Comments for Electricity from Lightning at http://www.ecogeek.org , comment 1 to 31 out of 20 comments http://www.ecogeek.org Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:00:39 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/1064#comment-48335 Much like nuclear reactors couldn't you heat water with lightening and use steam as your electricity generator? I know there would be huge losses in the process but 50,000 F is hot... It seems like currently, the most feasible way to trap lightening?? - Aran Thu, 30 May 2013 13:52:43 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/1064#comment-48260 I am currently studying this topic and believe i may have a few improvements. I would much like to put heads together with an engineer who could take conceptual imagination and help make reality. I fear government suppression of anything that may threaten big energy but I think i have a couole good ideas. One of u already suggested a version of my sky rake idea that i have been toying with since my days as a aviation electrician. I will explain more in email...the other is an idea to utilize the existing power grid as a diffuser of sorts where the bolt is run over several smaller harvesters and then directly onto the grid. The uses a set of tower to strip static from the air before it can build into an actual bolt. - Cory Thu, 16 May 2013 06:29:50 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/1064#comment-48200 I don't think is possible to harness the power of lightning,the major issue is how to reduce the voltage,the voltage is in million and billion based on the intensity of the thunder bolt.Is there anybody that has used the method to generate electricity before - Adefarati Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:51:14 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/1064#comment-47913 In now a days the power generation is very low,the only source to generate the more electricity is lightning power..........so we have to concentrate in to generate the power by using the lightning source (by using the external lightning generator) , i have a more ideas to generate the electric power from the lightning source by using then brrons material........................... - satheesh kumar Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:52:26 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/1064#comment-47176 what if v could try to pass the lightening through the gallons of the water stored in the container.... - Santosh Sun, 02 Sep 2012 13:35:16 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/1064#comment-47082 If we ever figure out how to harvest energy from electrical storms, Venezuela's nightly Catatumbo Lightning show will be enough to power up the entire planet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catatumbo_lightning Catatumbo lightning is the product of a unique meteorological phenomenon that has lit up nights in this corner of Venezuela for thousands of years. Every night the sky unleashes up to 20,000 bolts of lightening, each with about 400,000 amps of energy. The nightly show stopped in late January 2010 and not a single bolt had been seen until April. Many proposed a drought was to blame. There are similar phenomena in Colombia, Indonesia and Uganda. Although lightening shows in these other locations don't last the whole night, like they do in Venezuela, they still represent a potentially reliable, renewable and environmentally safe source of electric energy to power our homes and communities. Now, given that the energy source in Venezuela is permanently fixed to the coordinates 8°30' and 9°45'N and 71° and 73°W and is predictably regular in its nightly shows, is it not possible to harvest energy from the local atmosphere, rather than the lightening directly? Given Venezuela's 21st Century Bolivarian Revolution, I think it's a safe bet that if someone were to propose a viable project for harvesting the Catatumbo Lightening, the government would fund the project and ensure that citizens obtained the energy free of charge. I hope Steve Leroy reads this. I think you have some work to do in Venezuela. - Theresa St. Amant Sat, 04 Aug 2012 14:27:24 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/1064#comment-45765 I like this article. I have been looking for many ways to harness the power of lightning for over 13 years now. I have drawn many conclusions about history, fact and fiction. The reality of it is who ever can capture atleast. 50% of the lightning from 10% of the storms "wins". By that I mean that the worlds power can come from them instead of the many other ways we do today. Now I have looked at mega mall size batteries that might hold the bolt as if a spark hit it. I've researched using aluminum gyros with positive and negatively charged cobalt embedded aided by electro magnets and charged by lightning strikes. Even nets hanging inwith the cloudshouse that are tethered to generators. And that's when I realized that we were all looking at it from the wrong angle. I believe we need to "plug in" instead of wait for one to jump out and waste emergy making itself seen. Open you minds and try to find ways to plug into the clouds and use the power within. Such as a barge that is gps controlled to stay inside storms that plugs into the clouds runs the energy to graphite rods in saltwater in the hull of the ship. When it travels into the rods and the energy then allows the hydrogen to remove itself from