average is just over
14 percent. "ECN made the technology available to anyone in
the world who wanted it," Wenham says. "Yet it's only
been Yingli that's taken that technology and worked out how to
make it in large-scale production, at low cost."
MATERIAL
ADVANTAGE
Even now that
Chinese solar manufacturers are shifting focus from production
to innovation, there may be limits to what they can do with
their chosen material, crystalline silicon. This material is
attractive because the industry knows how to work with it,
thanks in part to decades of research in silicon microchips.
But compared with some other semiconductors, it's lousy at
absorbing sunlight. Some alternatives, like gallium arsenide,
can be made into films of material that can generate as much
electricity as a typical silicon cell but are just a hundredth
as thick, potentially reducing material costs. Such thin films
can also be flexible: they could be rolled up, reducing
packaging and shipping costs, and they could be built into
roofing shingles to reduce installation costs.
Yet despite
their potential advantages, it has been difficult for
thin-film solar cells to compete with the ever decreasing
costs and improving efficiency of crystalline silicon ones.
One company, Arizona-based First Solar, has succeeded in
developing low-cost manufacturing techniques for thin-film
solar panels, but these methods use a material-cadmium
telluride-that results in panels less efficient than silicon
ones. Other companies have tried to compete with silicon by
using higher-efficiency thin-film panels of copper indium
gallium selenide. Some of them, however, have had to declare
bankruptcy and close their factories after failing to lower
manufacturing costs fast enough.
Despite these struggles, Wenham believes that thin-film
technology will eventually challenge conventional solar
panels. If that's true, Chinese makers of crystalline silicon
solar cells may not dominate the market forever. But the
strategy of first scaling up conventional technology and then
introducing innovative designs to keep lowering the cost per
watt of solar power has put them in a good position to
maintain their lead for years. In the meantime, some, like
Suntech, are working to produce thin-film panels of their own.
When thin films do replace crystalline silicon, it could be
Chinese manufacturers that make them.
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4) Space,
Propulsion & Energy to be Featured at
SPESIF
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Valone,
Thomas, Integrity Research Institute Press Release, December
22, 2012 www.futurenergy.org
Our
upcoming space, propulsion and energy conference speaker and
author list is now being posted for our Feb. 29- March 2, 2012 SPESIF-COFE5
event at the University of Maryland. We are still
accepting abstracts and papers so you may send in your abstract right away
to my email address and,
if you choose to do so, draft paper when it is
ready (before the end of January). The final paper will be due
February 15, 2012. We plan to publish the Proceedings after
the conference with Elsevier Science. You may also send in a
proposed abstract and paper without having to present it in
person, and it will appear as an Invited Paper in the
Proceedings of SPESIF.
Summary of
SPESIF 2012 Papers
(titles shortened
for brevity)
Clovis Jacinto de
Matos
Gravitational Modification of the Quantum Vacuum
Hashemian et
al.
Health Monitoring System for Fission Surface Power
Binder
Transforming Fluctuations or Random Waves into
Spin
Baker et
al.
Gravitational Wave Generator Apparatus
Woods
Li-Baker High Frequency Gravitational Wave
Detector
Putnam
Calculating the Universal Gravitational
Constant
Fresco
Propulsion by Ion Linear Alignment and Ion
Accelerator
Froning et
al.
EM Fields for Reducing Energy Needs for Nuclear
Fusion
Bouchard
Universe, Dark Matter and Faster-Than-Light Speed
Williams
Electrically Charged Clocks: Relativity to
Electrodynamics
Fresco
Torque of Solute Ion Coulomb Force Monopole
Motor
Dmitriyeva et
al.
Zero Point Energy Emission from Gases in Casimir
Cavity
Bass et
al.
Advanced RTG for Planetary Landing Missions
Komerath et
al.
Efficient Conversion for Gigawatt Space Solar Power
Ludwig
Magneto-Acoustic Resonance for Tuning Coler
Apparatus
Goodwin
Proposed Dark Energy Experiment Using Fullerene
Wanis et
al.
Field Induced Forces Space Applications &
Manipulation
DeBiase
Are Casimir Forces Conservative?
