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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, Dec. 3, 2008

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  Featured: Events > TeslaTech Conf. >
  Call for Papers for 2009 ExtraOrdinary Technology Conference - TeslaTech's conference covers Tesla Technology, Magnetic Motors, ZPE, Conservation, Cosmic/Radiant Energy, Brown’s Gas, Plasma, GEET, ElectroGravitation, ElectroMedicine, Magnetic Healing, Antigravity, etc. Abstracts due December 31, 2008. (PESWiki; Dec. 3, 2008)
  

• Videos >
  Evergreen: The Washington Clean Tech Story - Documents the transforming of the Washington State economy in multiple media: HD film, website, interview archives, news sources, monthly communiques and partner links. (Teaser Video) (Thanks Robert)
  

• Electrical Grid >
  Europe Backs Supergrids - Brussels-based environmental consulting firm 3E mapped out 3,500 miles of underwater HVDC cables crisscrossing the North Sea, forming a network capable of hooking up 68,000 megawatts' worth of new offshore wind farms - enough generating capacity to meet 13 percent of the region's power consumption. (MIT Technology Review; Dec. 2, 2008)
  

• Biodiesel >
  EPA Rolls Out Environmental Manual for Biodiesel Facilities - EPA Region 7 released a Biodiesel Facilities manual that identifies environmental regulatory rules and equirements for the construction and operation of biodiesel production facilities. 144-page PDF. 6.4 MB. (National Biodiesel Board; Nov. 13, 2008)
  

Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008

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  Featured: Electromagnetic > Zero Amp Tech >
  Zero Amp Tech demonstration video - Video footage from a demonstration by Peter Sumaruck of his "Zero Amp" technology which allegedly puts out far more energy than it consumes. The video also shows Pete flipping through his photo album of the self-looped 36 kW set-up he allegedly built for the Army. (PESN; Dec. 2, 2008) (See also PES Saga)
  

• Biodiesel >
  Biodiesel tax break backfires - "This $1-per-gallon subsidy, known as the "blender's tax credit", is a government boondoggle financed by the taxpayers," said Tom Elam, an agricultural economist with FarmEcon in Carmel, Ind., who estimates biodiesel exports could be costing American taxpayers several hundred million dollars a year. (Chron.com; Nov.29, 2008)
  

• Ten-Year Renewable Energy Plan / Geothermal >
  Onshore Energy Security Program (OESP) - OESP is a five-year program designed by the Australian govt. to deliver reliable, precompetitive geoscience data and scientifically based assessments of the potential for onshore energy resources, including oil, gas, hot rocks (geothermal energy), uranium and thorium. 5-year plan 21-page PDF (Geoscience Australia; Dec. 1, 2008)
  

Monday, Dec. 1, 2008

• Biodiesel >
  Oil Plays a Cheap Trick on Biofuel Plans - Agri-Source's investment earned it an Industry of the Year award. Two months later, though, Agri-Source has slashed its production by half as plummeting oil prices and its fixed cost for raw materials have turned the company's bottom line from black to red. (Tampa Bay Online; Nov. 29, 2008)
  

• Wind / Ten-Year Renewable Energy Plan >
  Wind Energy Multiyear Program Plan for 2007 - 2012 - The Wind Energy Program is one element of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Wind and Hydropower Technology Program under the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, which leads the Federal government’s research, development, and deployment efforts in energy efficiency and renewable energy. 115-page PDF. 2.2 MB. (PDAFku.com; Nov. 29, 2008)
  

Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008

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  Featured: Electromagnetic > Zero Amp Tech >
  Zero Amp Tech demonstration reflections - Peter Sumaruck has captured the imagination of many with his demonstration alleging 0.05 Watts input from a genset powering five motors (4000 Watts) output through his modified variable AC motor controller. However, a New Energy Congress assessment gives reason for skepticism. (PESN; Nov. 30, 2008)
  

• Oxygen Depletion >
  Waterboxx Offers Possibilities for Reforestation in the Desert - The Waterboxx is an instrument that supports plants and trees in order to survive in difficult circumstances (i.e., deserts) without using any groundwater or electricity. (TreeHugger; Nov. 19, 2008)
  

• Electric Vehicles > Plug-ins >
  Olympia's roads get a little more electric - Joe Lambrix, the founder of the nonprofit group Plug In Olympia is building an electric vehicle infrastructure in the South Puget Sound area, one 120-volt plug-in at a time. (Seattle PI; Nov. 28, 2008)
  

• Top 100: Wind / Geothermal > Raser
  Beaver aims to be 'renewable capital of Utah' - Beaver County is fast becoming a convergence point for companies wanting to harness renewable forms of energy like geothermal wells or the persistent wind. (Salt Lake Tribune; Nov. 28, 2008)
  

Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008

• Wind > Home Wind >
  Hot Home Wind Turbines You Can Actually Buy, Plus One You Wish You Could - A number of new, innovative wind turbines have entered the market in the past couple of months. Phillipe Starck’s wind turbine is the odd one out in the group. (TreeHugger; Nov. 24, 2008)
  

• Clean Fuel Conversions >
  Man Aims To Wean World Off Petroleum - Fred Robinson has been working to convert standard automobiles to run on alternative fuels for more than 30 years. He lives in a solar-powered home he built himself and converted a Hummer H2 so it can run on several different fuels, including hydrogen, natural gas, ethanol or unleaded. (Steamboat Pilot; Nov. 9, 2008) (Thanks Tai)
  

Friday, Nov. 28, 2008

• Thermal Electric > Waste Heat Generators >
  Electricity from Waste Heat - Ener-G-Rotors, based in Schenectady, NY, has patented the Trochoidal Gear Engine used in an organic rankine cycle to turn 150°F to 400°F liquid or gas input into electricity. (MIT Technology Review; Nov. 21, 2008)
  

• Electrical Grid / Ten-Year Renewable Energy Plan >
  California to Become the Electric Vehicle Capital of the US - A 9-step policy plan was unveiled for transforming the Bay Area into the "Electric Vehicle (EV) Capital of the U.S." Better Place, a global electric transportation company, announced that it would enter the U.S. market, beginning in the Bay Area. (Video) (Inhabitat; Nov. 25, 2008)
  

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