Randy Mills, CEO and elan vital of Brilliant Power, seems to by vying with Malcom Bendall (of a previous post on potentially revolutionary physics) to put forth a grand, unifying theory of physics—and solve climate change in the process.
Aside from raising $140 million to develop his technology and bring it to market, Mills has published a four-volume series on his theory, and is currently testing a device that collapses hydrogen into a lower-energy form of hydrogen referred to as a hydrino, releasing 100x more energy than burning hydrogen does in the process.
From the Sun Cell product page:
Optical power or radiation transfers power at 10 to 100 times the power per area compared to conduction and convection of combustion and nuclear power plants. The 3000-5000K SunCell® plasma emits radiation at a power density of 4.6 to 35 MW/m2, corresponding to an extraordinary 150 kW to 1.14 MW, respectively, transmitted through an 8-inch diameter window. With light recycling, the transmitted radiation incident a CPV DRA can be converted from optical to electrical power at over 50% efficiency enabling extraordinary performance, logistics, low capital cost, and projected electricity costs of less than $0.001/kWh.
For comparison, the laziest Google query suggests that solar and nuclear run around $0.06-8/kWh, or 600x the cost of Mill’s claimed and projected costs.
At first glance, this outfit is frankly easier to take seriously than Bendall’s, but there is still a sense of why haven’t you just started a power plant and taken over the world already?
Who knows. Change is hard.