The efficiency of converting sunlight into electricity becomes much lower (about 10 times lower) than the former solar panel. So it is difficult to generate enough power for equipments. So seems that it will take us really long period before we could see great amount of solar street lights with Graphene rather than Solar Panel.
Category: Renewables – Business
Visit to the East Coast Features Trip to See GreenChipStocks
I got home late last night from a visit to the East Coast that featured a trip through Baltimore to visit my much-respected friends at GreenChipStocks. I spoke for an hour and change with Jeff Siegel, and then went upstairs …
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[The Vector] GE: Engaging Employees in an Eco Treasure Hunt
General Electric (GE) has some exciting things going on. GE is a top 10 world manufacturer of wind turbines, and is active in renewable energy efforts on several fronts. Many have heard the recent announcement of the GE WattStation. For electric …
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Tagged with: alternative energy, clean energy, EcoImagination, GE, GE WattCharger, green energy, Renewable Energy, Wind Energy, wind power, wind turbines
Renewable Energy and Job Creation
As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, I’m in the process of studying the size and shape of job creation that will come as a welcome by-product of the migration to renewables. How this sits in the constellation of benefits to …
Tagged with: capital formation, China, Congress, General Electric, India, job creation, mid-term elections, Siemens, subsidies, venture capital
Renewable Energy Job Creation
Over the next few months, I have committed myself to performing comprehensive research into the pragmatic issues that prevent a rapid migration to renewables. I’m not 100% sure how to organize this research, and even less sure how to present …
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[The Vector] News From Around the Country: Siemens
In August 2010, Siemens Energy, Inc. received an order for 98 wind turbines originating from Oklahoma Gas & Electric (OGE). The turbines are destined for the Crossroads wind power plant in Oklahoma, located about 100 miles from Oklahoma City in Dewey …
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Tagged with: alternative energy, clean energy, Crossroads wind farm, green energy, OGE, Renewable Energy, Siemens, Wind Energy, wind power, wind turbines
Rural, Off-grid Applications? Try Electrolyzers and Portable Hydrogen Fueling Stations
I just got off the phone with the John Gotthold, the Chief Technology Officer of HySolGenics, Inc., a San Jose CA start-up that is developing low cost electrolyzers and portable hydrogen refueling stations – largely for rural, off-grid applications. They’re …
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Adoption Curve for Renewables — Truly "Blowin' in the Wind"
I try to read VentureBeat whenever I can, to see what’s happening in the world of capital formation for start-ups in green tech. Here’s an article that offers a summary of renewable energy trends that you may find useful. It’s …
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Lots of Energy-Related News in the Wall Street Journal
Both of yesterday’s lead stories in the WSJ re-assert Rupert Murdoch’s ultra-right-wing position that the public sector needs to refrain from setting energy policy that would affect private enterprise – even as the ecological toll of business-as-usual continues to escalate. …
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Renewables — What Are the Economic Realities?
In response to my white paper on The Tough Realities of Marketing and Sales, a reader points out a few of the economic realities that, in his mind, supersede the points I make in the report. In particular, he notes …
