Distributed Generation
Our recent developments in steam power are exciting. We are committing to the first prototype of a stationary, distributed power generator. This is our high-appropriate technology route to biomass-based power systems, while higher tech, proprietary systems...
Cyclone Technologies
Modern steam power is here. We met Harry Schoell – lead technical developer from Cyclone Technologies – as one of the many experts at the Steam Automobile Club of America Meeting. Cyclone Technologies appears to have the world’s first modern...
Steam Engine Electric Generator
We just got back from the 2010 Steam Automobile Club of America (SACA) meeting. I presented a brief talk on Open Source Ecology’s proposal for the scalable, steam-powered, electrical generator that we discussed in a former post. This talk puts the...
LifeTrac Prototype II Completed
On September 14, we finished the loader arms for LifeTrac II – completing the second prototype of the open source tractor: LifeTrac Prototype II Completed from Marcin Jakubowski on Vimeo. We have not been able to post sooner because we have been...
Steam Engine Prototype 1 Design
Towards the end of yesterday’s blog post, we mentioned our progress on the modern steam engine. This is part of our near-term development program (and part of Proposal 2011) towards upgrading our Power Cubes and the LifeTrac infrastructre to modern...
Perspectives on Local Economic Power
Here’s something to think about regarding our recent refocus on locally produced fuel and steam engines at Factor e Farm. Energy is slave labor without the slaves. At Factor e Farm, doomsday peak oil scenarios are not particularly threatening because...
Steam Dreams
I’m in the process of designing a simple 3kW steam engine for both a combined heat-and-power gasifier system and our solar power generator system. I can’t help but think about the future possibility of small-scale steam power for both stationary...
Steam Age meets the Digital Age: Open Source Steam Engine
No, this is not the steam engine that we’re working on… First off I should introduce myself, I’m Nick and I’ve been watching OSE’s efforts for the last year or so and thinking along tangential lines for a while longer. After...
