2024-10-17 - ENG8 achieves another global first in the race for fusion energy: a self-powering fusion reactor producing excess electricity
Catalysed fusion specialists at ENG8® International have confirmed the results of the recent independent validation of its EnergiCell®, conducted by world-renowned LENR (low energy nuclear reactions) expert Dr Jean-Paul Biberian. The validation showed that the system can be self-powering and export net electricity.
Dr Jean-Paul Biberian said: “We can consider that the device can operate indefinitely without any external input power.”
Dr Biberian was commissioned by an investor to conduct technical due diligence on an EnergiCell. His report concluded: “The technology is capable of sustained operations producing kilowatts of output energy, with a net three times more power output than input.”
“ENG8 has a team of competent scientists very focused on plasma physics, and they have good engineers.”
EnergiCells fuse hydrogen nuclei producing photons or light as well as directly producing electrons or electricity. They are currently producing electricity on the scale of milliwatts to tens of kilowatts. This power output is suitable for powering devices like phones and laptops, appliances such as ovens and washing machines, and in time, houses, cars and factories.
Valeria Tyutina, CEO at ENG8, said: “Whilst hot fusion struggles to produce net energy, catalysed fusion technology is miles ahead, and offers a viable source of zero-emission, affordable energy to drive the global economy. Our technology is mass producible so everybody on the planet can have access to their own independent energy source.”
“It’s very encouraging that we already have several industrial customers who have confidence in the technology and have expressed interest in our EnergiCell, with requirements ranging from 3 megawatts to 8 gigawatts.”
On a broader scale, 2024 is proving to be a significant year in the development of LNER, or cold fusion technology, as lab-based R&D matures and leading companies begin the commercialisation process, transitioning from science into engineering.
The EU has run the CleanHME Program for the last four years, which has confirmed that LENR reactors can produce ten times more energy than they consume. Three members of the ENG8 team recently presented at the 16th International Workshop of Anomalies in Hydrogen Loaded Metals (IWAHLM-16) Conference, organised by CleanHME Europe.
At the event, Alan Smith, CEO of the International Society for Condensed Matter Nuclear Science (ISCMNS) said: “If I were to bet on which LENR companies would be the first to market, ENG8 would be in the top two.”
Previous independent validations, carried out by IEP (Portugal) and other renowned test laboratories, have also proved that EnergiCells produce net energy with safe levels of emissions that are well within the EU limits.
About Dr Biberian
Dr Biberian has authored more than 80 research papers in the field of surface science and low energy nuclear reactions (LENR). He is the editor-in-chief of the peer-reviewed journal devoted to LENR, the Journal of Condensed Matter Nuclear Science, and received the Preparata medal in 2016, which is awarded to a scientist who has made significant contributions to the investigation and understanding of condensed matter nuclear science (CMNS).
About ENG8
Currently domiciled in Gibraltar and based in Portugal, ENG8 is a seven-year-old business with a team of more than 30 scientists and engineers with decades of experience working on LENR/catalysed fusion technologies and power generation. It is investing in and developing EnergiCells ranging from one watt to one megawatt in size. This is in parallel with chargers, modular generator sets and power plants that incorporate EnergiCells.
During 2023, ENG8 successfully completed a £2m investment round which was supported by the environmental incubator and accelerator 350 PPM. This fundraising resulted in a significant increase in share value, with the initial shareholders experiencing a growth from £2 to £14 per share. The newly acquired funds were strategically allocated to business, operational and technology development. ENG8 is now raising an additional £2m at £17 per share to enable it to build a beta version of its modular energy generator and to start commercial sales of energy by the end of 2025.
2024-10-10 - ENG8 Corporate Update: Activity During 2024
In late 2023 ENG8 successfully completed a £2m investment round, by 350PPM.co.uk and AIN. This fundraising resulted in a significant increase in share value, with the initial shareholders experiencing a growth from £2/share to £14. The newly acquired funds were strategically allocated to business, operational and technology development.
