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Andrea A. Rossi Cold Fusion Generator (E-

Cat)

(Redirected from Directory:Andrea A. Rossi Cold Fusion Generator )

Andrea Rossi demonstrated the 10 kW heat generating device at an Italian press conference

January 14, 2011.

Photo by Daniele Passerini, the who reported the day's proceedings in his blog.

Shortcut URL: http://RossiColdFusion.com 

See also  News:Rossi Cold Fusion 

Also called the Rossi Energy Amplifier or the Rossi Catalyzer.

Compiled by Sterling D. Allan, with Hank Mills 

 Pure Energy Systems News 

Commenced January 17, 2011

Eng. Andrea A. Rossi and Professor Sergio Focardi of the University of Bologna (one of the

oldest universities in the world [1]), have announced to the world that they have a cold fusion

device capable of producing more than 10 kilowatts of heat power, while only consuming a

fraction of that. On January 14, 2011, they gave the Worlds' first public demonstration of a

nickel-hydrogen fusion reactor capable of producing a few kilowatts of thermal energy. At its

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 peak, it is capable of generating 15,000 watts with just 400 watts input required. In a

following test the same output was achieved but with only 80 watts of continual input.

They don't always use the term "cold fusion" do describe the process, but often refer to it as

an amplifier or catalyzer process.

Focardi states:

"Experimentally, we obtained copper; and we believe that its appearance is due to the

fusion of atomic nuclei of nickel and hydrogen, the ingredients that feed our reactor.

Since hydrogen and nickel 'weigh' with less, copper must have released a lot of 

energy, since 'nothing is created or destroyed.' Indeed, the 'Missing Mass' has been

transformed into energy, which we have measured: it is in the order of a few kilowatts,

two hundred times the energy that was the beginning of the reaction." [2] 

They also claim to be going into production, with the first units expected to ship by the

second half of October of this year, with mass production commencing by the end of 2011.The first units will be used to build a one megawatt plant in Greece. This one megawatt plant

will power a factory that will produce 300,000 ten-kilowatt units a year.

This would become the world's first commercially-ready "cold fusion" device. Licensees are

mentioned, with contracts in the USA and in Europe. Mass production should escalate in 2-3

years. Presently, Rossi says they are manufacturing a 1 megawatt plant composed of 125

modules. These modules should begin shipping by the end of October. On January 31st, 2011,

Rossi wrote: "The cost to produce the catalyzer is 1 cent per MWh generated; the life

expectancy is 20 years; the cost impact is between 1 and 1.5 cents per MWh." [3] 

In describing the operation of the device, he said: "To start up the reactor you have just to turn

on a switch. The reactor works with enormous margins of safety, so there is no need of a

 particular skill. Just follow the instructions. The refueling is every 6 months and will be made

 by our dealers."

According to Rossi, the demonstrated device shown on January 14, 2011 is their industrial

 product that is claimed to be reliable and safe. In normal operation it would produce 8 units of 

output for every unit of input. Higher levels of output are possible, but can be dangerous.

They will soon start serial production of their modules. Combining the modules in series and

 parallel arrays it is possible to reach every limit of power. The modules are designed to be

connected in series and parallels.

Rossi also says that they have had one reactor that has run continually for two years,

 providing heat for a factory. It reduced the electric bill by 90%. Also, the reactors can self 

sustain by turning off the input, but they prefer to have an input. The device will be scheduled

for maintenance every six months. You control it "just as you turn on and off your television

set."

More than two thousand prototypes were built and destroyed in refining the design and

learning how to control and scale up the reaction. [4] 

Convinced they have already adequately proven this to the necessary parties, they are not in ahurry to give demonstrations to curious scientists. On January 21, 2011, Rossi wrote: "Yes

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there will be a Scientist talking about us, no demo anyway: no more demos before the start up

of the 1 MW plant."

