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New Energy Congress
New Energy Technology Review

Best Energy Technologies
Poll Results -- April 8, 2007

Tally of the voting results of the NEC on some of the Top 100 clean energy technologies.  Ranking is based on NEC-established criteria of renewable, affordable, safe, reliable, credible, feasible, etc.

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NEC Top 100 Results

System Rank Top 2 Top 5 Top 10 Top 20 Top 50 Top 100 Not
Top 100		 Total 
Votes		 Total 
Points		 Points 
Per Vote
(explanation -->) 1 x votes 2 x votes 3 x votes 4 x votes 5 x votes 6 x votes 7 x votes lower = better
Sines Reluctance Generator 1 4 0 3 12 10 12 14.00 14.00 55.00 3.93
ENECO power chip 2 1 0 21 16 25 18 0.00 20.00 81.00 4.05
Stirling Energy Systems 3 0 0 21 16 10 18 0.00 16.00 65.00 4.06
Cool Earth Solar 4 1 0 6 20 30 0 7.00 15.00 64.00 4.27
Wind Farms (the best among them) 5 0 2 15 16 10 24 7.00 17.00 74.00 4.35
D2Fusion Inc. 6 0 0 21 4 5 24 7.00 14.00 61.00 4.36
EEStor ultra-capacitor energy storage 7 0 2 6 24 5 12 9.33 13.33 58.33 4.38
International Automated Systems solar system 8 0 0 12 32 15 18 7.00 19.00 84.00 4.42
Vivian Alberts thin film solar 9 0 2 3 32 15 18 2.33 16.33 72.33 4.43
Lawrenceville Plasma Physics' Focus Fusion 10 0 0 6 40 10 24 0.00 18.00 80.00 4.44
MIT Nanotube Super Capacitor 11 0 2 6 20 35 6 7.00 17.00 76.00 4.47
DayStar Technologies thin film 12 1 0 3 20 50 12 0.00 19.00 86.00 4.526
Rauen Environmental Heat Engine 13 0 6 9 8 15 18 21.00 17.00 77.00 4.529
Colliding Plasma Toroid Fusion 14 0 0 6 24 10 12 7.00 13.00 59.00 4.54
Joseph Flynn’s Parallel Path tech 15 1 0 9 12 20 6 18.67 14.67 66.67 4.55
Tesla Motors Roadster 16 1 2 3 24 30 36 0.00 21.00 96.00 4.57
Magnetic Power module 17 1 2 6 12 5 18 18.67 13.67 62.67 4.585
Green and Gold Energy’s SolarCube 18 0 2 3 16 35 12 2.33 15.33 70.33 4.587
EnviroMission Solar Tower 19 0 0 6 20 35 12 2.33 16.33 75.33 4.61
Blue Energy tidal technology 20 0 0 9 28 5 30 7.00 17.00 79.00 4.65
TMA’s Vertical Axis Wind Turbine 21 0 2 6 16 30 24 7.00 18.00 85.00 4.72
Nelson’s Scientific Electron Capture 22 0 2 0 20 15 12 11.67 12.67 60.67 4.79
Offshore Wind technology 23 0 0 0 32 15 30 0.00 16.00 77.00 4.81
StarTech plasma technology 24 0 0 6 24 25 24 9.33 18.33 88.33 4.82
StarRotor continuous-cycle engine 25 0 2 0 32 25 12 21.00 19.00 92.00 4.84
O’Conner Hush Energy Wind Turbine 26 0 0 6 8 40 18 2.33 15.33 74.33 4.85
Inertial-Electrodynamic_Fusion_Device 27 0 0 0 20 10 18 2.33 10.33 50.33 4.87
Solar Hydrogen Energy Corp 28 0 4 6 0 20 48 0.00 16.00 78.00 4.88
Vanadium Redox Batteries 29 0 2 3 12 30 30 9.33 17.33 86.33 4.98
Kanarev’s Electrolysis 30 0 0 6 20 20 24 18.67 17.67 88.67 5.02
Randell Mills' hydrino device 31 0 0 6 8 30 30 9.33 16.33 83.33 5.10
Gun Engine 32 0 0 3 16 15 12 18.67 12.67 64.67 5.11
Engineair Rotary Compressed-Air Motor 33 0 0 0 28 10 12 23.33 14.33 73.33 5.12
Plurion Zinc/Cerium Redox battery system 34 0 0 3 4 30 42 0.00 15.00 79.00 5.27
A123 Lithium Systems Battery 35 0 0 3 12 20 30 16.33 15.33 81.33 5.30
MagneGas 36 0 0 0 12 25 18 14.00 13.00 69.00 5.31
Skystream wind technology 37 0 2 0 4 15 36 7.00 12.00 64.00 5.33
Massive Yet Tiny (MYT) Engine 38 0 0 3 12 25 30 21.00 17.00 91.00 5.35
Torbay’s Magnetic Transgenerator 39 0 2 0 0 30 12 18.67 11.67 62.67 5.37
SDE Wave Power 40 0 0 0 12 25 42 7.00 16.00 86.00 5.38
SkyBuilt Power module system 41 0 0 0 12 10 30 11.67 11.67 63.67 5.46
Kokhala Energy Cell 42 0 0 0 4 25 24 9.33 11.33 62.33 5.50
Tectane's Aquahol Fuel System 43 0 0 3 4 20 42 16.33 15.33 85.33 5.565
GetHydroPower 44 0 0 0 4 30 36 11.67 14.67 81.67 5.568
Magenn Power’s Floating Wind Generator 45 0 0 3 4 20 30 21.00 14.00 78.00 5.571
Joseph Papp Nobel Gas Engine 45 0 0 6 4 10 30 28.00 14.00 78.00 5.571
DC Nanogenerator by GA Tech 47 0 0 3 0 15 18 16.33 9.33 52.33 5.607
AquaBuOY 48 0 0 3 0 20 42 11.67 13.67 76.67 5.610
Oil Wells to Geothermal Plant conversion 49 0 0 3 8 15 42 28.00 17.00 96.00 5.647
Norsk Hydro floating wind turbines 49 0 0 0 8 20 54 14.00 17.00 96.00 5.647
Ergenics thermal-electric technology 51 0 2 3 12 35 18 0.00 15.00 85.00 5.67
Underwater Electric Kite (UEK) 52 0 0 0 0 45 36 23.33 18.33 104.33 5.69
Manchester Bobber 53 0 0 0 4 25 42 16.33 15.33 87.33 5.70
Sliver Solar Cell 54 1 0 0 4 10 60 28.00 18.00 103.00 5.72
Matteran Energy thermal tech 55 0 0 0 4 15 42 11.67 12.67 72.67 5.737
Joe Cell Vehicle 56 0 0 6 4 10 18 44.33 14.33 82.33 5.744
Milkovic's Two-Stage Mechanical Oscillator 57 0 0 0 8 20 6 37.33 12.33 71.33 5.78
Crower’s Six-Stroke Engine 58 0 0 3 0 0 54 7.00 11.00 64.00 5.82
Cyclone Technologies' Schoell Cycle Engine 59 0 0 0 0 15 36 9.33 10.33 60.33 5.84
Green Diesel Injector System 60 0 0 0 4 15 42 21.00 14.00 82.00 5.86
Searl Effect Generator 61 0 0 0 4 20 30 30.33 14.33 84.33 5.88
PowerPlus retrofit water overspray system 62 0 0 0 8 10 24 32.67 12.67 74.67 5.89
Day Switch 63 0 0 0 8 5 36 32.67 13.67 81.67 5.976
Max Whisson's Gust Water Trap Apparatus 64 0 0 0 12 5 30 46.67 15.67 93.67 5.979
Sully Direct Current tech  65 0 0 0 8 5 24 42.00 13.00 79.00 6.08
Down-Draft Energy Tower 66 0 0 3 0 5 42 44.33 15.33 94.33 6.15
Green Steam Engine 67 0 0 0 0 10 48 30.33 14.33 88.33 6.16
Linear Combustion Electromagnetic Engines 68 0 0 0 0 5 48 21.00 12.00 74.00 6.17
Revetec Cam-Drive Engine 69 0 0 0 0 5 42 44.33 14.33 91.33 6.37
Brac Systems' grey water recycling 70 0 0 0 0 0 30 28.00 9.00 58.00 6.44
Plastic Batteries at Brown U. 71 0 0 0 4 0 30 65.33 15.33 99.33 6.48
Michaud’s Atmosphere Vortex Engine -- 0 0 0 4 0 18 63.00 13.00  
Citizenre Corporation -- 0 0 0 4 30 6 49.00 15.00  
HyPower hydrogen technology -- 0 0 0 0 20 6 28.00 9.00  
Energy by Motion (EBM) tech -- 0 0 0 0 0 18 30.33 7.33  
Steorn free energy device -- 2 6 3 0 5 6 37.33 13.33  
Power-Generating Shock Absorber -- 0 0 0 0 0 30 65.33 14.33  
Perendev 300 kW Self-Running Electromagnetic Generator -- 4 0 3 12 0 6 42.00 15.00  
Correa’s Aetherometry -- 0 2 3 0 10 6 37.33 10.33  
Testatika Electromagnetic Generator -- 0 0 0 0 0 12 46.67 8.67  

 

Alt. Weighted Results

(first, key row weighted differently)

System Rank Top 2 Top 5 Top 10 Top 20 Top 50 Top 100 Not Top 100 Total Votes Total Points Points Per Vote
(explanation -->) 2 x votes 5 x votes 10 x votes 20 x votes 50 x votes 100 x votes 200 x votes lower = better
Stirling Energy Systems 1 0 0 70 80 100 300 0.00 16.00 550.00 34.38
ENECO power chip 2 2 0 70 80 250 300 0.00 20.00 702.00 35.10
Lawrenceville Plasma Physics' Focus Fusion 3 0 0 20 200 100 400 0.00 18.00 720.00 40.00
Cool Earth Solar 4 2 0 20 100 300 0 200.00 15.00 622.00 41.47
Vivian Alberts thin film solar 5 0 5 10 160 150 300 66.67 16.33 691.67 42.35
DayStar Technologies thin film 6 2 0 10 100 500 200 0.00 19.00 812.00 42.74
International Automated Systems solar system 7 0 0 40 160 150 300 200.00 19.00 850.00 44.74
EnviroMission Solar Tower 8 0 0 20 100 350 200 66.67 16.33 736.67 45.10
MIT Nanotube Super Capacitor 9 0 5 20 100 350 100 200.00 17.00 775.00 45.59
Green and Gold Energy’s SolarCube 10 0 5 10 80 350 200 66.67 15.33 711.67 46.41
Wind Farms (the best among them) 11 0 5 50 80 100 400 200.00 17.00 835.00 49.12
Colliding Plasma Toroid Fusion 12 0 0 20 120 100 200 200.00 13.00 640.00 49.23
Ergenics thermal-electric technology 13 0 5 10 60 350 300 0.00 15.00 740.00 49.33
Tesla Motors Roadster 14 2 5 10 120 300 600 0.00 21.00 1037.00 49.38
EEStor ultra-capacitor energy storage 15 0 5 20 120 50 200 266.67 13.33 661.67 49.63
Offshore Wind technology 16 0 0 0 160 150 500 0.00 16.00 810.00 50.63
D2Fusion Inc. 17 0 0 70 20 50 400 200.00 14.00 740.00 52.86
O’Conner Hush Energy Wind Turbine 18 0 0 20 40 400 300 66.67 15.33 826.67 53.91
Blue Energy tidal technology 19 0 0 30 140 50 500 200.00 17.00 920.00 54.12
Inertial-Electrodynamic_Fusion_Device 20 0 0 0 100 100 300 66.67 10.33 566.67 54.84
Sines Reluctance Generator 21 8 0 10 60 100 200 400.00 14.00 778.00 55.57
TMA’s Vertical Axis Wind Turbine 22 0 5 20 80 300 400 200.00 18.00 1005.00 55.83
StarTech plasma technology 23 0 0 20 120 250 400 266.67 18.33 1056.67 57.64
Max Whisson's Gust Water Trap Apparatus 24 0 0 0 60 50 500 1333.33 31.33 1943.33 62.02
Nelson’s Scientific Electron Capture 25 0 5 0 100 150 200 333.33 12.67 788.33 62.24
Joseph Flynn’s Parallel Path tech 26 2 0 30 60 200 100 533.33 14.67 925.33 63.09
StarRotor continuous-cycle engine 27 0 5 0 160 250 200 600.00 19.00 1215.00 63.95
Solar Hydrogen Energy Corp 28 0 10 20 0 200 800 0.00 16.00 1030.00 64.38
Tectane's Aquahol Fuel System 29 0 0 10 20 200 300 466.67 15.33 996.67 65.00
Vanadium Redox Batteries 30 0 5 10 60 300 500 266.67 17.33 1141.67 65.87
Rauen Environmental Heat Engine 31 0 15 30 40 150 300 600.00 17.00 1135.00 66.76
Plurion Zinc/Cerium Redox battery system 32 0 0 10 20 300 700 0.00 15.00 1030.00 68.67
Randell Mills' hydrino device 33 0 0 20 40 300 500 266.67 16.33 1126.67 68.98
Kanarev’s Electrolysis 34 0 0 20 100 200 400 533.33 17.67 1253.33 70.94
Magnetic Power module 35 2 5 20 60 50 300 533.33 13.67 970.33 71.00
SDE Wave Power 36 0 0 0 60 250 700 200.00 16.00 1210.00 75.63
Gun Engine 37 0 0 10 80 150 200 533.33 12.67 973.33 76.84
Engineair Rotary Compressed-Air Motor 38 0 0 0 140 100 200 666.67 14.33 1106.67 77.21
MagneGas 39 0 0 0 60 250 300 400.00 13.00 1010.00 77.69
