Held in Bologna, January 14, 2011, the demonstration was monitored by independent scientific representatives of the University of Bologna, including a researcher in physics, Giuseppe Levi.
Levi concluded that the power and energy produced was "impressive," and
that the Energy Catalyzer might be working as a new type of energy
source. Ny Teknik,
a Swedish technology magazine, reported that editorial staff were
polled on their reaction to this report. "The result: two-thirds do not
believe in it." Of this demonstration, Discovery Channel analyst Benjamin Radford wrote that "If this all sounds fishy to you, it should," and that "In many ways cold fusion is similar to perpetual motion
machines. The principles defy the laws of physics, but that doesn’t stop
people from periodically claiming to have invented or discovered one."
Nonetheless, Levi in an interview with Ny Teknik, stated “What has
impressed me, and what sets this work apart from everything I’ve ever
seen, is that we have 10 kW of measured energy output, and this output
is completely repeatable. But what I want to do now is an experiment
with continuous operation for at least one or more days. Since there are
very specific limits on how much energy you can generate from a given
amount of mass, I can thus rule out a chemical reaction as the energy
source.”