Contents

[hide]

• 1 Official Websites

• 2 How it Works

o 2.1 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

o 2.2 Rossi's Hints

• 3 Videos

o 3.1 January 16, 2011 Press Conference

3.1.1 Part 1 of 3

3.1.2 Part 2 of 3

3.1.3 Part 3 of 3

• 4 Attributes• 5 Costs

• 6 Advantages

• 7 Applications

• 8 Validations

• 9 Patents

o 9.1 Italian Patent 0001387256

o 9.2 Application: US2011/0005506A1

o 9.3 Application: WO/2009/125444

• 10 Profiles

o 10.1 Company: Eon srl

o 10.2 Journal of Nuclear Physics

o 10.3 Company: Ampenergo

o 10.4 Company: Leonardo Corp. and Defkalion

o 10.5 Inventor: Andrea A. Rossi

o 10.6 Pioneer: Sergio Focardi

• 11 Coverage

o 11.1 Reports

o 11.2 In the News

o 11.3 Historic Documents

o 11.4 Other Coverage

o 11.5 Forumso 11.6 Comments

o 11.7 Contact

• 12 See also

Official Websites

• http://leonardocorp1996.com

• http://www.defkalion-energy.com

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• http://www.eonsrl.com – under construction

• http://www.journal-of-nuclear-physics.com/

o JANUARY 15th FOCARDI AND ROSSI PRESS CONFERENCE -= Today,

Saturday January 15th, at 10:00 AM Sergio Focardi and Andrea Rossi will be

on-line for the press conference with Journal’s readers. [And thereafter theyhave been responding to comments as well, in a timely manner.]

o Is the Rossi energy amplifier the first pico-chemical reactor? - The nuclear 

signatures that can be expected when contacting hydrogen with nickel, were

derived from thermal results recently obtained (Rossi energy amplifier), using

the type of reaction paths proposed as the explanation of the energy produced.

The consequences of proton or neutron capture have been studied. (July 18th,

2010)

• http://www.youtube.com/user/efagroup2010 YouTube channel

How it Works

The Energy Catalyzer works by placing nano to micro sized particles of nickel powder in a

reactor along with pressurized hydrogen gas and special undisclosed (for proprietary reasons)

catalysts. When the contents of the reactor is heated (using a series of resistors in the reactor)

to approximately 400 to 500 degrees Celsius, nuclear reactions start taking place. The strength

of the reaction can be changed by varying the pressure of the hydrogen in the reactor. The

output energy can be up to 400 times the input energy.

 No precious metals or radioactive substances is placed in the reactor. After the reactor is

turned off the reactor can be opened and no radiation can be detected. The process transmutes

nickel into copper and trace amounts of other elements such as zinc.

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The nickel has also apparently gone through one or more special processes. A few of these

special processes are speculated to be:

1) Baking and cleaning to remove oxidation that could "clog" up the reactive sites on the

nickel particles.

2) Bathed in acid or another compound to make the particles more porous so they can absorb

more hydrogen.

3) Embedded in a membrane or ceramic structure.

4) Loaded with hydrogen via electrolysis or some other method.

Doing a lot of digging into Rossi's Journal of Nuclear Physics blog shows that scientists are

 posting and linking speculation that "hydrinos" (of Blacklight Power fame) or shrunken

hydrogen atoms may be involved in this cold fusion and process and their formation may bethe source of most of the energy released.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

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Rossi's Cold Fusion Energy Catalyzer: Frequently Asked Questions -

Hank Mills has compiled a FAQ page about Andrea Rossi's technology that combines

small amounts of ubiquitous and safe Nickel and Hydrogen in the presence of 

 proprietary catalyst under pressure and heat to generate a large amount of heat. It also

addresses questions about the commercialization under way. ( PESWiki and

 BeforeItsNews; March 21, 2011)

Rossi's Hints

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Rossi's Hints about his Cold Fusion Generator - The purpose of this directory

is to collect and organize the many hints we have about the function of Andrea Rossi's

Energy Catalyzer. A great number of hints have been posted on various websites,

forum and blogs. ( PESWiki; April 20, 2011)

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Videos

January 16, 2011 Press Conference

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Energy Catalyzer: Bologna University Test (with English subtitles) - all three videosin one, with English subtitles (click on link down below video to see subtitles). (posed

Jan. 29, 2011)

Part 1 of 3

• Journal Of Nuclear Physics - Energy Catalyzer first test - Bologna-Italy - Andrea

Rossi and Sergio Focardi - Part 1 of 3 (YouTube; January 14, 2011)

Part 2 of 3

Shows the apparatus running.

