Andrea Rossi has made the following statement in response to allegations from Gary Wright that Leonardo does not have certification for the 1 MW E-Cat.

The following guest post was submitted by Italian engineer Dr.

Andrea Rossi responded to an inquiry about the recent test of his E-Cat mentioned by Roland Pettersson with a stern declaration about defending his intellectual property.

It was reported in the previous month that Australian entrepreneur Dick Smith who is also a member of the Australian Skeptics group had promised to donate $200,000 to the Byron New Energy Charitable Trust.

Last month we reported how Dick Smith, an Australian entrepreneur and member of the Australian Skeptics group had promised to give $200,000 to the Byron New Energy Charitable Trust if he can be convinced that the E-Cat was a valid technology.

On one level, the confusion surrounding the University of Bologna’s eCat research is a small detail that no one should sweat over but an eCat in the hands of respected academics would send a strong signal to those outide the circle of priviledge surrounding the inventor.

MSNBC has published a story by Natalie Walchover of Life’s Little Mysteries about Andrea Rossi’s recent visit to the Massachusetts State Legislature.

There’s an instructive discussion going on at the moment in Defkalion’s forum .

A new Ny Teknik article has an interesting quote from Defkalion.

A second commercial product based on cold fusion technology is planned for release next year.