Power madewhere it's used.
Energy3 is clean electricity generated on site, or inside the device it runs, around the clock. The World Energy3 Forum tracks the companies building it, checks their evidence, and brings the industry together.
The field today: 21 companies, each placed by approach and stage. Hover to explore.
- Claimed
- Demonstrated
- Independently validated
- Rings: stage, from concept (inside) to in market (outside)
Energy1
Centralized fossil generation
Big plants, far from where power is used, connected by long transmission lines.
Energy2
Intermittent clean energy
Wind and solar farms, mostly still feeding the same central grid.
Energy3
Decentralized, continuous clean power
Made at the point of use: in the factory, data center, base or home, or inside the car or phone it powers.
What changes if Energy3 works at scale
Not every company in this field will succeed. If even one approach delivers reliable, affordable power at scale, the effects run through the whole economy.
Read the full caseEnergy costs fall toward zero
Almost everything we make, grow, move or compute carries an energy cost. Cheap power that runs anywhere, all the time, lowers the cost of nearly everything, and raises living standards fastest in places that can't get reliable power today.
The grid becomes optional
When power is made where it's consumed, long-distance transmission, the most expensive and fragile part of the system, matters far less. No line losses, no grid-wide blackouts, no new lines to remote sites. Power becomes equipment you own, not a network you're plugged into.
Fossil fuels lose their central role
Coal, oil and gas would stop being the world's main energy sources. Oil remains an input for plastics, lubricants and chemicals, but trillions of dollars a year in fuel spending shift, and economies built on exporting hydrocarbons face hard adjustments.
Geopolitics gets redrawn
If every nation, community and household can make its own power, control over pipelines, shipping lanes and supply quotas stops being leverage. That removes a major cause of conflict, and unsettles the powers whose influence rests on energy supply.
Eight ways companies are building it
How each one works- 01
Solid-state field generators
Static electromagnetic devices with no moving parts and no fuel.
4 companies tracked
- 02
Meta-material resonant panels
Solid-state panels driven to resonance, some with an embedded isotope.
2 companies tracked
- 03
LENR and fusion-based plasma
Low-energy nuclear reactions in metal lattices or compact plasma.
3 companies tracked
- 04
Mechanical and magnetic
Magnet motors, flywheels and self-running generators with moving parts.
4 companies tracked
- 05
Casimir effect and graphene
Microchips that harvest energy from vacuum or thermal motion.
3 companies tracked
- 06
Betavoltaic and radioisotope
Nuclear batteries that turn radioactive decay directly into electricity.
3 companies tracked
- 07
Laser and anti-matter
Exotic routes such as laser-driven reactions and ultra-dense hydrogen.
1 company tracked
- 08
Strategic and acquisition-led
Companies building energy platforms by acquiring or partnering for technology.
1 company tracked
Open to every claim. Then we go and look.
The Forum is an independent third party. We list every company with real technology, record what each one says, and then visit the labs, meet the teams and look at the measurements. Every profile shows how far the evidence goes.
Our methodClaimed
Only the company's own statements so far.
Demonstrated
Shown working in public, on video or at installations, but not yet tested by an independent party.
Independently validated
Tested by a named third party (a lab, university or independent engineer), with the result on record.
Energy3 Intel, free for members
- A profile of every company: who they are, what they claim, and the evidence so far
- Site-visit reports from the labs we've seen in person
- A sortable tracker by approach, stage, evidence and region
- A running feed of funding, test results and new entrants
- Watchlists, side-by-side comparisons and introduction requests
Scottsdale, Arizona, Late 2027
Forum 2027
The first annual gathering of the Energy3 industry: working hardware on stage, founders and investors in one room, and an honest look at what's real. Dates and venue to be announced.