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Cool Technologies Mobile Generation Technology Could Help in Disasters Like Puerto Rico’s Blackouts and California Fires
Cool Technologies Mobile Generation Technology Could Help in Disasters Like Puerto Rico’s Blackouts and California Fires.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n \n In an interview with CEOLive.TV, CEO Timothy Hassett explains how his technology can bring lifesaving power to any place where it’s possible ORLANDO, FL, April 23, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CEOLive.TV, a news organization that highlights leading CEOs, companies, and industry experts for investors, today released a video interview with Timothy Hassett, Chairman and CEO of Cool Technologies, Inc. (OTCQB:WARM). The full interview can be viewed at the following URL:http://ceolive.tv/cool-technologies-warm-1m-order-puts-innovative-cooltech-mobile-generator-into-production/ As Hassett explained to CEOLive.TV’s Mike Elliott, Cool Technologies’ innovative technology can bring lifesaving electricity to communities hit with natural disasters like hurricanes or fires, or with other types of blackouts. “Wherever you can drive a vehicle, you can bring power,” Hassett said. Cool Technologies mounts generators right in the chassis of standard trucks like Ford F-350s and 550s, using the trucks’ own engines to turn their generators. Trucks with 80 and 120 kilovolt amp (kVA) capabilities could have made a major difference in Puerto Rico, both after Hurricane Maria destroyed the entire electrical grid, and again recently, when blackouts struck the whole island after contractors accidently brought down major transmission lines, Hassett said. “If they had our vehicles, they would have the power anywhere the lines were still standing and immediately after they were re-strung,” he said. What’s more, the generator-equipped trucks can power water purification equipment to provide drinking water—up to 10,000 gallons a day—in emergencies like those faced in Puerto Rico, Hassett said. There are three essential things when disaster strikes, he said: water, power, and food. “We can provide two out of the three,” he explained. Hassett also recently lived through the terrible fires in Santa Rosa, California, where his trucks could have accelerated rescue and recovery efforts. “I was right in the heart of it,” he described. “My eleven-year-old daughter woke up at 12 in the morning, and we could see explosions up on the mountainside taking our homes and businesses.” More than 8,000 buildings were destroyed, and Hassett h...