the oxygen in the h2o in the salt water. The salt is the electrolyte that aids the energy to flow as it dose in the human body. The barge being in the ocean keeps the system from over heating. The gases could be pumped into containers so the energy could ne used in other ways. We dont need to bet the other methods of gaining energy. We need to find more creative ways of using them together. Any ideas sound good to you, use them. More power to you. Its my belief that if a new better energy is discovered it should be free for all to use. STOP PATIENTS ON ENERGY IDEAS(just say it would help) - Eric Konecny Sat, 18 Feb 2012 14:10:20 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/1064#comment-45291 ya i m also intrested in this project of electricity from lightning from that we'll get a huge ammount of energy for any use.-parvez (India) +919881199655 - parvez shekh Mon, 26 Dec 2011 12:39:44 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/1064#comment-37488 Dear Steven LeRoy, i am doing assignment about the lightning power and may i have a full explanation and design how to capture the lightning and transform to power supply ? - joseph Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:04:54 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/1064#comment-36235 please contact me. I would like to further discuss some ideas. thanks leland kay lelandkay@gmail.com - leland Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:05:13 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/1064#comment-34695 8) 3 years later and interesting people are still responding. THANK YOU. I actually spent 10 thousand $ to build a 15 foot tall 20 MILLION volt tesla coil in a rural setting for testing power in vs power stored. Yes step down transformers with current limiters and diverters/time delay are def needed. I am also working on compact high HP magnet motors for vehicle use and to ELIMINATE THE POWER GRID by powering each home individually. And 70,000,000 US vehicles. Let USA lead the world again in technology and wisdom. tts steve - Steven LeRoy Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:19:12 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/1064#comment-29898 I am an undergraduate student doing my prefinal year in mechatronics engineering . I am doing my project on Harneshing electricity from lightning . Hence kindly help me on storage of power from lightning. - asokkalidass Sat, 29 Aug 2009 01:20:19 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/1064#comment-27663 Hi I was going through this forum. I feel it would be of great benifit to the humanity if we can effectively tap energy of lightening to provide energy to thousands of homes. What we need is a good business model to commercialize the porject. I am currently doing MBA in one of the universities in USA. I am interested to know more about your successful experiments and see if we together can find a way to make the project viable on a large scale. My email id is asim_iocl@rediffmail.com Please email me.. - Asim Amitav Jena Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:47:28 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/1064#comment-26089 I was wondering if there was a way of trapping a lightning bolt, negotive or possitive. - green bug Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:14:06 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/1064#comment-25571 I have been researching how to manage and use lightning in a practical sense. The main hang up of course is converting this extreme amount of energy to a manageable potential energy that we can use when we need. I like the idea of using lightning in electrolysis to create hydrogen that can later be used in fuel cells. Is there anyone who knows more about this or is aware of any research being done regarding this? - Noah Schieber Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:37:22 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/1064#comment-19231 dear sir, i am a student of B.Tech from India and am working on a similar project as you are.I would like to get in touch with you and learn what can be done in this regard. please help if you can. - saurabh Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:29:22 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/1064#comment-18759 respected sir, i am a student from india and am pursuing a project under the same title as you are.I would like to get in touch with you and learn what can be done in this regard.please help if you can. kind regards, gaurav - gaurav Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:59:50 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/1064#comment-18516 one may know that avery high voltage is discharged to earth through lightning.if it is possible to use this voltage to electrolise water into hydrogen and oxygen which can be used in fuel cells to power automobiles and others in future,whose waste will be pure water...isn't it a better idea!!! - haneesh Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:23:21 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/1064#comment-17348 i would like 2 know the extent of feasibility in this process :P - hinduja Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:37:12 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/1064#comment-17346 i would like 2 know the extent of feasibility in this process - hinduja Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:34:07 +0100