On the Corporate side, a key decision was made to relocate ENG8’s legal domicile and headquarters from its current base in Gibraltar to Singapore during 2025. This move aligns with the company’s broader internation growth strategy and aims to position ENG8 in a jurisdiction more favourable for its future operations.
Commercially, once the EnergiCells power generating systems become self-powering, the margin is expected to exceed 100% with energy production cost anticipated to be around £10 per MWh.
As part of their due diligence a potential strategic investor commissioned an independent report on the EnergiCell technology, which demonstrated that the net power out of the complete EnergiCell system exceeds three. That is, the output power minus the input power is three times the input power.
The exit temperatures are over 250oC, making the EnergiCell ideal for most commercial heating applications.
Several industrial customers have expressed interest, with requirements ranging from 8 megawatt to 3 gigawatt.
On the technical front, an automation system has been developed for the automatic operation of EnergiCell test rigs, which will be integrated into future power generators. The net power out per EnergiCell system was increased from 3 to over 10x, with one system now capable of being self-powered.
An independent validation on Wednesday 9th October 2024 showed that an EnergiCell system can be self-powering and export net electricity.
On a broader scale 2024 is proving to be a significant year in the development of LENR technology, as lab-based R&D matures and leading companies begin the commercialisation process, transitioning from science into engineering.
The hot and cold fusion investor space is currently “hot” with around fifty companies and government laboratories in the race to come up with a solution to deliver a new low-pollution and low-cost energy system. On the “cold” side of fusion several companies are making substantial progress, including; www.cleanplanet.co.jp, https://brillouinenergy.com, https://aureon.ca, https://www.ecat.tech, https://www.prometheusreactor.com/, https://brilliantlightpower.com/, etc.
2024-10-04 - ENG8 Technical Due Diligence Report - Released October 2024
Dr Jean Paul Biberian was commissioned to conduct technical due diligence on the EnergiCell in December 2023. The Due Diligence report was released to ENG8 by the investor this month. The report concluded that an EnergiCell is capable of sustained operations producing kilowatts of output energy in the form of heat, with a net three times more power output then input.
A second independent validation conducted Dr Biberian on Wednesday 4th October 2024 showed that an EnergiCell system can be self-powering and export net electricity.
2024-10-03 - An EV With Unlimited Driving Range Has Been Demonstrated
Highlights of the article: The measurements were taken by engineer Maico Marzocchi, an independent specialist in electronic engineering, IT engineering and an expert on the Renault Twizy electric vehicle.
The E-Cat used in this test was installed by him in his own Renault Twizy EV. Mr. Rossi was not involved with the measurements. Mr. Marzocchi said that the E-Cat behaved like any other DC electrical source once the interface to recharge the vehicle (while in motion) was installed.
Andrea Rossi, CEO of Leonardo Corporation stated at the conclusion of the test, “I am very pleased with the results of our presentation. Our goal was to show that E-Cat technology is a practical source of energy that can be useful to the world. We have demonstrated with the E-Cat prototype we used that we are able to generate enough electricity directly from an E-Cat assembly not only to maintain a charge in a battery, but also to increase it over time.”
Those in attendance included Prof Guglielmo D’Inzeo in the department of Electronic Engineering, University of La Sapienza, Rome and Neri Accornero, retired Professor of electronic systems for medical applications, also at the University of La Sapienza. Also in attendance were reporters and technology bloggers including Frank Acland, chronicler of the E-Cat and Rossi’s journey, industry representatives and scientists from Italy, US, UK, France, Germany, Canada and Japan.
A video of the entire live capture of the demonstration in Latina is available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ifGAtiCm_C8. Also, a synopsis showing key points of the test id here: https://youtu.be/cV_pznFR-P4
2024-09-06 - A New Path from Green Hydrogen to Green Energy: The Clean Hydrogen Metal Energy Conference
Conference organised by the CleanHME European Project*, the University of Szczecin (Szczecin, Poland) and the SFSNMC (Société Française de la Science Nucléaire dans la Matière Condensée)at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on September 5th 2024.