Djordjev
Topology of the Change
Dmitriev
Substantiation of Artificial Change of Body
Weight
Valone
Electrokinetics as a Propellantless Propulsion
Source
Carter
Podkletnov Experiment
Potter
The Onion-Drive Space Vehicle (portion of new
book)
Nagel
Low Energy Nuclear Reactions: Science and
Commerce
Solomon
An Introduction to Gravity Modification (new
book)
Eubanks
Stellar Industrial Archeology
Lundquist
The Science and Science Fiction of Robert L.
Forward
Tahan
Sound-Based Analog of Cavity QED in Silicon
Howerton
Overview Effect
The authors'
abstracts and affiliations will also be posted on the
conference website shortly.
SPESIF includes a
great Fifth International Conference on
Future Energy for February 29 - March 2, 2012
and we look forward to your continued support and participation. My wife and I have
hosted several energy conferences in the past with Integrity
Research Institute, so we have sufficient experience to make
this one a success too!
All of the papers from COFE4
that were submitted this year
are now online. ALL
SPESIF2011 and COFE4 papers download for FREE (pdf): Physics Procedia - ScienceDirect (c)
Elsevier B.V.
Note the quality
publisher that has been contracted for COFE4 and COFE5 to
replace the American Institute of Physics publisher. We feel
that Elsevier is better in many regards and also most
importantly, embraces all of the energy topics that we
entertain and promote.
Please click here for a Review of the past 2011
COFE4
Visit
the SPESIF-COFE5 website at www.futurenergy.org
Early
public registration (only $195) http://www.integrityresearchinstitute.org/COFE/Reservations.html
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5) 2012 ARPA-E Summit features Bill Gates,
Fred Smith & Lee Scott |
http://energy.gov/articles/arpa-e-announces-2012-energy-innovation-summit-featuring-bill-gates-fred-smith-and-lee
Press
Release
New York, NY - The U.S. Department of
Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
Director, Arun Majumdar, announced yesterday that the Agency
will hold its third annual ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit
from February 27 - 29,
2012 at the Gaylord Convention Center just outside
Washington, D.C. Bill Gates, founder and chairman of
Microsoft; Fred Smith, chairman, president and CEO of FedEx;
and Lee Scott, former CEO of Wal-Mart; will join Secretary Chu
and Director Majumdar as distinguished keynote
speakers.
"After
two successful Summits, I'm excited to once again bring some
of our nation's top thought leaders to Washington to discuss
the importance of research, development and deployment of
game-changing energy technologies." said Director Majumdar.
"Engagement by business executives such as Bill Gates, Fred
Smith and Lee Scott in the Summit emphasizes the critical link
between the private sector and government funded R&D for
innovation in energy technologies and highlights the important
role innovation plays in enabling business, economic growth,
and national security."
Now
in its third year, the Summit is designed to unite key players
from all sectors of the nation's energy innovation community
to share ideas for developing and deploying the next
generation of clean energy technologies. The event is
co-hosted by ARPA-E and Clean Technology and Sustainable
Industries Organization (CTSI).
Last
year's annual ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit attracted more
than 90 speakers and 2,000 attendees from 49 states and 20
countries. Attendees included members of research and
development institutions, global corporations, technology
entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers and government
officials.
The
event will feature a technology showcase with more than 150
exhibits from ARPA-E-funded projects and applicants in areas
such as grid-scale storage, power electronics, batteries for
electric vehicles, building efficiency, advanced carbon
capture and electrofuels. The showcase will also feature new
ARPA-E programs such as rare earth alternatives, plant
engineering for fuel applications, advanced thermal storage,
network integration architecture for the electrical grid, and
power electronics for PV applications. A wide range of other
energy technologies and new topic areas will also be discussed
at the Summit.
In
addition to an expanded showcase, the 2012 Innovation Summit
will once again feature America's top businesses focused on
developing energy technology. The Summit connects top
corporate businesses with clean energy researchers and
entrepreneurs with the goal of building lasting partnerships
for commercialization. Some of last year's corporate
participants include Lockheed Martin, Dow, Dupont, Battelle
and Bosch.
Many
more speakers will be added in the coming months. To register
for the 2012 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit and for the
latest news on the Summit program, please visit: http://www.energyinnovationsummit.com.
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