Have the Rowan University "hydrino" findings been replicated elsewhere? In 2009, Rowan University released a paper claiming to replicate Blacklight Power's results on energy generation using hydrino states of the hydrogen atom. The paper (link now dead) appears to describe the procedure in every detail as far as my untrained eye can tell.
The press release 11/29/10 states:

Cranbury, NJ (November 29, 2010)—BlackLight Power, Inc. (BLP) today announced that CIHT (Catalyst-Induced-Hydrino-Transition) technology has been independently confirmed by Dr. K.V. Ramanujachary, Rowan University Meritorious Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry.[...]

 A: If it were indeed possible to get energy out of a ground state atom, then by definition, that atom would not be in the ground state. In other words, claiming that you can get energy out of ground state atoms is, in fact, a claim that what look like ordinary hydrogen atoms at rest are actually atoms in some kind of meta-stable excited state. 
What are the odds that after 13 billion years, ALL of the hydrogen in the universe is still in this 'false' ground state? Surely there would be enough of the 'true' ground state material floating around that someone would already have noticed it? There would have to be some obvious clues.
If it seems too good to be true, it probably is, especially where claims of 'new energy sources' are concerned. You might as well stick a water wheel in a flat pond.
A: There's an unfavourable review of Hydrino theory in New Journal of Physics by A Rathke of ESA Advanced Concepts Team (DG-X), ESTEC Keplerlaan 1, 2201 AZ Noordwijk, The Netherlands:
http://iopscience.iop.org/1367-2630/7/1/127/fulltext

Abstract. Recently, spectroscopic and calorimetric observations of 
  hydrogen plasmas and chemical reactions with them have been 
  interpreted as evidence for the existence of electronic states of the 
  hydrogen atom with a binding energy of more than 13.6 eV. The 
  theoretical basis for such states, which have been dubbed hydrinos, is 
  investigated. We discuss both the novel deterministic model of the 
  hydrogen atom, in which the existence of hydrinos was predicted, and 
  standard quantum mechanics. Severe inconsistencies in the 
  deterministic model are pointed out and the incompatibility of hydrino 
  states with quantum mechanics is reviewed.

A: I am highly skeptical of this result, primarily because the theories promoted by Black Light Power are improbable to the point of being gibberish. The energy states of hydrogen can be calculated exactly, and have been both calculated and measured spectroscopically to extremely high precision, and experiment and theory are in perfect agreement. If the modern understanding of quantum physics (including QED) were incomplete enough to leave room for mysterious lower-energy states in hydrogen, there would've been some indication of this in one of the countless experiments that have been done on hydrogen.
Another good reason to be skeptical of this result is that the report in question seems to have been "released" only via Black Light Power's web site. The only mention of the authors of this report in conjunction with "hydrinos" that Google can find come from Black Light Power. This result has not appeared in any scientific journal known to Google. Or even the Rowan University web site. This is not what I would call a ringing endorsement of the work.
As for the report itself, it is entirely concerned with chemical NMR spectra, and I don't have any first-hand experience with those. I know just enough about the field to know that there can be subtle issues involved with the recording and interpretation of these. I'm more inclined to believe that the mysterious peaks seen in their samples are some NMR artifact than that they are the signature of radically new physics.
It's conceivable, barely, that this really does represent some dramatic new discovery, and has not yet appeared in print because it's working its way through the peer review process, taking a long time because extraordinary claims require extraordinary scrutiny. The principal person behind Black Light Power has been making claims like this since I was in grad school in the 1990's, though, and has yet to produce anything solid. I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for this to appear in a reputable peer-reviewed journal, if I were you.
