There have been a lot of questions posted on the Journal of Nuclear Physics over the last couple of days after Andrea Rossi revealed that he has entered into an agreement with an as-yet-unnamed entity who will build a ‘mega factory’ to manufacture E-Cats.
The way Rossi is answering questions reminds me a lot of the days when he entered into the agreement with Industrial Heat, which was finally discontinued following a legal settlement in 2016. One question that was asked of Rossi was what his new position would be in this new entity. His response was “Chief Scientist”, which was the same position he held in Industrial Heat when they first started their partnership.
It’s not clear yet what is going on, but from the sounds of it, it sounds like Andrea Rossi has decided to take a back seat when it comes to the business development around the E-Cat, and will concentrate on what I think he likes to do best, which is focus on the research and development side of the E-Cat.
In my opinion this makes sense. The potential market for E-Cat technology is enormous, and the task of bringing this technology to market will require an enormous amount of investment and organization. I would expect that Rossi has been persuaded that it is a much better use of his time to focus on the E-Cat, and let others handle the business side of things.
I will be talking with Andrea Rossi in a few days and hope to get a clearer understanding about the new arrangement.