Project description
In pursuit of the cold fusion dream as a solution to the world's energy needs
In 1989, electrochemists Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons made headlines with their claim to have produced excess heat using a simple apparatus working at room temperature. Their experiment involved loading deuterium in a palladium metal. As many experimenters failed to replicate their work, cold fusion remains a controversial topic in the scientific community. Nevertheless, a vociferous minority still believes in this elusive phenomenon. Since 2015, Google has been funding experiments into cold fusion. Although no evidence has been found for this phenomenon, it is clear that much pioneering research remains to be conducted in this poorly explored field. The EU-funded HERMES project will employ advanced techniques and tools developed over the last few decades to investigate anomalous effects of deuterium-loaded palladium at room and intermediate temperatures.
Field of science
- /engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy
Programme(s)
Call for proposal
H2020-EIC-FETPROACT-2019
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Funding Scheme
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinator
20014 Turku
Finland
Participants (6)
80333 Muenchen
75794 Paris
601 90 Brno Stred
SW7 2AZ London
- Limerick
02150 Espoo
