Another Revolutionary Energy Source?

Malcom Bendall appears to have competition, and his name is Randy Mills

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.