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Steorn
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| Company type | Private Limited |
|---|---|
| Industry | Energy technology[1] |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Defunct | 2016 |
| Fate | Liquidated |
| Headquarters | Docklands Innovation Park, East Wall Road, Dublin 3, Ireland |
| Products | Charging and power systems, cellular telephones, research and development[1] |
| Revenue | €1,000 (2005)[2] |
| € -1,794,648 (2005)[2] | |
Number of employees | 18[3] |
| Website | www.steorn.com Archive link as of March 2015 |
Steorn Ltd (/ˈstjɔːrn/) was a small, private technology development company based in Dublin, Ireland. In August 2006, it announced that it had developed a technology to provide "free, clean, and constant energy" via an apparent perpetual motion machine, something which is contrary to the law of conservation of energy, a fundamental principle of physics.[4]
Steorn challenged the scientific community to investigate its claim[5] and, in December 2006, said that it had chosen a jury of scientists to do so.[6] In June 2009 the jury gave its unanimous verdict that Steorn had not demonstrated the production of energy.[7]
Steorn gave two public demonstrations of its technology. In the first demonstration, in July 2007 at the Kinetica Museum in London, the device failed to work.[8] The second demonstration, which ran from December 2009 to February 2010 at the Waterways Visitor Centre in Dublin, involved a motor powered by a battery and provided no independent evidence that excess energy was being generated.[9] It was dismissed by the press as an attempt to build a perpetual motion machine,[10] and a publicity stunt.[11]
In November 2016, the company laid off its staff, closed its facility, and prepared for liquidation.[12][13] It was finally liquidated in May 2024.[14]
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- ^ a b "Steorn Investor Relations". Steorn Ltd. 9 February 2006. Retrieved 11 September 2007.
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houstonwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Whyte, Barry (13 November 2016). "Power Off: Steorn finally out of energy after €23 million in funding". The Sunday Business Post. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
- ^ Ferrier, Michael (13 November 2016). "Steorn Liquidates". dispatchesfromthefuture.com. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
- ^ Mulligan, John (13 May 2024). "Irish Business Steorn finally goes supernova as company that promised 'free energy' completes liquidation process". Irish Independent. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
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