What’s behind EEStor?
The Austin-American Statesman has a fairly lengthy article today about EEStor Inc. and its potentially ground-breaking energy storage system. The story doesn’t provide new information from a technical perspective, but what it does do is provide a little more background information on EEStor co-founders Richard Weir and Carl Nelson. The author of the piece also does a good job tracking down people who have worked or associated with both men or have been briefed on EEStor’s technology. While doubts remain about whether EEStor can deliver on its promises, there appears to be general agreement that Weir and Nelson are legit and their technology claims, while challenging to achieve, have a solid basis in science.
Tyler Hamilton is senior energy reporter and columnist for the Toronto Star, Canada's largest daily newspaper. In addition to this Clean Break blog, Tyler writes a weekly column of the same name that discusses trends, happenings and innovators in the cleantech market. This blog is a personal project started in April 2005. It is not an official blog of the newspaper. Tyler can be reached at tyler@cleanbreak.ca