Electrifying: Giant futuristic 'Tesla Tower' in abandoned woods near Moscow

[Balthazar]

http://rt.com/news/170704-tesla-tower-lightning-russia/

No, it’s not an alien colony, a time machine, or even a Russian version of America’s ionospheric HAARP program. But in a forest near Moscow, this Soviet-era “lightning machine” has a capacity arguably equal to Russia’s entire electricity output.

Bloggers flock to see this technical marvel, which has been dubbed the “High Voltage Marx and Tesla Generators Research Facility.” The testing range, a branch of the Russian Electrical Engineering Institute, is in the sleepy town of Istra, 40 kilometers west of Moscow.

The secret, open-air, high-voltage testing device was constructed in the late 1970s for testing insulators to protect vehicles, aircrafts and electronic equipment against lightning.

The facility is absolutely unique; nothing like it exists anywhere in the world, primarily because of its outstanding charge capacity. At its peak operating capacity the giant Marx generator, when lightning is discharged onto an isolated platform, has power equal to all power generation facilities in Russia – including thermoelectric, hydroelectric, nuclear, solar, and wind power stations combined. But only for about 100 microseconds, Rossiya-1 TV reported.

The Istra “lightning machine,” unparalleled in its discharge capacity, consists of a 3 Megawatt capacity transformer cascade; a 9 Megawatt Pulsed Voltage Generator (PVG), measuring 39.3 meters high, capable of creating 150-meter artificial lightning, believed to be largest in the world; and a 2.25 Megawatt constant voltage unit.

Nice device

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[Nemo1024]

This is an exciting and "electrifying" project.

Also on the topic:

Russian scientists raising funds to rebuild Tesla Tower, satisfy world energy hunger
http://rt.com/news/170468-tesla-tower-rebuild-project/

And the direct link to fund-raising site ($31000 already raised):
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/let-s-build-a-planetary-energy-transmitter

[u9y42]

So, are these the predecessors to Command&Conquer's Tesla Coils?

[efreeti]

These tower have any military application or just science fiction gone wrong?

[u9y42]

These tower have any military application or just science fiction gone wrong?

If you had actually read the article before posting, you'd know what these are for.

The secret, open-air, high-voltage testing device was constructed in the late 1970s for testing insulators to protect vehicles, aircrafts and electronic equipment against lightning.

And also:

The Istra research center has conducted many tests since Soviet times. Among the latest carried out were lightning protection tests for Russia’s Sukhoi Superjet aircraft.

So, no C&C Tesla Coil like direct application yet, unfortunately.

[Balthazar]

Tadaam! Video of this device in action:

http://rt.com/in-motion/181272-russia-tesla-tower-lightning/

[Nemo1024]

Tadaam! Video of this device in action:

http://rt.com/in-motion/181272-russia-tesla-tower-lightning/

That's what I call awesome! 

[Balthazar]

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It seems that you can't stop thinking about the Communists even while reading articles about science, watching a movie or having sex.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Forrestal

Following him would be much simpler for you.

[Nemo1024]

Drone Footage: Tesla Tower in Russian winter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tcTwW2_WrU

Normally hidden from prying eyes, Ruptly was allowed take exclusive drone footage of the stunning 'Tesla Tower' in the Moscow region. The vast research site is home to general enormous voltage impulse generators that potentially have the capacity to equal Russia's entire electricity output

[ajareselde]

This is an exciting and "electrifying" project.

Also on the topic:

Russian scientists raising funds to rebuild Tesla Tower, satisfy world energy hunger
http://rt.com/news/170468-tesla-tower-rebuild-project/

And the direct link to fund-raising site ($31000 already raised):
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/let-s-build-a-planetary-energy-transmitter

Tempting cause, but decades ahead of possible solution. Tesla had something today's scientist dont have , and thats ability to imagine.
Everything today is, even more than it was before for money harvesting, profit seeking, and not to benefit humanity fore free.
Many would not agree, but i dont believe its possible to make energy for all humanity (world battery project), i believe it was , and will remain, just an idea.

[jaysabi]

Does this machine generate electricity? I guess I don't understand fully what it does. If it generates electricity, what does it use as fuel? The article says it's very expensive to turn on, so I don't understand what makes it so expensive to run. Is it the materials it requires to run, or the expertise of the personnel required to run it?

[Balthazar]

It was built to perform lightning simulation, which was necessary to test the aircrafts. It seems that it has autonomous power supply but I couldn't find the details.

[Tusk]

The most interesting alternative theory I have come across is the Electric Universe or EU by the Thunderbolts Project, it turns the Big Bang cosmology completely on its head with very compelling evidence. It postulates that or Sun and other cosmological phenomena are electrically driven as opposed to thermonuclear, without black holes, dark matter and dark energy.

Their models though requiring further research are far more logical and self evident then the traditional ones, a great case in point is the rosetta mission which while remarkable in accomplishment to land a craft on an asteroid is certainly not a body comprised mainly of ice but rather rocky material.

If correct the EU would suggest massive inexhaustible electrical potential to be harvested without the need for nuclear, bio or fossil fuels. The way I like to picture it is the earth sun moon and stars are massive electric motors But so as not to steal the EU's thunder here are a few good podcasts to watch.

Wal Thornhill: Breaking News | EU Workshop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jjgHIzv-nA
Wal Thornhill and David Talbott on Rosetta | Space News - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-Ew7NKf7Bg
Rosetta Mission Update | The Rocky Comet - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-a_jlM50PU
Rosetta Mission Update | Comets May Not Be What We Thought - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UliVkgc5s4
Rosetta Mission Update | Oops! No Water on Comet 67P? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqxF5u_iaRg
Rosetta Mission Update | Rubble on 67P Defies Current Comet Theory - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QMkjPeeVYU

WHAT IF? Asking the Dangerous Questions with Tom Wilson -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZf61BtK0xk
WHAT IF? Asking the Dangerous Questions | Following the Evidence -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6QLu2Pdu1c

Donald Scott: Modeling Birkeland Currents, Part 1 | EU Workshop -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIFR67sckK0
Donald Scott: Modeling Birkeland Currents, Part 2 | EU Workshop -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbULacChCuY
Wal Thornhill: An Electric Cosmology for the 21st Century | EU Workshop - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoNaVb7b-tg

Discourses on an Alien Sky | When Planets Were the Gods - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svfWvSHh4AY
Discourses on an Alien Sky | The Acid Tests of a Reconstruction - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6Z5xG1WFa4


There are plenty more on their ThunderboltsProject channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvHqXK_Hz79tjqRosK4tWYA

[Swordsoffreedom]

In other words Russia is trying to prove Nikolas Tesla right
I have heard if it was not for his unfortunate death electricity might be free a few stories of wires crisscrossing all over a field to try and generate some super electrical currents
Tesla Towers   (Next we will have Electric Railguns and an Index ^^)

Here is a moment when you can say you have lightning superpowers