We are now accepting donations online, and will soon be offering some items for sale. Please check out the Donate page for more info.

We are expanding the scope of this site to include windpower, hydroelectric, and the various economic implications of these alternatives. The site also features an expanded treatment of biomass/biofuel in general along with our LED lighting solutions. Please check out all our new additions, and please, if you have the time, email us with suggestions for expansion or improvements!

Along with general information and overviews of the topics listed above and to the left, we will also be adding information about our projects pertaining to the subjects. As always, our goal is to share our experiments and experiences with you, so that people can learn about these energy alternatives without having to build a hydroelectric power plant or windmill (complete with battery bank and sizing formulae) on their own. We hope, also, that by watching us experiment you can learn from our mistakes and join in our successes! If anything you find here on our website inspires you to attempt an alternative energy project on your own, then we have achieved our main goal.

About ALL ENERGIES

The All Energies project began over one year ago, when I embarked on my first woodgas project, the Mazda truck that ran on gasified wood chunks. I spent thousands of hours on this project and learned a lot about wood gas and different types of gasifiers. We built two separate experimental cooling systems for the gasifier and drove over 90 miles on wood gas.

Don't think that I have abandoned woodgas as a fuel for vehicles; I'm actually planning another experimental vehicle as a future project. Now that I am a little wiser on the subject, I am looking for a vehicle that has easily adjustable ignition timing and I will design a simpified gasifier that can be easily modified. Along with it, I would like to implement a more basic, low-weight, convection-style cooler/condenser.

We are also very interested in beginning some new projects with micro hydro and home-built wind turbines.

For now, however, the generator is the main focus of my work with biofuels. The generator runs on the gasses produced in a greatly choked fire. The flammable gasses are Hydrogen, Methane and Carbon Monoxide. To get a suitable amount of these gasses, it takes specific conditions in the combustion chamber. To learn more about woodgas specifically, check out the About Woodgas page in the section dedicated to my Woodgas Truck.

Don't forget to check back often for updates, additional information, and photos!