This is all conjecture, but I thought that it may be a fun exercise. IF Defkalion's statements are true (that's a big IF): Defkalion is running ahead of Rossi on this. In one of the post-press-announcement interviews, Defkalion's rep is asked if Rossi is building e-Cats for their 1 MW plant. He makes some statement to the effect of (I don't have the quote in front of me, so this is a rough approximation) "Rossi says that he is, but we are making all parts, including the reactors, in house." He struck me as very dismissive of Rossi's claims that Rossi was building anything for Deflkalion. Defkalion has also appeared dismissive of Rossi's "public demonstrations." They are already putting together and testing in megawatts. Defkalion has stated that individual reactors are being driven to 30 KW, and they've used alternate coolants. They are testing microturbines for electricity generation. In that EVWorld article, the photo shows Rossi, Focardi and Stremmenos testing what appear to be mass-produced e-Cats (I would guess Defkalions, not Rossi's).
Rossi may be trying to stay relevant here, especially as he's left the American and military markets for himself. If current trajectories prevail, he may be importing Hyperions to the US Market, while trying to walk in the lead of a speeding locomotive. Jed's comment that Rossi and Defkalion need to get their stories straight just had me thinking, - if Rossi is in Miami, is Defkalion running ahead without him? Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:21:25 -0400 Subject: Re: [Vo]:Ecatreport part 2 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] I expect this report is exaggerated or confused. NASA is not charged with authority to devise a program to make cold fusion "the main energy source for the world." That is far beyond their mandate. Heck, they don't even have rockets anymore. I wonder if it was Rossi who claimed that NASA is doing this. It is a little unclear from this report who said what. In this report, Rossi's statements about some technical details differ substantially with the statements made by Defkalion on their web site and web-site forum. For example, Rossi claims there are 300 cells in a 1 MW Defkalion Hyperion reactor. Defkalion says there are 100 cells in a 3 MW prototype. I think Rossi and the people at Defkalion should sit down and review the designs, and they should publish accurate information in agreement from both sides. - Jed