• Journal Of Nuclear Physics - Energy Catalyzer first test - Bologna-Italy - Andrea

Rossi and Sergio Focardi - Part 2 of 3 (YouTube; January 14, 2011)

Transcription from a comment in the Popular Science article: 

This test will demonstrate that we were able to heat the water, therefore thermal energy which

can be transformed into electricity with extremely low costs.

[..] You will not find it this on textbooks as many people think it's not even possible.

Interviewer: what happens in here?Physicist: hydrogen atoms are separated from their electrons and protons, but to answer I

should use a simpler language [ed. I call BS at this point] let's say that hydrogen is absorbed

 by the nickel and then processed [the video skips] nuclear of the nickel's atom. at this point

there's an atomic transformation with emissions [video transition, 1:09]

[describes the tools]

[2:46]

In the graph, x is time, y is temperature in ºC, red line is room temp, blue line is input water 

temp, yellow line is output water temp [...] you can see how it grows until it reaches 100º,

where it evaporates.

[...] we approximately generated 10-12kW/h when using 600-700W

[...] The people who operated the tests are professors of the University of Bologna not

involved in the project.

[...] you may call it a reactor but we like to call it energy catalyzer. Behind this process there

are a few theoretical problems not yet solved. Honestly, we only hypothesized the workings

 but there's a lot to study [...] in my opinion we could reach a higher ratio than what we

reached in these tests today as we didn't try its best to be safe. [8:30] We're at the Ford T, we

need to reach the Formula 1.

[video skips]

These are modules, so you can put them in a series or in parallel to increase the temperature or thermal quantity to respectively.

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[video skips]

We reached important international agreements [...] people who are working at high level for 

mass production of this device. [9:40]

[Scientist X talks] it seems that there's a slight increase (about 50%) of the *instable* gammaradiation, therefore it seems like there's no cheat. Only thing is that you didn't allow me to

measure the spectrum to understand the energy of the emitted gamma because then I would

understand everything. I understand that you're concerned about anyone stealing your idea but

I would have loved to see it.

[Main physicist] You're too prepared, too smart and would understand how it worked.

[...]

[Scientist X talks] I observed a small gamma "flash" when you turned it on and when you

turned it off. It's hard to think that a small electromagnetic disturb would be able to start twoindependent battery-powered tools, this is interesting. What I don't understand is why the

measures given by the "beta plus", the couple +/-, returned values near 0.

[Main physicist] I'm not able to give you an answer, my objective is "energy". The reactor is

extremely complex, don't be fooled by its look, it could also be that the internal geometric

system of the reactor hides the…

[video skips 13:13]

[Scientist Y talks] I don't think that the absence of gamma would be a problem, I'd expect

[Main physicist] Frankly neither do I.

[Scientist Y talks] I would expect, instead, that there shouldn't be any annihilations of 

 positrons since, as I seem to understand, protons enter the nickel's nuclei and move the

elements rightwards on the table of nuclides through "decays which go to the copper and go

 back to the nickel". On the right side of the table, the decays are beta minus, so I don't expect,

if your theoretic interpretation is correct, that there are emissions of positrons.

[Main physicist] What you say is absolutely plausible.

[end]

Part 3 of 3

• Journal Of Nuclear Physics - Energy Catalyzer first test - Bologna-Italy - Andrea

Rossi and Sergio Focardi - Part 3 of 3 (YouTube; January 14, 2011)

Attributes

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Some other technical attributes of the process include:

• Regular Ni is used even though other isotopes may provide better efficiency. They

think all the isotopes work to produce the effect.

• For some unknown reason, not all of the Ni in the cell reacts with the hydrogen to

 produce energy. The percentage of the Ni that reacts is very low.• Even though the percentage of the Ni that reacts with hydrogen is very low one

kilogram of nickel powder should deliver 10 kW of energy for 10,000 hours. The

consumption rate of hydrogen and nickel are 0.1 g of Ni and 0.01 g of H to produce 10

kWh/h. Note that for every picogram of nickel that is actually fused or reacts to the

hydrogen, much more must be added. Not all the nickel added will react. So if you add

0.1g of Ni to produce 10kWh/h only a small fraction of that Ni will actually be

utilized. When the device shuts off due to running out of fuel most of the .1g could be

remaining.

