Fracking and the Natural Gas “Shale Gale”
Eric Wesoff: April 24, 2012
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List includes environmentalists, NGOs, Chief-of-Staff’s former employer.
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Island grids plus lots of new wind power equals expensive energy storage needs.
The firm’s looking to “radically transform the economics of energy consumption in commercial businesses.”
Stock hits record sub-$1.00 lows amidst recall and financial pressures.
CEO Kevin Smith says his solar power tower and molten salt storage system is “less expensive, more efficient, and technically superior.”
PowerGenix’s deal with big battery maker EnerSys will give its nickel-zinc batteries a chance to prove their worth.
UCLA’s Smart Grid Energy Research Center is testing ways to use solar innovatively and economically.
The startup behind big wind power storage projects in Hawaii and Texas is also building small-scale batteries to back microgrids for border colonias, and is eyeing other markets.
More troubles for A123
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