Open Energy Completes SunCone CSP Engineering Design.Company expects to issue RFQ's for first commercial unit in March of 2007 SOLANA BEACH, Calif. -- Open Energy Corp. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB: OEGY) announced today it has completed the engineering drawings and performance criteria for a commercially viable Suncone concentrating solar desalination system. This initial design is primarily geared toward decontamination decontamination /de·con·tam·i·na·tion/ (de?kon-tam-i-na´shun) the freeing of a person or object of some contaminating substance, e.g., war gas, radioactive material, etc. de·con·tam·i·na·tion n. of drinking water drinking water supply of water available to animals for drinking supplied via nipples, in troughs, dams, ponds and larger natural water sources; an insufficient supply leads to dehydration; it can be the source of infection, e.g. leptospirosis, salmonellosis, or of poisoning, e.g. in remote, off-grid locations. The engineering team anticipates that it will be coupled with off-the-shelf membrane filtration or multi-stage flash distillation Multi-stage flash distillation is a desalination process that distills sea water by flashing a portion of the water into steam in multiple stages. First, the seawater is heated in a container known as a brine heater. hardware, depending upon the specific water input sources to be treated. This same design can be used to supplant conventional thermal power system applications, such as pre-heating steam for turbine electricity. CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. David Saltman commented, "While Open Energy's primary efforts to date have focused on photovoltaic The generation of voltage by a material that is exposed to light in the visible and invisible ranges. See photoelectric and photovoltaic cell. building products, Suncone CSP (1) (Certified Systems Professional) An earlier award for successful completion of an ICCP examination in systems development. See ICCP. (2) (Commerce Service P will add breadth and diversity to our technology portfolio. The potential applications of this invention are remarkable, from water desalination to supplying process heat for power generation. However, based upon our mission of harnessing the sun to help meet the resource demands of sustainable 21st Century development, we have made a strategic decision to focus on purification. With thousands of people dying of water borne pathogens each day, the social impacts as well as economic benefits compel us to make a meaningful contribution to solving this critical issue." The functionality of the Suncone CSP system requires few basic components: the Suncone reflector, a solar tracking devise, a target that absorbs the incident radiation and conducts it into a heat transfer fluid (HTF HTF Happy Tree Friends HTF Hard To Find HTF Highway Trust Fund HTF Heat Transfer Fluid HTF Hyper-G Text Format HTF Hardlines Technology Forum (American Hardware Manufacturers Association) HTF How To Fight ), and application specific hardware to interface with a particular water purification system. Open Energy plans to utilize outside manufacturing entities for the various components, then package systems for distribution. Through extensive computer modeling and re-engineering, the Company has developed numerous improvements to the first prototype, which utilized aluminized Mylar film suspended in tension to create the Suncone collector. The current design incorporates a more durable hard shell structure, one which the team believes can withstand higher wind forces and will be less expensive to manufacture, install and service. With these improvements and the Company's own patent filings, Open Energy will no longer be required to pay a royalty fee going forward to Dr. Pruitt, and will accrue significant potential savings over the life of the product. Based on this decision, as of quarter ended November 30, 2006, the Company has written off the carrying value Carrying Value Also know as "book value," it is a company's total assets minus intangible assets and liabilities, such as debt. Notes: This is different than market value, as it can be higher or lower depending on the circumstances. pertaining to this license agreement. Dr. Pruitt remains a senior scientific advisor to the company, and his ray tracing programs have been utilized to determine the optimum geometries of the new cone design. About Open Energy Open Energy Corporation (OTC BB: OEGY) is a renewable energy (RE) company focused on the development and commercialization of a portfolio of technologies capable of delivering low-risk, cost-competitive electricity, fresh water and related commodities on a global basis. Open Energy offers building-integrated photovoltaic (PV) roofing materials for commercial, industrial, and residential markets. Marketed under the trade name SolarSave[R], the product line includes roofing membranes, roofing tiles, custom architectural PV glass, and balance of systems equipment such as inverters, combiners, and accessories. The Company also holds an exclusive, worldwide license to a solar thermal technology called SunCone[TM] CSP (Concentrating Solar Power), which is currently being developed to produce electricity and potable potable /pot·a·ble/ (po´tah-b'l) fit to drink. po·ta·ble adj. Fit to drink; drinkable. potable fit to drink. water using only the power of the sun. The company's mission is to enhance life by harnessing the power of the sun. Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. for Forward Looking Statements Except for statements of historical fact, the information presented herein constitutes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include general economic and business conditions, customer demand for it products, the Company's ability to scale up manufacturing to meet demand, and other factors over which Open Energy Corporation has little or no control. |
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