• Tungsten is in no way used. However, "other elements" are used.

• Radiation is produced. However in the device demonstrated which is made for 

commercial use no radiation escapes due to lead shielding. The fact that radiation is produced is proof of a nuclear reaction.

• In the demonstration device for every unit of input there was approximately 37 units

of output.

• A small percentage of the nickel is transmuted into copper. The amount of copper 

found in the cell is far greater than the impurities in the nickel powder. None of this

copper is "unstable."

• There is no radioactivity in the cell after it is turned off. No nuclear "waste."

• All of the information needed to successfully replicate a self sustaining system is in

the patent application (which is being held proprietary presently).

•

The power density for thermal energy only is 5 liters per kilowatt.• The hydrogen has to be all hydrogen with no deuterium or heavy hydrogen.

Apparently, any heavy hydrogen stops the reaction.

• This current system never goes below 6 times more energy out than in. During the test

it produced 20 times more energy out than in. In the lab they have done similar tests

and obtained 400 times more out than in, but it produced explosions.

• (speculation, pending clarification) The fuelling of the system could probably be done

via a relatively inexpensive fuel rod that would need to be replaced every few months.

Quote from Ramos on his website:

"Dear Pierre,

Thank you for your important questions, here are the answers:

1- the Ni powder I utilized were pure Ni, no copper . At the end of the operations in the

reactor the percentage of copper was integrally bound to the amount of energy produced. A

charge which has worked for 6 months, 24 hours per day, at the end had a percentage of Cu

superior to 30%

2- About the Ni isotopes: the isotopes after the operations were substantially changed in

 percentage. We are preparing a campaign of analysys with a Secondary Ions Mass

Spectrometer at the University of Padua (Italy), at the end of which the data will be published

on the Journal Of Nuclear Physics.

Warm Regards,Andrea

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Costs

Rossi estimates that the cost of energy made with this system will be below 1 cent/kWh, in

case of electric power made by means of a Carnot cycle, and below 1 cent/4,000 M J in case

of thermal power production for heating purposes. That is several times cheaper than energy

from fossil fuel sources such as coal or natural gas.

Advantages

The cost of nickel and hydrogen is low when considering the small amounts actually used to

 produce energy. Nickel is very common in the Earth's crust. We do not know the exact nature

of the catalysts or other elements involved, but due to the figures quoted by the inventor their 

cost is apparently insignificant.

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Seven Reasons to Embrace Rossi's Energy Catalyzer (E-Cat) - There are

many reasons to support the adoption and proliferation of Andrea Rossi's "cold fusion"

E-Cat technology, including hope for a solution to our energy problems, cleaning up

the environment, restoring the global economy, and more. ( PESN ; May 7, 2011)

Applications

This technology potentially represents a clean and almost unlimited energy source that would

 be very, very affordable. It could be used for many purposes. Initially, it will probably be used

to heat water to produce thermal energy. However, it could also produce steam to power a

generator, run a stirling engine, or provide heat for thermoelectric devices that directly

convert thermal energy to electricity.

ValidationsAccording to a Rossi-Focardy paper (p. 4 of 9), similar results have been obtained in the

factory of EON in Bondeno (Ferrara, Italy) in a test performed with ENEL spa on June, 25th

2009; as well as in tests made in Bedford, New Hampshire (USA) in a lab of LTI with the

 presence of the U.S. Department of Energy (November 19 2009) and of the U.S. Department

of Defense (November 20 2009).

Some related research was published by New Energy Times in 2004. And even earlier in

 November 1998 at LENR-CANR.org In March of 1995 came a report titled "Italian cold

fusion succeeded", stated that a 40-watt battery had been operated for four months

continuous. So these guys have been at this for a long time.

