BCONTVentures wrote: Here is a podcast from Troy Helming/EarthGrid from November 2023, very interesting and very informative:
#71: EarthGrid’s Plasma Robots Are Solving Energy Infrastructure - Troy Helming https://open.spotify.com/episode/1yFRoX0EjYShk9W00bx9cT Episode Description: Troy Helming, the CEO and Founder of EarthGrid, has a long history of success when it comes to clean energy ventures. A two-time unicorn founder, he headed two of the most successful renewable energy companies in the U.S.: wind developer Tradewind Energy and Pristine Sun, a leading developer of community utility-scale solar farms. Now, Troy is working on his latest endeavor - plasma-wielding, tunnel-boring robots. In this episode, Troy discusses how EarthGrid’s technology could help create sustainable, resilient, and cost-effective energy infrastructure worldwide.
Information on tunnel-boring: 3 basic questions explained:
How does tunnel-boring techology work? The tunnel and trenching machines will use torches powered by plasma created from electricity and airflow. The plasma plumes can:
- Reach up to 10,832 to 18,033 degrees Fahrenheit (6,000 to 10,000 degrees Celsius)
- Bore quickly via vaporization and spallation
- The machines will be able to bore deeply — approximately 10 to 100 feet (3 to 30 meters) below the surface to avoid the existing “spaghetti” of underground utilities.
Why is the tunnel-boring tech faster? The machines will be able to bore easily through different geologies without slowing down, which is not the case for traditional boring methods. For example, if an EarthGrid machine encountered clay, the plasma torches can keep going. Other boring machines might become clogged and delay the project.
Why is this tunnel-boring technology so much cheaper? EarthGrid’s machines will have far lower operating costs than traditional methods.
For example, there is:
- No need to change out drill bits and cutter heads multiple times each day
- Much lower energy consumption
- Fewer workers due to robotics
- No drilling mud and/or drilling chemicals to dispose of
- Easier spoils removal (the spoils can then be sold for road and concrete manufacturing, etc.)
COGT wrote: The " deal maker" Troy Helming is a podcast easy to Google up or maybe pizza guy will post to help us out. Lol
IF in fact PYR NR for torches order is EarthGrid and Troy Helming at the forefront.....we're more than good.
3/4 way through the podcast is meat and potatoes on plasma and he Eliminates a former potential buyer.....hmmm
Sweet Dreams to longs and awake the BOTs.....
GLTA