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2010 Energy Report: Advancing Alt. Energy Base Load Power Production

While Alt. Fuel is our main focus, we are shifting the research this year to advance our Alt. Energy Base Load Power Production objectives because of the need for cheaper smart power onsite. That power demand will be extensive so we wish to design something that has never been done & something that will be a model for future development sites and projects. If you, or your company, are on the cutting edge of Thermal solar, TES, hydrogen, natural gas, CHP, heat & air, geothermal, on a base load scale, please consider presenting your white papers per our request.

We are tracking over 200 companies in these different energy areas and wish to learn more about how we might work together as we are able to see business development move in a like minded direction.  If we are not already tracking your company and you feel we should be, please let us know and we will look over your profile. Keep in mind this is base load and smart onsite which is not the norm. Our objective is to produce power cheaper, cleaner, smarter with combined energy sources & seemless intergration. If you don’t have a working solution for that type of energy production potential, that can be tracked at every point in the loop, the question becomes, why not? Current research and design models have our projected cost per MW of power far cheaper than most producing alternative energy systems & designs which means all old systems currently in production are outdated and of no use to us without extensive modification, demanding major expense, & rework.

We are open to co-production agreements with current old energy systems companies that know they must transfer their plant designs which are presently outdated. This will demand feedstock transfers, production downtime, construction costs which will be extensive, not to mention major investment in new & renovated infastructure, buildings and equipment, keeping in mind these will be first time projects never produced before. Total new alternative energy cost projections are a major part of our M&A evaluation process. Those numbers are presently far more than most have projected even on a model, first phase scale.  This is in large part due to remediation which seems lost to most in the total restructure equation. Without this extensive remediation expense understanding, whatever cost number that might be reached, has missed it’s mark on a grand scale. In fact, we will not consider any future project unless we have been in charge of all remediation work during the life of the cost consideration evaluation process phase. There will not be one dime spent on any potential old energy production plant rework without first having the remediation cost projections well in hand. Here we must work side by side with both CFO and COO who are the only people who might begin to understand the merit of our clean site objectives and process.

It is also important to remember we are talking about an underground and above ground sea of pipes, wires, equipment, & roads that must be integrated. Operations must be priority one with any new design. These operations must be integrated on a large scale. This means thinking in terms of a closed loop type system. This demands CAD/BIM/GIS.

This is where our alternative fuel designs are making advances and we feel our base load power production should have the same type model. Total utilization of energy must be a major objective.

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GreenVolts and NREL concentrating photovoltaic (CPV)

more about “GreenVolts & NREL“, posted with vodpod
NREL makes this interesting.

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Cost cutting in solar. Think recycled materials

The basic green design idea is to heat water.

Others spend more money doing the same thing on a larger scale.

Then you have the light of 700 suns…

http://news.cnet.com/2300-11386_3-6126981-4.html?tag=mncol

via the Fresnel lens, something we focus on here. The trick to bring the cost down far more than the present numbers. Sad fact is most still don’t know where the lens goes. Green intergrated design is about first seeing the whole system working in harmony with the rest of the eco system.

If you don’t have permaculture at the heart of your work, your on the wrong team. Sad fact is most do not care as long as they have a paying job. That sad fact is not seen just yet. It will be when the investors take the hit. If you not cutting costs & reducing the footprint via recycled materials and integrated sustainable design it is only a matter of time before a long term price will be paid.

The objective to reduce the footprint & the cost. Most have forgotten what reducing costs means. Where are the recycled materials? Why aren’t they being used? What’s wrong with cutting costs and using recycled materials? Seems some just don’t care about the cost or about the size of the footprint as they have been given endless supplies of money.

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One solar stock shines. Any guess which one?

Here is a clue. They are strong in sales. They are strong in plant management & being a good corp. citizen. They have a proven background and history.

Guess right and the full co. report is yours, no charge.

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SolFocus CPV

more about “Solfocus CPV“, posted with vodpod

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U.S. & Canada Solar stocks report update

 

Akeena Solar:  AKNS  

Applied Materials Inc.: AMAT 

Ascent Solar Technologies: ASTI 

ATS Automation Tooling Systems: ATA.TO 

Canadian Solar: CSIQ 

Carmanah Technologies Corp.: CMH.TO 

Cypress Semiconductor: CY 

DayStar Technologies: DSTI

From the 3/31 Q 
      Liquidity and Future Operations: 

The Company’s financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2008 and for the three months ended March 31, 2009 have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the settlement of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business. The Company is in the development stage, and as such, has historically reported net losses, including a net loss of $7.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2009. The Company anticipates it will continue to incur losses in the future as it commercializes its product. As noted herein, as a result of the Company’s current liquidity, there is substantial doubt as to its ability to continue as a going concern.

Commercialization efforts, including the completion and ramp-up of the Company’s initial module production line requires significant additional capital expenditures as well as associated continued development and administrative costs. In order to continue operations, including its development efforts utilizing its pre-production line, fully build-out its initial manufacturing line and commence commercial shipments of its product, the Company requires immediate and substantial additional capital beyond its current cash on hand. In order to address its financing needs, the Company has engaged a financial advisor to assist in securing a relationship with appropriate strategic investors or partners that can provide the funding necessary to continue the Company’s operations. To date, the Company has been unable to raise additional capital or complete an agreement with an investor or strategic partner. Although the Company continues to seek strategic investors or partners, in light of its current cash position, the Company may in the near term be forced to substantially curtail operations, file a voluntary petition for reorganization under the United States Bankruptcy Code, liquidate assets, and/or pursue other such actions that could adversely affect future operations. Given current market conditions and available opportunities, there is substantial doubt as to the Company’s ability to complete a financing in the time frame required to remain in operation. A wide variety of factors relating to the Company and external conditions could adversely affect its ability to secure additional funding and the terms of any funding that it secures.

Emcore Corp.: EMKR 

Evergreen Solar: ESLR 

 

First Solar Inc.:  FSLR 

GT Solar:  SOLR

ICP Solar: ICPR.OB 

Jabil Circuit Inc.:  JBL 

MEMC Electronic Materials: WFR 

REAL GOODS SOLAR INC: RSOL 

Spire Corp: SPIR 

SunPowerCorp.: SPWRA 

SunPower Corp. has signed a multi-year solar panel manufacturing agreement with Jabil Circuit Inc. to build panels for SunPower’s North American solar market. Jabil will begin manufacturing panels for SunPower in Mexico in the second half of this year.        

“This agreement provides SunPower with the flexibility to site manufacturing near the largest and fastest-growing solar markets in North America, improving the efficiency of our supply chain,” says Marty Neese, SunPower’s chief operating officer.


Tracking and research report updating purposes only.  

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CPV 2009 updated report

From the EMCORE Corporation second quarter fiscal 2009 earnings conference call:  

Second quarter photovoltaic gross margin on a GAAP basis was -24.7% which is a decrease from 12.8% gross margin in the prior period nd 13.6% when compared to the immediately preceding quarter. The decline in photovoltaic gross margin was due primarily to inventory write downs of approximately $5.6 million associated with the earlier versions of both CPV components or systems that have become obsolete due to the introduction of newer high performance product platforms and product warranty accruals associated with our CPV products.

The question becomes who else is facing this same obsolete component problem?

The development of our Gen-III CPV system products is progressing well. The demonstration system of Gen-III is up and running in our solar test field. It looks like we can achieve module efficiency of 30% at a cost which would be very competitive with the future price of the silicon and thin film products. We expect the production of the Gen-III products to begin in the second half of 2009.

EMCORE Corp. (EMKR) 1.19


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