The CleanHME European Project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 951974, Project duration: August 2020 – July 2024
CleanHME will develop a new, clean, safe, compact and highly efficient energy source based on Hydrogen-Metal and plasma systems, which could be a breakthrough for both private and industrial applications. The new energy source could be employed both as a small mobile system or alternatively as a stand-alone heat and electricity generator. We plan to construct a new compact reactor to test the HME technology during the long-term experiments and increase its technology readiness level. A comprehensive theory of HME phenomena will also be developed. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon2020 Framework Programme under grant agreement no 951974.
Dr Jean-Paul Biberian a research Professor retired from the University of Marseille, made a presentation on the work his laboratory carried out on calorimetry on the CleanHME LENR reactors.
Two highlights:
- There was more than 10 times energy released than from a chemical reaction
- This cannot be due to a chemical effect.
Dr Biberian has authored more than 80 research papers in the field of surface science and low energy nuclear reactions (LENR). He is the editor-in-chief of the peer reviewed journal devoted to LENR, the Journal of Condensed Matter Nuclear Science. Dr Biberian received the Preparata medal in 2016.
2024-09-12 - Dr Gyorgy Egely - IWAHLM-16 - Direct Electricity Production by Catalytic Fusion
Dr Gyorgy Egely, ENG8s Chief Physicist, with over 40 years of nuclear engineering experience including 30 years of LENR research made a presentation on direct electricity production from LENR reactors.
2024-09-15 - ENG8 Team presents at IWAHLM-16: Exploring Anomalies in Hydrogen Loaded Metals
The International Society for Condensed Matter Nuclear Science (ISCMNS) in collaboration with the Société Française de la Science Nucléaire dans la Matière Condensée (SFSNMC) hosted the 16th International Workshop of Anomalies in Hydrogen Loaded Metals (IWAHLM-16) beginning Sunday evening September 1st through Wednesday September 4th, 2024 in Strasbourg, France and online.
https://iscmns.org/workshops/iwahlm-16
At the conference Alan Smith the CEO of the ISCMNS said: “If I were to bet on which LENR companies would be the first to market, ENG8 would be in the top two with Clean Planet.”
Three members of the ENG8 team attended The 16th International Workshop of Anomalies in Hydrogen Loaded Metals (IWAHLM-16) Conference, organised by the CleanHME European Project, where they presented two papers.
Lutz Jaitner a professional physicist and long-term LENR researcher who leads an LENR research team in Germany delivered a comprehensive presentation on condensed plasmoid theory.
The Physics of Condensed Plasmoids (CPs) are at the heart of Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions (LENR) https://www.condensed-plasmoids.com
Condensed plasmoids are a natural phenomenon observable in lightning bolts and ball lightening, where immense quantities of electrons accumulate. They can be generated using high voltage power supplies. Such plasmoids enable the occurrence of LENR.
This year Lutz Jaitner and his team invested in ENG8 recognising the advanced state of the EnergiCell technology and its practical applications.
2024-04-13 - Key Insights into LENR in 2024
On 10th April 2024 one of the most respected and knowledgeable scientists in the LENR fields, Dr David Nagel gave a presentation on LENR. This presentation offers valuable insight for anyone interested in exploring LENR technology in greater depth. As part of this presentation, he asked:
“Could LENR do for energy what cell phones did for communications?”
Dr David Nagel, Research Professor, George Washington University
School of Engineering & Applied Science, https://ece.engineering.gwu.edu/david-j-nagel
2023-10-27 - Fusion developer hits world-first independently verified generation milestone
Fusion energy specialist, ENG8, has demonstrated an electrical energy output five times greater than the energy used in this ground-breaking, independent validation.