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NyTeknik Validates Rossi's Energy Catalyzer - The Swedish website Ny

Teknik has been providing detailed coverage of Andrea Rossi's Energy Catalyzer 

technology. Engineer Mats Lewan of Ny Teknik has released positive test results and

video from two additional tests of the E-Cat. The validations keep on coming! ( PESN  

 BeforeItsNews; May 2, 2011)

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Rossi Cold Fusion Validated by Swedish Skeptic's Society - Yet another 

test of Andrea Rossi's Energy Catalyzer (E-Cat) has been performed on a 4.5 kW

version near the University of Bologna. This time a new set of observers were present,

one of which is the chairman of the Swedish Skeptics Society, who confirmed that

Copper is being formed from Hydrogen and Nickel -- cold fusion! ( PESN and

 BeforeItsNews; April 7, 2011)

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Rossi's cold fusion reactor achieves 15 kW for 18 hours - Recently a

technical test of Andrea Rossi's Ni-H reactor (energy catalyzer) was conducted inwhich a minimum of 15 kW of heat was produced continuously for 18 hours, observed

 by Dr. Joseph Levi and others. Coming soon: reports from upcoming experiments to

 be performed in cooperation with the University of Bologna's physics department.

( PESN and BeforeItsNews; February 22, 2011)

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Italian cold fusion saga continues with new papers released - Research

 papers out of the University of Bologna confirm that much more energy is coming out

of the reactor than is required to run the reactor, including a self-running mode; and

that radiation is not escaping from the machine. ( PESN and  BeforeItsNews; January

27, 2011)

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Multi-kilowatt Ni-H cold fusion demo under way January 14 in Italy -

Today, Sergio Focardi and Andrea Rossi held a press conference about kilowatt coldfusion reactor using nickel and hydrogen that can produce up to 10 kilowatts: with 100

of such modules being made for a 1 MW plant in construction. A reporter posted live

updates from the scene. ( PESN ; January 14, 2011)

• http://sms.cam.ac.uk/media/1150242 - Cambridge University website hosts a video by

 Nobel Prize laureate, Brian Josephson, regarding the E-cat. June 28, 2011

Patents

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Patent granted for the energy catalyzer - The Italian energy catalyzer that seems to

 be based on an unknown nuclear reaction is now patented in Italy. The examination

continues regarding protection in the rest of the world. The Italian Patent Office

granted a patent for the energy catalyzer on April 6, 2011, valid until April 9, 2028.( Ny Teknik ; May 9, 2011)

Italian Patent 0001387256

• 0001387256

Quoting from Ny Teknik  

The Italian Patent Office, Ufficio Italiano Brevetti e Marchi, granted a patent for the energycatalyzer on April 6, 2011, valid until April 9, 2028.

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The inventor is Andrea Rossi, while his wife Maddalena Pascucci is the patent owner.

The final content of the patent is public but not directly available online (details on how to

order the content can be found here).

According to Rossi ten of the original 15 claims remain.

The patent office in Italy confirmed that the patent is a normal one which was granted after 

technical examination of the filed application.

According to other sources the examination of Italian patents, however, is more formal and

less technical compared with the international patent review under the PCT procedure.

Starting on 1 July 2008 and onwards (filing date), Italian patent applications are subject to an

investigation of patentability (see decree here). The patent application for the energy catalyzer 

was filed in April 2008.

Application: US2011/0005506A1

• US2011/0005506A1

Application: WO/2009/125444

• METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CARRYING OUT NICKEL AND

HYDROGEN EXOTHERMAL REACTIONS; pub. Date: 15.10.2009

Abstract

A method and apparatus for carrying out highly efficient exothermal reaction between

nickel and hydrogen atoms in a tube, preferably, though not necessary, a metal tube

filled by a nickel powder and heated to a high temperature, preferably, though not

necessary, from 150 to 5000C are herein disclosed. In the inventive apparatus,

hydrogen is injected into the metal tube containing a highly pressurized nickel powder 

having a pressure, preferably though not necessarily, from 2 to 20 bars.

