News, Updates and Media References

• October 2007
• R²dot.org slash based forum setup for news, updates and opinions on renewable and traditional energy
• June 2007
• 2007-06-01 Bench scale prototype built and tested
• May 2007
• 2007-05-16 MasterMagazine SHPEGS Article (Spanish)
• 2007-05-15 Solidot.org Article (Chinese)
• 2007-05-14 SlashDot Mainpage SHPEGS — DIY Solar/Geothermal Electricity
• 2007-05-03 First European Commercial Solar Thermal Online in Spain (heliostat tower system)
• April 2007
• 2007-04-25 The Vienna Cafe TFOT SHPEGS Article
• 2007-04-24 The Future of Things SHPEGS Article and Interview
• 2007-04-12 Jeff Vale starts MeFab Open Architecture Project, mentions SHPEGS project as inspiration
• March 2007
  
• 2007-03-21 The Oil Drum answers Why is Innovation Difficult?
  
• 2007-03-10 Rebranding of project from enerytower to SHPEGS to more clearly reflect system design
• 2007-03-09 Registration of domains shpegs.org, shpegs.net, shpegs.com
  
• 2007-03-09 JREF Forum member pvt1863 contributes valuable input on fluid dynamics
• 2007-03-06 James Randi Educational Foundation forum post
  
• 2007-03-06 stevensportal feature
  
• 2007-03-05 Jennifer Morahasy blogs Open Letter to Sir Richard
  
• 2007-03-04 Open Letter to Sir Richard Branson
  
• 2007-03-04 Indymedia Climate posting
  
• 2007-03-02 Bushel and Rod document completed
  
• 2007-03-01 ESTIF Solar Thermal Action Plan for Europe Updated to include Solar Absorption Cooling documents and equipment photos.
  
• February 2007
• 2007-02-28 Envocare listing
• 2007-02-25 Business Portal 24 listing
• 2007-02-24 Mitchell Consulting Common Sense Technology listing
  
• 2007-02-23 EnviroLink listing
  
• 2007-02-23 Sustainable Rhode Island listing
  
• 2007-02-22 Saskatchewan Environment evaluates energytower information
  
• 2007-02-22 Jennifer Marohasy blog entry
  
• 2007-02-21 International Solar Energy Society shows interest in the idea and forwards information to membership.
• 2007-02-20 USPTO 7,178,337 granted for "Power plant system for utilizing the heat energy of geothermal reservoirs" (filed Dec 2004)
  
• 2007-02-20 Rande Shulze contributes ideas on magnetic flux thrust bearings, turbine rotation speed governing and heat exchanger construction.
• 2007-02-17 Etleboro News listing
• 2007-02-17 sergiogandrus listing (Italy)
  
• 2007-02-17 Ask Slashdot Article: Slashdot | Renewable Energy for the Data Center?
• 2007-02-16 Mark Smith contributes more valuable references, ideas and support.
• 2007-02-15 Science Blog Article: From the trenches: Renewable energy
• 2007-02-14 The Natural Edge Project shows interest in using the energytower.org as a case study in open renewable energy design.
• 2007-02-13 Earthtimes.org listing
  
• 2007-02-12 Robert Rapier looks at the idea and sends his encouragement
  
• 2007-02-12 Google Adsense added to project pages to cover some of the web hosting cost
• 2007-02-11 Green Homebuilding forum post
  
• 2007-02-12 CAWEGS concept and drawing completed
• 2007-02-06 Roman Eidenzon a U of Waterloo Chem. Eng student points out a serious math error in calculations documents, corrected (many thanks)
  
• 2007-02-05 Protein Feed blog posting
  
• 2007-02-01 Architectural thesis on sustainable urban environments by Liverpool John Moores University student Simon Kay-Jones initiated utilizing energytower.org ideas and source materials.
  
• January 2007
  
• 2007-01-27 Ecognosis communication and idea exchange
• 2007-01-20 Calculations for Various Implementations completed
  
• 2007-01-17 John Patrick Ettridge offers his design ideas on wind turbines for non-profit systems
  
• 2007-01-15 Devijvers Blog Post
• 2007-01-10 AlternativeE post
  
• 2007-01-08 Slashdot Main Page Feature: Open Project to Develop Renewable Energy System
• December 2006
• Kids and Christmas
  
• November 2006
• Energy Harvester wood gas pyrolysis idea page
  
• October 2006
• Incorporation into other structures page
• Rotating displacer Stirling Engine idea page
• Mark Smith adds a vast amount of valuable input and references around design science
  
• September 2006
• 2006-11-08 Mark Smith contributes many ideas and web references
  
• 2006-11-04 Dr. Donald E. Simanek looks at the rough idea and doesn't dispute the physics
  
• Initial Bi-Directional Energy Tower concept and drawings
• Jameson a Mechanical Engineer student adds some valuable basic thermodynamic input and constructive criticism of initial ideas
  
• Peswiki Page on the Bi-Directional Energy Tower
• Algae for bio-fuel page
  
• August 2006
• energytower.org domain registered and project initiated
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