During each of the three tests, lasting approximately 10 minutes each, ENG8’s EnergiCell consistently scored an electrical energy output of five / one unit of electrical energy in, and five units of electrical energy, created by fusion, coming out.
The testing was conducted by a leading US laboratory.
Alan Smith, CEO/Sec. International Society for Condensed Matter Nuclear Science (ISCMNS), said: “I observed three test runs. All three concluded with higher temperatures in the output side calorimeter than on the input side, so it is clear that comparative thermometry indicates an energy gain. This new work is supported by many previous studies going back decades.”
Most encouragingly, a representative of the US laboratory also attended and said that their tests of the device indicated a COP (Q) of five plus the possibility to improve that figure even further.
This is sufficient to enable the EnergiCell-powered power plants to be self-powering in 2024 and capable of commercial sales of emission-free energy. Still to be determined by manufacturing and distribution costs, ENG8’s EnergiCells are on track to provide a low-cost and secure source of energy for both domestic and commercial users.
2023-08-24 - A step closer to a fusion-powered future
Catalysed fusion specialists at ENG8 International have confirmed the successful validations of two EnergiCells by the Instituto Eletrotécnico Português (IEP.pt) in Portugal and an internationally renowned USA laboratory.
Both agencies carried out the independent validation of one EnergiCell that was shown to have a thermal Q factor of 2.4 units of thermal energy out versus electricity in (without the new pulse generator, with the pulse generator the result is Q factor 5+). Another EnergiCell tested by the leading US lab was shown to have an electrical Q factor of 2 units of electrical energy out versus electricity in.
Valeria Tyutina, CEO at ENG8, said: “Further independent validations later in quarter four this year will show an electrical and thermal Q factor of above five so we are making strong progress towards commercial-level clean energy production. Next year, we plan to start supplying a mixture of thermal, chemical and electrical energy, which are all slight modifications of the same system. It really is an exciting time.”
2023-08-16 - Electrifying developments at ENG8
To kick off the process of validating our catalysed fusion EnergiCells in the UK, our fusion specialists have visited the UK Atomic Energy Authority (AEA) at Culham Science Park in Oxfordshire, where we are are setting up a UK base, followed by an analysis at the University of Cambridge, Materials Science and Metallurgy Centre.
The team has already demonstrated a Q2 / over unity factor of between two (independently verified) and up to thirty (shown in the lab). The Q / over unity factor compares the electrical energy going into electrically and or thermal energy coming out of an EnergiCell.
This proves that catalysed fusion in an EnergiCell can generate energy that is safe, clean, and sustainable, with the potential to transform the energy industry.
Valeria Tyutina, CEO at ENG8, said: “These results really put us on the path to the commercialisation of the technology. One of the main tasks now is increasing the Q factor and continuing the validation process with independent expert authorities.”
Fusion releases more than a million times more energy than chemical combustion processes and has the potential to produce vast quantities of clean energy using few resources, requiring only a small amount of fuel and generating limited carbon emissions and no ionised radiation. Once a catalysed fusion reaction is “ignited,” it will continue to burn for as long as maintained, providing a stable, cost-effective, source of green energy.
**What is an EnergiCell?**
ENG8’s EnergiCell is comprised of casing, electrodes, a high-voltage power supply unit and a pump to fuel and cool.
The primary fuel source is the H‚ÇÇO molecule found in air and/or in water, and this is used inside the EnergiCell that creates plasma. The ionised hydrogen fuses in the EnergiCells releasing electromagnetic energy in the form of heat and light (photons) and electricity (electrons).
Using ENG8’s proprietary intellectual property, including patent and pending patent applications, the amount of energy released is significantly greater than that used to initiate and maintain fusion.
It is anticipated that a commercial demonstrator will be operating during Q1 2024 and then production started to supply local industries with thermal, electrical and chemical power.