In October 2010, the international patent application under PCT received a negative initial

assessment in a so-called International Search Report made by the International Searching

Authority, and a negative International Preliminary Report on Patentability. The criticisms

include the problem that the patent application lacks detail in describing the technology. The

examination of the international patent application is now continuing in a regional and

national phase, including assesment by the European Patent Office. [5] 

Profiles

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Company: Eon srl

• http://www.linkedin.com/companies/eon-srl

Journal of Nuclear Physics

http://www.journal-of-nuclear-physics.com/ 

BOARD OF ADVISERS:

Prof. Sergio Focardi (INFN – University of Bologna – Italy)

Prof. Michael Melich (DOD – USA)

Richard P. Noceti, Ph. D. , richard.noc...@lt.netl.doe.gov

Prof. Alberto Carnera (INFM – University of Padova – Italy)

Prof. Giuseppe Levi (INFN – University of Bologna – Italy)

Prof. Pierluca Rossi (University of Bologna – Italy)

Prof. Luciana Malferrari (University of Bologna – Italy)

Prof. George Kelly (University of New Hampshire – USA)

Prof. Stremmenos Christos (Athen University – Greece)

Company: Ampenergo

Formed in May, 2011 to launch roll-out of the technology in the Americas. [6] 

Company: Leonardo Corp. and Defkalion

On February 03, 2011 3:05 PM MST, Andrea Rossi wrote by email: 

Leonardo Corporation (http://leonardocorp1996.com) is a company incorporated in new

Hampshire in 1996. We have a unit in NH and one in Fl, while we pay taxes in NH, where we

conserved the main house.

Defkalion, which is going to commercialize our plants, was incorporated in 2011. There is

another Defkalion in Greece, which has nothing to do with us, but also operates in the field of 

green energies, so it is easy to get confused. It appears that also Defkalion is a common name,

as Leonardo.

I will start up my 1 MW plant in October, in the factory of a customer, and that unit will work 24 hours per day. You will be invited to visit our 1 MW plant.

Quoting from http://www.defkalion-energy.com/  

"Defkalion Green Technologies S.A. is a legal entity operating under Greek Law with

sole purpose to sell, license, and manufacture industrialized commercially applicable

 products using the Andrea Rossi Energy Catalyzer with global exclusivity rights;

except the Americas."

Inventor: Andrea A. Rossi

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Andrea Rossi in front of an early (1970s) prototype of his garbage-to-fuel reactor.

Andrea Rossi is listed as the inventor. He is also the primary operator of the

http://www.journal-of-nuclear-physics.com/ website and forum, where the information about

the technology is posted.

He is a doctor in the Philosophy of Science and Engineering from the Universita’ Degli Studi

Di Milano [University of Milan]. [7] 

[8] 

The following is quoting fromhttp://blog.hasslberger.com/2011/02/italian_engineer_announces_com.html  

Rossi has been into alternative energy for many years. It was in the 1970s and 1980s

that Rossi was busy building garbage disposal facilities that burned household garbage

and utilized the recovered heat. During that period, he found out how to not only

recover heat from burning garbage but also to turn garbage into fuel. His company,

Petroldragon, had a valid garbage-to-fuel technology that could turn household waste

into combustible oil, coal and gas. Production had started and reached some 20 tons of 

fuel oil a day in 1989, when corrupt bureaucrats started to attack.

The first step was to tax his process just as if he was producing alcohol, making the

resulting fuel ridiculously expensive. When he opposed the unjust tax, the next step

was a challenge that proved more difficult: the bureaucrats asserted that the garbage

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stocked and ready to be transformed in his production facilities wasn't raw material for 

his process but was an illegal and fraudulent attempt to hide and "treat toxic garbage"

for which he had no license.

Rossi was imprisoned on trumped up eco-charges for trying to produce an ecologically

sustainable fuel that did not come from petroleum deposits, and after one of his

companies was forced into bankruptcy, he was again imprisoned for not paying hiscreditors ... great government support for alternative energy technologies, one might

say. That whole sad story is well documented on Rossi's website:

• http://ingandrearossi.com/ - Rossi's website gives his side of the saga of waste-to-

energy problem. The beginning, the media boom around Petroldragon, plans for the

future.

• http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroldragon - Rossi was involved in a waste to energy

 project, and ended up serving some jail time in 1995 for conspiracy to engage in tax

fraud for his involvement in a business that was trading precious materials between

Switzerland and Italy. Appeared to be more like suppression than deserved

 punishment.

Though he did spend time in jail, Rossi said he was eventually cleared of all charges against

him in this matter.

In 1996 he emigrated to the United States, and a year later founded Leonardo Technologies

Incorporated in Bedford, New Hampshire. He continued working on various energy related

 projects and eventually recieved a multi-million dollar grant to research and develop high

efficiency thermoelectric converters.

