A written Question to EU Comission.
It seems positive, but I'm not sure.
Here are the answers:
1. Clean Energy from Hydrogen-Metal Systems (CleanHME)[1] is a project that was selected for funding under Horizon 2020[2] during the European Innovation Council’s (EIC) pilot phase[3].
The EIC cannot ensure the automatic renewal of any project given the high level of scientific and technical competition and the strict selection process in place. However, CleanHME is eligible to submit proposals to the EIC Transition scheme[4] as it was funded under the Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) Proactive scheme in Horizon 2020[5].
2. CleanHME has currently entered its last year of implementation with most of the very ambitious research objectives yet to be achieved. The already reported scientific results are published in scientific journals and are shared with the scientific community, following the open access practices required by the Commission.
Within the EIC Work Programme[6], the EIC Transition grant scheme was introduced to bridge the gap between research and the market. It aims at supporting innovation activities that go beyond the experimental proof of principle in laboratory. Moreover, if CleanHME has created a spin-off or a small- and medium-sized enterprise and is in the process to scale up, it can submit a proposal to the EIC accelerator call.
3. The EIC is supporting technological innovations and their transfer towards the market. All EIC projects reaching technology readiness level (TRL) 3[7] or TRL 4[8] and beyond, are given the possibility to pursue further requests for funding through the transition and acceleration funding schemes.
3rd periodic report from CleanHME:
How Anomalous Science Breaks Through
Job opportunities related to LENR:
Advanced Materials Characterization and Nuclear Product Detection for LENR by Texas Tech
https://arpa-e.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2023-09/05_Duncan_Performer.pdf
Advanced Materials Characterization and Nuclear Product Detection for LENR by Texas Tech
https://arpa-e.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2023-09/05_Duncan_Performer.pdf
Article in Forbes Japan today:
I don't remember if this report has been here before:
Table of content
1. Executive summary 4
2. Experimental set up and results from the FutureOn
3. Experimental set up and results from the VEGATEC
4. Experimental set up and results from the INFN-LNF
5. Experimental set up and results from the Lakoco
6. Experimental set up and results from the Uppsala University
7. Experimental set up and results from the PoliTo
8. Conslusions
The experiment activities described above represent different efforts to collect appropriate
information in order to find a valid focus to make progress towards LENR. It should be remarked that
our knowledge about the mechanism behind LENR is still rudimentary. Some experimental progresses
have been claimed in the past, but rigorous attempts to replicate those experiments have not been
successful to the extent that general acceptance has been achieved. Accordingly, one has to have an
open attitude as to which experimental approach might lead to a breakthrough in our understanding.
The experiments presented in this report all encompass loading of different fuels with hydrogen or
deuteron gas and then heat the reactor system in steps up to about 900 degrees. The general idea is
that the hydrogen or deuteron stored in the fuel structure might come at a sufficiently close distance
in order to be inside the range of strong interaction. Then exothermic reactions of the type e.g.
p+d→3He+e-/ or d+d→3He+n, d+d→3H+p or d+d→4He+e-e+ might occur. Those reactions are of
course severely hindered by the Coulomb repulsion, but there is a hope that electron screening
prevailing at low energies can enhance the tunneling effect through the Coulomb barrier. The
experiments are therefore conducted with different fuels having different structure for
hydrogen/deuteron storage. Also, the preparation of the fuel as to removal of any unwanted oxides or
carbonates are tried. Other parameters varied are gas pressure and temperature variations. A healthy
variation in the experimental arrangements is found among the WP3 activities. The existence of extra
heat coming from the fuel is being monitored by different arrays of thermocouples. In one case a
calorimeter based on water circulation is also used. Several apparatuses have a sensitivity down to 1
Watt excess power, with the exception of the water calorimeter which is sensitive down to about 10
Watt. Of course, a future heat generator based on LENR should provide power much higher than a few
Watts, but a starting point even a confirmed less power would be helpful to guide further
development. With all respect for the present achievements in the different WP3 experiments it is
nevertheless very important to consolidate those results with replications so they can stand on solid
ground.
Despite some successes, none of the experiments carried out can yet be singled out as more
satisfactory than the others. Further experimental work is necessary to find the best approach. Such
work is obviously ongoing with full vigor. What certainly could be an interesting extension in the
experiments is to find means to stimulate the fuel to ignite. This is tried in one experiment so far
(FutureOn), and more work of this kind is needed
Discussed here RE: Brillouin Energy Corporation (BEC) updates.
More about LCF Hybrid Cryobot project:
https://www1.grc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/Forsley-and-Benyo-LCF-Hybrid-Cryobot-Presentation.pdf
Revisiting cold fusion possibilities for clean energy
HANOVER, N.H. – With global attention becoming increasingly focused on climate change, more and more scientific research is turning to advancements in clean energy. One researcher at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) has set his sights on cold fusion.
Cold fusion — or low-energy nuclear reaction (LENR) as it is referred to today — is a hypothesized type of nuclear reaction that occurs at, or near, room temperature. In 1989, two electrochemists, Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons, claimed they could produce nuclear fusion using their apparatus on a small tabletop. Their claims were tested, found to be unreliable and have mostly been dismissed for the last 30 years.
“Engineers talk about three main problems that we strive to solve: communication, transportation and energy,” said Dr. Benjamin Barrowes, a research electrical engineer at ERDC-CRREL in Hanover, New Hampshire. “Of those three, we continuously make incremental improvements, but energy is a big problem these days. Generating and using energy with the current inefficiencies has led to greenhouse gases, climate change and even wars. It’s a big issue, so if we had a new energy source, it would be a huge benefit to everybody.”
With the current climate crisis, interest in LENR has grown.
