This new Orbo product is reputed to employ "electrets" - a material that retains a dialectric charge for hundreds years - which is the electric equivalent of a permanent magnet. A lot of research is being done on electrets for use in energy harvesting, so this time Steorn may be marketing a product that is consistent with established physics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_harvesting#Electrostatic_.28capacitive.29 Another solution consists in using electrets, that are electrically charged dielectrics able to keep the polarization on the capacitor for years.[51] It's possible to adapt structures from classical electrostatic induction generators, which also extract energy from variable capacitances, for this purpose. The resulting devices are self-biasing, and can directly charge batteries, or can produce exponentially growing voltages on storage capacitors, from which energy can be periodically extracted by DC/DC converters. Harry On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 3:11 PM, Che <[email protected]> wrote: > A kinder, gentler hatchet-job. > > > > On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 12:31 PM, H Veeder <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Fact or fiction: Irish firm invents everlasting battery >> >> Is Steorn’s Orbo technology a non-polluting, supercheap source of power – >> or a delusion ? >> >> (article and video) >> >> >> http://www.irishtimes.com/business/fact-or-fiction-irish-firm-invents-everlasting-battery-1.2506832 >> >> >> Harry >> >> >