He is now developing the Cold Fusion based Energy Catalyzer (E-Cat) technology and

manufacturing 10KW modules for the first one megawatt plant (to be opened in Greece this

October) in Leonardo Technologies Miami factory. A series of successful demonstrations of 

the E-Cat at the University of Bologna has impressed scientists and led to a one year research

 program to further understand and test this game-changing technology.

Pioneer: Sergio Focardi

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Sergio Focardi, the father of “Ni-H Cold-Fusion" - A radio interview with Sergio

Focardi, who had been doing pioneering work with nickle-hydrogen fusion, and was

later joined by Andrea Rossi, who brought new and key ideas to the table. Forcardi

 plays the comedian here, so it's not easy to tell if/when he's talking straight. "He

looked around and he saw a hole in the ceiling: it had flown upstairs." (22Passi; April

14, 2011)

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Coverage

Reports

• Report on heat production during preliminary tests on the Rossi “Ni-H” reactor -

On December 16, 2010 and January 14th, 2011 tests were performed on a Cold Fusion

reactor that utilizes Nickel and Hydrogen to produce large amounts of energy on

demand. Two reports about these experiments were released today. They tend to

confirm this technology may indeed be a true breakthrough. Today two reports were

issued about Andrea Rossi's Cold Fusion Reactor that utilizes nickel and hydrogen to

 produce large amounts of energy. The authors of these two reports are Dr. Giuseppe

Levi and Dott. Bianchini David. In the first of the two reports Dr. Giuseppe Levi

discusses the test that was performed on December 16th and the test that was

 performed on January 14th. In the second report Dott. Bianchini David discusses his

role in the second test obtaining radiation field measurements. ( Journal of Nuclear  Physics; January 23, 2011)

• Report on heat production during preliminary tests on the Rossi “Ni-H” reactor. 

(Italian) by Dr. Giuseppe Levi. [Apparently, a small update has been posted before the

full update tomorrow.] (22 Steps of Love; Jan. 23, 2011)

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Rossi and Focardi LENR Device: Celani Report - New Energy Times has posted a

first-person report from Francesco Celani, a physicist with the Instituto Nazionale di

Fisica Nucleare, INFN (National Institute of Nuclear Physics). "The energy gain is a

factor of 15-20, which is really large!" ( New Energy Times; January 18, 2011)

• Brief Technical Description of the Leonardo Corporation, University of Bologna,

and INFN Scientific Demonstration of the Andrea Rossi ECat (Energy Catalyzer)

Boiler - 14 January 2011:1600-1800, Bologna, Italy ( LENR-CANR.org ; Jan. 18,2011)

• Bologna, 14/1/11 - record cold fusion test reactor Nickel-Hydrogen Focardi, Rossi

(translated) – Reporter, Daniele Passerini, gave a live play by play report of the Press

Conference, including photos. (Twenty-Two Steps of Love; January 14, 2011)

In the News

See News:Rossi Cold Fusion - separate page

Most recent coverage:

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Cold Fusion - For Real? - Last night on Coast to Coast AM , Linda Moulton Howe

gave an excellent overview of cold fusion, interviewing MIT's Peter Hagelstein, who

said regarding the energy crisis: "I think this cold fusion area could produce exactly

the viable alternative that would make the biggest difference." The interview ended

with a review of Rossi's E-Cat now emerging commercially. ( EarthFiles; June 30,

2011)

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Interviews with Rossi and Xanthoulis - The interview with Alexandros Xanthoulis

revealed some new information. Among the highlights: The 5 to 30 kW modules are

all the same size, the only difference being the pressure, so they will cost the same.

