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Deluge's first uber generator ready to go online
Two 250 kW engine/generators being installed in Hawaii by Deluge
introduce a new method of harnessing solar heat efficiently and cost
effectively. Solar thermal collectors built by Sopogy, Inc.
Adapted from Deluge newsletter
Deluge system at the Kona, Hawaii plant. |
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Deluge, Inc. is now poised to deliver a radical upgrade in mechanical engineering that will have far-reaching effects worldwide. The "Natural Energy Engine" developed by Deluge has gone from an inventor's garage model to commercialization in Hawaii. There, Americans are paying four times the price for electricity as counterparts on the "mainland".
The company says new demands for change in our infrastructure require a dramatic change in technology, not "fixes" using the same old thinking that got us into all our energy troubles in the first place. Deluge inventor Brian Hageman credits his shareholders for having the insight to recognize the potential of this technology, and helping the invention become reality. The management team at Deluge has been a key component of the business' development, helping the company stay focused on its mission, even with the constant diversions of new opportunities.
Deluge, based in Arizona, nears completion of the first of two 250 kW engine/generators at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority (NELHA) state-owned facility near Kona. The generators will supply electricity to the "Big Island" electric grid. The second unit for this project has just been configured in Deluge's manufacturing center in Phoenix, and is now being shipped to Kona for installation. The two units, each comprising 16 dual-piston engine cylinders, will be fed heat, which in this application will come from solar thermal collectors built by Sopogy, Inc. of Hawaii. The Deluge engines will convert that heat to hydraulic pressure
to drive powerful generators. The cooling cycle for the engines uses cold seawater from NELHA's deep ocean facility.
The team of Deluge and Sopogy hope to build solar electric plants around the world.
Deluge is listed as a Global Top 100 Clean
Energy Technology by the New Energy Congress.
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SOURCE:
- Deluge Energy Report sent Dec. 8, 2008
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Page Prepared by Sterling
D. Allan Dec. 8, 2008
Last updated December 21, 2008
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