“LENR hopes to show that there are nuclear effects under near ambient circumstances,” said Barrowes. “If we can do that, if we can show that there is any nuclear effect going on, and document it and have it repeatable then scientists around the world would believe that there’s something happening. Then they could get involved to help figure out why it’s happening, how it’s happening and then hopefully exploit it for a new energy source.”
Barrowes is new to the LENR community and has only been exploring the process for the last few years.
“I’m only able to do this because of Department of Defense Funding Laboratory Enhancements Across Four Categories, or FLEX-4 funding,” he said. “ERDC has invested in cold fusion in fiscal years 2022-2024. We’re halfway through at this moment, and that has allowed me to do some preliminary research to get myself in the game.”
For his research, Barrowes often works with the metal palladium and different types of lasers.
“Palladium has a very special property in that it absorbs a lot of hydrogen or deuterium, which is hydrogen with an extra neutron,” he said. “When palladium absorbs this hydrogen, it’s theorized that under the right conditions, those hydrogen or deuterium atoms get close enough to fuse — that’s our cold fusion.”
After a recent experiment, Barrowes discovered two very interesting features when examining the palladium.
“There is a triangular patch of silicon located in the general area of where we positioned the red laser,” he said. “It’s about a 1-millimeter square area of silicon, and it’s thick in terms of these things — like 50 microns thick — and it’s ridged and brittle. I don’t know how it got there, but if I can show that it’s from a nuclear process, that would be big news.”
Barrowes plans to analyze the silicon to see if it is natural or made in a nuclear process.
“There is another area where we used a blue laser and that also has silicon,” he said. It’s not very much — only approximately 1 micron thick — but that is about the size of the blue laser, and it’s located in the spot where it was positioned. It’s fascinating. It could be contamination, or it could be nothing.”
With renewed interest in LENR, more opportunities for research are becoming available. Last year the Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy, or ARPA-E, announced a $10 million award to revisit cold fusion. ARPA-E is a U.S. government agency tasked with promoting and funding research and development of advanced energy technologies.
“This is big news in our community,” said Barrowes. “An agency’s finally funding this again, and the potential payoff could be huge. I’m collaborating on two of the research awards. It’s exciting.”
Discussed here ARPA-E LENR funded projects news and updates - Page 16 - Players - LENR Forum (lenr-forum.com)
Revisiting cold fusion possibilities for clean energy
HANOVER, N.H. – With global attention becoming increasingly focused on climate change, more and more scientific research is turning to advancements in clean energy. One researcher at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) has set his sights on cold fusion.
Cold fusion — or low-energy nuclear reaction (LENR) as it is referred to today — is a hypothesized type of nuclear reaction that occurs at, or near, room temperature. In 1989, two electrochemists, Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons, claimed they could produce nuclear fusion using their apparatus on a small tabletop. Their claims were tested, found to be unreliable and have mostly been dismissed for the last 30 years.
“Engineers talk about three main problems that we strive to solve: communication, transportation and energy,” said Dr. Benjamin Barrowes, a research electrical engineer at ERDC-CRREL in Hanover, New Hampshire. “Of those three, we continuously make incremental improvements, but energy is a big problem these days. Generating and using energy with the current inefficiencies has led to greenhouse gases, climate change and even wars. It’s a big issue, so if we had a new energy source, it would be a huge benefit to everybody.”
With the current climate crisis, interest in LENR has grown.
“LENR hopes to show that there are nuclear effects under near ambient circumstances,” said Barrowes. “If we can do that, if we can show that there is any nuclear effect going on, and document it and have it repeatable then scientists around the world would believe that there’s something happening. Then they could get involved to help figure out why it’s happening, how it’s happening and then hopefully exploit it for a new energy source.”
Barrowes is new to the LENR community and has only been exploring the process for the last few years.
“I’m only able to do this because of Department of Defense Funding Laboratory Enhancements Across Four Categories, or FLEX-4 funding,” he said. “ERDC has invested in cold fusion in fiscal years 2022-2024. We’re halfway through at this moment, and that has allowed me to do some preliminary research to get myself in the game.”
For his research, Barrowes often works with the metal palladium and different types of lasers.
“Palladium has a very special property in that it absorbs a lot of hydrogen or deuterium, which is hydrogen with an extra neutron,” he said. “When palladium absorbs this hydrogen, it’s theorized that under the right conditions, those hydrogen or deuterium atoms get close enough to fuse — that’s our cold fusion.”
After a recent experiment, Barrowes discovered two very interesting features when examining the palladium.
“There is a triangular patch of silicon located in the general area of where we positioned the red laser,” he said. “It’s about a 1-millimeter square area of silicon, and it’s thick in terms of these things — like 50 microns thick — and it’s ridged and brittle. I don’t know how it got there, but if I can show that it’s from a nuclear process, that would be big news.”
Barrowes plans to analyze the silicon to see if it is natural or made in a nuclear process.
“There is another area where we used a blue laser and that also has silicon,” he said. It’s not very much — only approximately 1 micron thick — but that is about the size of the blue laser, and it’s located in the spot where it was positioned. It’s fascinating. It could be contamination, or it could be nothing.”
With renewed interest in LENR, more opportunities for research are becoming available. Last year the Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy, or ARPA-E, announced a $10 million award to revisit cold fusion. ARPA-E is a U.S. government agency tasked with promoting and funding research and development of advanced energy technologies.
“This is big news in our community,” said Barrowes. “An agency’s finally funding this again, and the potential payoff could be huge. I’m collaborating on two of the research awards. It’s exciting.”
What Is Cold Fusion? Is It Possible?
Clean Planet has a new really nice looking website that also has a bit of new content:
