In 1991 Randell Mills, a Harvard medical doctor, claimed that he had discovered the hydrino - a theoretical form of the hydrogen atom in which the electron is at a lower orbit - meaning the atom itself contains less energy. The inventor decided that he could produce hydrinos and in the process capture the energy released during the transition from hydrogen, using it to generate electricity. This all sounds good, but most scientists deny that such a state of the hydrogen atom exists because the resting state of hydrogen is the lowest energy state ever demonstrated.
Quantum physics does not accept that hydrogen could be pushed to a lower state. As a result, most quantum physicists declare that the Blacklight process is nonsense. And normally the story ends there. Not in this case. Obviously Dr. Mills believed in his invention and established Blacklight Power - the company which today claims that energy this atomic push releases can create electricity for 1 cent / kWh. This is less than any known process, including burning cheap, dirty coal. The company states that it can produce heat or electricity in a process that mostly feeds itself with common water.
According to Mills, the hydrino is created through a reaction between hydrogen and a catalyst. In the process it releases more than enough energy to fuel electrolysis in common water, thus producing more hydrogen. The majority of excess energy can be used to produce electricity. The conversion needs heat and an outside ingredient - a catalyst used to turn the hydrogen to hydrinos. Once the reaction is started it generates the heat used in the process. The hydrinos created by the process are non-reactive and lighter than helium, so if they are released they will float up into space. They also may be processed into unique chemicals with a range of useful applications.
Most engineers and scientists are skeptical, because they have seen too many people pretending that they have invented a new method for energy production. However, in the case of Blacklight Power there are plenty of people that believe in the future of this technology to the extent that they are ready to invest millions in it. After a couple of years in silence, in 2008 the company made several announcements. The first one was that an independent review by an outside team of engineers at Rowan University has verified that the process using a substance provided by Blacklight released a quick burst of heat far beyond anything anticipated. At the same time, Blacklight Power claims that they have a functioning 2 kW prototype and are working on a 50 kW reactor.
In the last couple of months the company has announced issuing two commercial licensing agreements - with Estacado Energy Services and Farmers’ Electric Cooperative, both of New Mexico, USA to use the BlackLight Process and certain BLP energy technology for the production of thermal or electric power up to a maximum continuous capacity of 250 MW. If you want to come to your own conclusion if it is real, you can download Dr. Mills’ book advancing the fundamentals of Quantum Mechanics in his new atomic theory - The Grand Unified Theory of Classical Physics.