2023-06-18 - The ENG8 and EnergiCell trademarks are now registered in UK
We are thrilled to share some exciting news regarding our company’s recent achievement. Our trademarks, ENG8 & EnergiCell, have been successfully registered in the United Kingdom.
This milestone marks a significant accomplishment for our organization and reinforces our commitment to building a strong and recognizable brand. By securing our trademark registration in the UK, we have gained exclusive rights to utilize ENG8 & EnergiCell in association with our product within this crucial market.
2023-05-14 - Microsoft just made a huge, far-from-certain bet on nuclear fusion - The Verge
Scientists have been dreaming about nuclear fusion for decades. Microsoft thinks the technology is nearly ready to plug into the grid.
Microsoft just signed a jaw-dropping agreement to purchase electricity from a nuclear fusion generator. Nuclear fusion, often called the Holy Grail of energy, is a potentially limitless source of clean energy that scientists have been chasing for the better part of a century.
A company called Helion Energy thinks it can deliver that Holy Grail to Microsoft by 2028. It announced a power purchase agreement with Microsoft this morning that would see it plug in the world’s first commercial fusion generator to a power grid in Washington. The goal is to generate at least 50 megawatts of power, a small but significant amount and more than the 42MW that the US’s first two offshore wind farms have the capacity to generate today.
To say that’s a tall order would be the understatement of the year. “I would say it’s the most audacious thing I’ve ever heard,” says University of Chicago theoretical physicist Robert Rosner. “In these kinds of issues, I will never say never. But it would be astonishing if they succeed.”
Experts‚ optimistic estimates for when the world might see its first nuclear fusion power plant have ranged from the end of the decade to several decades from now. Helion’s success depends on achieving remarkable breakthroughs in an incredibly short span of time and then commercializing its technology to make it cost-competitive with other energy sources. Nevertheless, Helion is unfazed.
“This is a binding agreement that has financial penalties if we can‚Äôt build a fusion system,” Helion founder and CEO David Kirtley tells “The Verge”. “We’ve committed to be able to build a system and sell it commercially to Microsoft.”
How might a fusion system work? Simply put, nuclear fusion mimics the way stars create their own light and heat. In our sun, hydrogen nuclei fuse together, creating helium and generating a tremendous amount of energy.
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2023-05-07 - Fusion Is About To Become A Must-Have Investment, DOE Official Says - Forbes
Investment in fusion energy is about to go mainstream, according to the lead fusion coordinator for the U.S. Department of Energy.
“As the technology continues to mature, there will be a point where private investors feel that they must be invested in fusion, and I feel like we’re starting to reach that inflection point,” Scott Hsu said Thursday in a [webinar] hosted by the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine.
Hsu advises DOE leadership on fusion-energy issues, and he coordinates the efforts of all Energy Department offices to promote fusion-energy research, development, and demonstration in partnership with the private sector.
“Whereas earlier on it was regarded as a very high risk kind of activity, at some point later on it will be that everyone’s invested in it. And so, the question is where are we right now, and I do think we’re on an overall growth trend given the macro picture.”
Governments have supported research into fusion for decades, but in 2021 private investment surged past public funding. That year, private investors poured $4.44 billion into a pursuit that had only attracted $1.5. billion over the previous five years, according to a recent assessment by McKinsey & Co.
The more significant development that year, Hsu said, is that both the 3-year and 5-year moving averages for private investment passed the level of public investment.
“Now some of that I think is due to just very specific milestones being reached by certain companies, but I would say there’s a macro trend as well going on.”
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2023-04-23 - Cold Fusion - Columbia Daily Tribune
Several decades ago cold fusion grabbed our attention. The science promised to produce low-level nuclear energy without the frightening radiation produced in large power plants. But repeated attempts failed to develop the process, and most of the scientific community became skeptical.