The 1 MW reactor is now being tested, and DGT is working on producing a 3 MW

reactor. … (Cold Fusion Now; June 29, 2011)

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Bologna professors discuss E-cat on Italian radio - Professors Giuseppe Levi and

Loris Ferrari of the University of Bologna were recently interviewed on their research

contract with Andrea Rossi. The contract is for €500,000 …, and Rossi will be

 providing the equipment necessary to run the experiments. The scope of the study that

will last for at least a year will be to measure the energy efficiency and any emissions

of radiation from the device Rossi provides. (Cold Fusion Now; June 29, 2011)

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Defkalion Press Conference Reveals E-Cat Rollout Plans - In their June 23

 press conference, Defkalion Green Technologies Inc. disclosed their plans for Andrea

Rossi's Cold Fusion E-Cat (Energy Catalyzer) technology. A white paper  is available

on their new website. Despite Defkalion's willingness to reveal their intentions for thisgame changing technology, the mainstream media refused to budge, and remains

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silent. ( PESN and BeforeItsNews; June 25, 2011)

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A Nobel Laureate speaks out on the Energy Catalyzer - Cold Fusion Now 

reports that Dr. Brian Josephson, winner of the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physics for his

work on superconductivity, has recently released a YouTube video of an interview of 

himself conducted by Judith Driscoll, Professor of Materials Science at Cambridge

University. ( PESN and  BeforeItsNews; June 23, 2011) (Cambridge)

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Rossi Explains E-Cat Setup in New Video - Andrea Rossi has graciously

allowed a video to be made of him explaining an E-Cat test setup in Italy. The video

 provides a clear and detailed explanation of the setup, a clear look at multiple E-Catunits, and the super hot, dry steam that is produced. ( PESN and BeforeItsNews; June

21, 2011)

MORE... Continued 

Historic Documents

• Focardi and Rossi paper - DOD report in Google Cache. (Vortex-1; March 12, 2010)

• Summary of the 2010 Colloquium on Lattice-Assisted Nuclear Reactions at MIT (pdf)

- Dr. Brian Ahern presented the tenth talk, “Inverse Capillary Discharge for 

Amplifying LANR.” Ahern has been very intrigued by the recent work by Rossi and

Focardi (http://www.lenr-canr.org/acrobat/FocardiSanewenergy.pdf ) involving Ni and

normal hydrogen. He pointed out that they have used two important innovative steps:

1) The use of a composite material involving nanometer scale Ni and a ceramic; 2)

The use of gas-loading to significantly raise the levels of excess heat that are observed

in Ni-H systems. As in his first talk, Ahern emphasized the idea that energy

localization, resulting from non-linear effects, might potentially play a key role in

initiating excess heat. ( Infinite Energy)

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• "The Italian succeeded cold fusion" – reports on 40-watt battery that ran for 4 months.

(Corriere della Sera.it ; March, 1995)

• Brief Description of the Calorimetry in the Rossi Experiment at U. Bologna, January

14, 2011 by Jed Rothwell 

Other Coverage

• Google > Rossi cold fusion

• Wikipedia:Energy_Catalyzer 

•  New Energy Times list of coverage

• Facebook > Cold Fusion "Andrea Rossi" Method

Forums

• http://groups.yahoo.com/group/H-Ni_Fusion - Discussing the science behind the

fusion of hydrogen and nickel to produce usable energy, as recently demonstrated by

Focardi and Rossi. Considering the technical details, general principles, theories,

replications, historical instances, safety considerations, evidence and data. (formed by

PES to accompany this page; Jan. 19, 2011)

• http://e-catalyzer.se - new English speaking E-Cat forum

• http://e-cat.us/ New forum for E-Cat discussions

• Focardi and Rossi demonstrate Cold Fusion!! ( AboveTopSecret ; Jan. 16, 2011)

• Cold Fusion is heating up: The Holy Grail of Energy? (Godlike Productions; January

17, 2011)

• Apparatus Focardi-Rossi - There is a TON of good information on this Italian forum...

Maybe not huge revelations, but very very intersting stuff. ( EnergeticAmbiente.it ;

March 3, 2010)

• Cold Fusion getting hot with 10kw heater prepping for market in forum (Ticker 

 Forum; January 17, 2011)

• Rossi Focardi reactor Italian scientists claim to have demonstrated cold fusion -

Thread was locked for reason: "This doesn't meet PF standards. When this appears in a

 journal, then we can discuss it." ( Physics Forums; Jan. 20, 2011)

Comments

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Contact

Company is located near Bologna, Italy

Andrea Rossi

E-Cat email: info@leonardocorp1996.com - all inquiries (purchases, licensing, distributing,

manufacturing, replicating) can be sent to this email, and they will be redirected from there.

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Subject: Rossi Energy Catalyzer – Business interest

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