A123 Lithium Systems Battery 40 0 0 10 60 200 500 466.67 15.33 1236.67 80.65
Skystream wind technology 41 0 5 0 20 150 600 200.00 12.00 975.00 81.25
Kokhala Energy Cell 42 0 0 0 20 250 400 266.67 11.33 936.67 82.65
Massive Yet Tiny (MYT) Engine 43 0 0 10 60 250 500 600.00 17.00 1420.00 83.53
SkyBuilt Power module system 44 0 0 0 60 100 500 333.33 11.67 993.33 85.14
GetHydroPower 45 0 0 0 20 300 600 333.33 14.67 1253.33 85.45
Torbay’s Magnetic Transgenerator 46 0 5 0 0 300 200 533.33 11.67 1038.33 89.00
Norsk Hydro floating wind turbines 47 0 0 0 40 200 900 400.00 17.00 1540.00 90.59
AquaBuOY 48 0 0 10 0 200 700 333.33 13.67 1243.33 90.98
Underwater Electric Kite (UEK) 49 0 0 0 0 450 600 666.67 18.33 1716.67 93.64
Manchester Bobber 50 0 0 0 20 250 700 466.67 15.33 1436.67 93.70
Magenn Power’s Floating Wind Generator 51 0 0 10 20 200 500 600.00 14.00 1330.00 95.000
Matteran Energy thermal tech 51 0 0 0 20 150 700 333.33 12.67 1203.33 95.000
DC Nanogenerator by GA Tech 53 0 0 10 0 150 300 466.67 9.33 926.67 99.29
Cyclone Technologies' Schoell Cycle Engine 54 0 0 0 0 150 600 266.67 10.33 1027.00 99.39
Oil Wells to Geothermal Plant conversion 55 0 0 10 40 150 700 800.00 17.00 1700.00 100.00
Crower’s Six-Stroke Engine 56 0 0 10 0 0 900 200.00 11.00 1110.00 100.91
Joseph Papp Nobel Gas Engine 57 0 0 20 20 100 500 800.00 14.00 1440.00 102.86
Green Diesel Injector System 58 0 0 0 20 150 700 600.00 14.00 1470.00 105.00
Sliver Solar Cell 59 2 0 0 20 100 1000 800.00 18.00 1922.00 106.78
Searl Effect Generator 60 0 0 0 20 200 500 866.67 14.33 1586.67 110.70
Milkovic's Two-Stage Mechanical Oscillator 61 0 0 0 40 200 100 1066.67 12.33 1406.67 114.05
PowerPlus retrofit water overspray system 62 0 0 0 40 100 400 933.33 12.67 1486.00 117.32
Day Switch 63 0 0 0 40 50 600 933.33 13.67 1623.33 118.78
Joe Cell Vehicle 64 0 0 20 20 100 300 1266.67 14.33 1706.67 119.07
Linear Combustion Electromagnetic Engines 65 0 0 0 0 50 800 600.00 12.00 1462.00 121.83
Green Steam Engine 66 0 0 0 0 100 800 866.67 14.33 1766.67 123.26
Sully Direct Current tech  67 0 0 0 40 50 400 1200.00 13.00 1703.00 131.00
Down-Draft Energy Tower 68 0 0 10 0 50 700 1266.67 15.33 2026.67 132.17
Revetec Cam-Drive Engine 69 0 0 0 0 50 700 1266.67 14.33 2031.00 141.70
Brac Systems' grey water recycling 70 0 0 0 0 0 500 800.00 9.00 1309.00 145.44
Plastic Batteries at Brown U. 71 0 0 0 20 0 500 1866.67 15.33 2402.00 156.65
Michaud’s Atmosphere Vortex Engine -- 0 0 0 20 0 300 1800.00 13.00  
Citizenre Corporation -- 0 0 0 20 300 100 1400.00 15.00  
HyPower hydrogen technology -- 0 0 0 0 200 100 800.00 9.00  
Energy by Motion (EBM) tech -- 0 0 0 0 0 300 866.67 7.33  
Steorn free energy device -- 4 15 10 0 50 100 1066.67 13.33  
Power-Generating Shock Absorber -- 0 0 0 0 0 500 1866.67 14.33  
Correa’s Aetherometry -- 0 5 10 0 100 100 1066.67 10.33  
Perendev 300 kW Self-Running Electromagnetic Generator -- 8 0 10 60 0 100 1200.00 15.00  
Testatika Electromagnetic Generator -- 0 0 0 0 0 200 1333.33 8.67  

 

Raw Votes

Technology Top 2 Top 5 Top 10 Top 20 Top 50 Top 100 Not Top 100 Not
Enough Info
(count 1/3 vote)		 Total Votes
TMA’s Vertical Axis Wind Turbine 0 1 2 4 6 4 1 0 18.