Except for a few loners who kept trying. A team in Israel reported exciting results. The CBS show “60 Minutes” decided to do a program examining whether cold fusion has a future, and the producers needed a credible, objective scientist to ponder the question in the face of general skepticism among peers.
To the great credit of University of Missouri’s Robert Duncan, he was invited to appear on the program to give his views. Duncan is MU vice chancellor for research. He also had been skeptical about cold fusion, but “60 Minutes” became convinced of his open mind and sent him to Israel to examine what the researchers were doing. He told “60 Minutes” viewers the new research did have possibilities, and a new era of discussion was launched.
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2023-03-02 - The big idea: will fusion power save us from the climate crisis? - The Guardian
One look at your energy bills this winter might have convinced you that the 1950s idea that electricity would, in the near future, become “too cheap to meter” was not so much a false promise as a sick joke. That over-excited claim was prompted by hopes that nuclear fusion – the process triggered in an uncontrolled manner in hydrogen bombs – would soon be harnessed for power generation. In the type of nuclear power we have today, disintegration of radioactive atoms such as uranium produces heat but also a troublesome legacy of radioactive waste that will stay active for millennia. Fusion power plants would instead generate energy using the same process that powers the sun: fusing of the dense nuclei of hydrogen atoms, releasing some of the formidable energy held in the atomic nucleus, with only helium as the byproduct, and without the pollution.
Today the allure of fusion energy lies not so much in its price as its almost negligible carbon emissions, and therefore its potential to save us from the ravages of global heating. But will it arrive in time to stop the planet frying?
There are plenty of uncertainties and unknowns around fusion energy, but on this question we can be clear. Since what we do about carbon emissions in the next two or three decades is likely to determine whether the planet gets just uncomfortably or catastrophically warmer by the end of the century, then the answer is no: fusion won’t come to our rescue. But if we can somehow scramble through the coming decades with makeshift ways of keeping a lid on global heating, there’s good reason to think that in the second half of the century fusion power plants will gradually help rebalance the energy economy.
Perhaps it’s this wish for a quick fix that drives some of the hype with which advances in fusion science and technology are plagued. Take the announcement last December of a major breakthrough by the National Ignition Facility (NIF) of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. The NIF team reported that, in their efforts to develop a somewhat unorthodox form of fusion called inertial confinement fusion (ICF), they had produced more energy in their reaction chamber than they had put in to get the fusion process under way.
Problem solved? Sadly not. As NIF scientists readily admitted, the energy generated by super-intense laser needed to spark fusion was less than a hundredth of the total amount of energy consumed by the lasers themselves. So they still have to do about a hundred times better to break even. And that’s even before factoring in the energy losses in converting the heat created by fusion into electricity. What’s more, the hi-tech pellets containing special forms of hydrogen used as fuel each cost more than $100,000, whereas a working ICF reactor would need to burn up 10 pellets a second at a cost of less than $1 each.
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2023-02-25 - Fusion energy breakthrough sparks calls for more government backing - Financial Times
The fusion energy industry is calling for greater political support, hopeful that a landmark breakthrough by US scientists last year has given policymakers confidence to bet on the nascent sector.
Physicists have been trying to harness the fusion reaction that powers the sun for decades but, until December, no group had been able to produce more energy from a fusion reaction than it consumed.
That goal, known in the field as scientific energy gain, was finally achieved on December 5 at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in California, using the world’s biggest laser. Jennifer Granholm, US energy secretary, called it “one of the most impressive scientific feats in the 21st century”.
However, even fusion’s most ardent supporters, who tout its potential to deliver abundant zero-carbon energy, say it will take at least a decade, and probably longer, to translate the NIF achievement into commercially viable power. Sceptics joke that, at any given point in time, the dream is always ‘at least 30 years away’.
Nevertheless, fusion executives hope the pace of progress can now accelerate. “The next step is: how does the government incentivise this already rolling push?” says Andrew Holland, chief executive of the Fusion Industry Association, a trade body.
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