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Active Power Inc. (ACPW)

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  • On EESAT and Energy Storage Opportunities on the Smart Grid [View article]
    My latest fav creation is the swine flu prevention handshake: a thumbs up fist bump. I now see people doing it even when I'm not... More »
    Comment by Mayascribe
    Oct 29 17:28 pm |
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  • On EESAT and Energy Storage Opportunities on the Smart Grid [View article]
    Mayascribe, I always love adding new words to the lexicon, especially when they are so thoroughly descriptive. The prior addition was... More »
    Comment by John Petersen
    Oct 29 17:10 pm |
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  • On EESAT and Energy Storage Opportunities on the Smart Grid [View article]
    Hopium! Hilarious, John. I'm with you. I put 100 shares of ZBB @ $1.47 on the board the day you suggested I should. Nothing out... More »
    Comment by Mayascribe
    Oct 29 16:14 pm |
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  • On EESAT and Energy Storage Opportunities on the Smart Grid [View article]
    waitaminit, my price chart shows ZBB peaking at about $1.80 last December and trading a little below $1 in April. I'm unaware of any... More »
    Comment by John Petersen
    Oct 29 15:59 pm |
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  • On EESAT and Energy Storage Opportunities on the Smart Grid [View article]
    John--Why are people dumping ZBB, your favorite short term stock? Now lost 60% in less than 3 months. Why we should buy at $1.08?
    Comment by waitaminit
    Oct 29 13:47 pm |
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  • On EESAT and Energy Storage Opportunities on the Smart Grid [View article]
    JP: I agree about performance improvements. Beacon has an impressive track record in R&D and has been at it for more than a decade. The... More »
    Comment by JLBR
    Oct 28 10:37 am |
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  • On EESAT and Energy Storage Opportunities on the Smart Grid [View article]
    D.McHattie, the envision solar video is a good presentation and highlights one of the many chicken or egg problems of plug-ins; which... More »
    Comment by John Petersen
    Oct 28 01:42 am |
    Rating: 0 -1
  • On EESAT and Energy Storage Opportunities on the Smart Grid [View article]
    JP: Good point about supply/demand issues. But they are only one of the problems with V2G, albeit one that most clearly shows the... More »
    Comment by JLBR
    Oct 28 00:55 am |
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  • On EESAT and Energy Storage Opportunities on the Smart Grid [View article]
    JP, you've no doubt by now viewed the Envision video featuring an Axion battery as part of the overall 'Solar Tree' concept - what do... More »
    Comment by D. McHattie
    Oct 27 20:14 pm |
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  • On EESAT and Energy Storage Opportunities on the Smart Grid [View article]
    JLBR, the number was presented as an example based on the President's target of 1 million vehicles and their service area encompassing... More »
    Comment by John Petersen
    Oct 27 18:21 pm |
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  • On EESAT and Energy Storage Opportunities on the Smart Grid [View article]
    JP: The PJM estimate you cite -- 180,000 plug-ins on the road (in the PJM region, I presume?) by 2015 -- is not credible, is it? It's... More »
    Comment by JLBR
    Oct 27 17:29 pm |
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  • On EESAT and Energy Storage Opportunities on the Smart Grid [View article]
    user1010101, the closest we came was a guy from Lockheed and a Kleiner Perkins partner, neither of whom was willing to comment.
    Comment by John Petersen
    Oct 27 10:54 am |
    Rating: 0 -1
  • On EESAT and Energy Storage Opportunities on the Smart Grid [View article]
    hey John, was anyone at this conference from EEstor or Zenn Motoros?
    Comment by user1010101
    Oct 27 08:31 am |
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  • On EESAT and Energy Storage Opportunities on the Smart Grid [View article]
    DanEA, there have been a number of cases where a small fault starts a cascade and the result is a wide-area blackout that could well... More »
    Comment by John Petersen
    Oct 27 05:47 am |
    Rating: 0 -1
  • On EESAT and Energy Storage Opportunities on the Smart Grid [View article]
    I must add my two cents to this. #1: Blackouts have nothing to do with grid reliability based on what grid frequency regulators are... More »
    Comment by DanEA
    Oct 27 03:25 am |
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