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  • Axion Power Concentrator 238: May 21: Axion Power Reports First Quarter Results For 2013 [View instapost]
    sorry, does seem to be gone now. ? It was a just published article by Chris Nelder. I can only assume it will come back. Title was something like
    Microgrids: friend or foe of utilities
    May 23 03:25 PM | 2 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Axion Power Concentrator 238: May 21: Axion Power Reports First Quarter Results For 2013 [View instapost]
    [Ok, so I am trying to put "C"arbon before the lead (Pb). Any takers?]

    Sold. Very sexy. :-)
    May 23 03:21 PM | 3 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Axion Power Concentrator 238: May 21: Axion Power Reports First Quarter Results For 2013 [View instapost]
    New article on microgrids:

    "as of 2011, solar is cheaper than diesel for any island"

    "two islands that are now pursuing the microgrid strategy. El Hierro, a Spanish Canary Island off the coast of Africa, has become the world's first 100 percent renewable energy island by replacing its diesel generators with a microgrid powered by an 11.5-megawatt wind farm, 11.3 megawatts of pumped hydro storage, and solar PV and solar thermal systems. And Graciosa Island, off the coast of Portugal, expects to have a microgrid online by the end of 2013, with 65 percent of its supply provided by renewables."
    http://bit.ly/10qmI2n
    May 23 02:43 PM | 1 Like Like |Link to Comment
  • Axion Power Concentrator 238: May 21: Axion Power Reports First Quarter Results For 2013 [View instapost]
    No doubt a rhetorical question, HTL, but my answer is yes!
    May 23 02:41 PM | 1 Like Like |Link to Comment
  • 10 Clean Energy Stocks For 2013: April Update [View article]
    WFI (WFIFF) has moved up decisively in recent days. I tend to think it has even further to go. And there is a fat dividend which should support the price.
    May 23 02:33 PM | 0 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Axion Power Concentrator 238: May 21: Axion Power Reports First Quarter Results For 2013 [View instapost]
    Stefan, I think you are right in that concern. I'm betting that we're not too early. . . Today looks like a great day to buy ZBB.
    May 23 12:57 PM | 2 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Axion Power Concentrator 238: May 21: Axion Power Reports First Quarter Results For 2013 [View instapost]
    Are we reading this abandonment of the PbC for the hub as a decision made by Axion--not Rosewater?
    May 23 09:44 AM | 2 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Axion Power Concentrator 238: May 21: Axion Power Reports First Quarter Results For 2013 [View instapost]
    DRich, I am not. I think its too early.
    May 23 09:39 AM | 1 Like Like |Link to Comment
  • Axion Power Concentrator 238: May 21: Axion Power Reports First Quarter Results For 2013 [View instapost]
    Rick, all the best on the project! Thank you for your efforts.
    May 21 07:54 PM | 4 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Axion Power Concentrator 237: May 16: Axion Power Reports First Quarter Results For 2013 [View instapost]
    In transit buses, low-floor is in (no steps at the door) and the batteries go on the roof.
    great photo: http://bit.ly/117IGG9
    http://bit.ly/163MIZ1
    May 20 09:24 PM | 2 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Axion Power Concentrator 237: May 16: Axion Power Reports First Quarter Results For 2013 [View instapost]
    Hybrid buses in the US suffer from their 40% price premium. Hello battery pack! And the fact that the batteries only last 7-8 years. They use Nimh or A123 lithium ion. Supercaps appear to have failed in the US for hybrid buses so far. They have been tested.

    We've speculated that PbC would suffer too much from the weight disadvantage. However, Dr. Buiel, you do not seem to agree with that.

    BAE Systems (in Endicott NY, close to New Castle, PA) builds one of the big 2 US transit bus hybrid powertrains. Theirs is a series hybrid a la ePower, only with more opportunity for regen braking. They seem to be married to A123 but I've often thought they'd have nothing to lose from testing the PbC. Presumably it would cut the cost. Would it have higher charge acceptance as well?

    http://bit.ly/YVw48t
    May 20 09:08 PM | 6 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Axion Power Concentrator 237: May 16: Axion Power Reports First Quarter Results For 2013 [View instapost]
    thotdoc, right on man! I like all of your points. This is a revolutionary product and its progress is slow as molasses, but there is progress in most every direction and the story is intact.
    Even better than intact. BMW is introducing the company to its battery suppliers and saying "work with this newbie." I'm enthused!

    That said, I agree that more waiting is on tap.
    May 16 05:51 PM | 12 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Axion Power Concentrator 237: May 16: Axion Power Reports First Quarter Results For 2013 [View instapost]
    Tripleback, hogs have good noses :-)
    May 16 05:45 PM | 1 Like Like |Link to Comment
  • Axion Power Concentrator 236: May 15: Axion Power Releases Quarterly Report For The First Quarter 2013 [View instapost]
    wtb,

    Feels like summer here already. Technically its only 5 weeks away.
    May 16 03:10 PM | 1 Like Like |Link to Comment
  • Axion Power Concentrator 235: May 12: Axion Power Completes Private Placement For $9 Million And $1 Million [View instapost]
    D-inv, good points.
    May 16 09:09 AM | 1 Like Like |Link to Comment
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