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  • Seven New Developments in Renewable Energy
    Bravo and hats off to billp37 ! power must be defined over time to be truly useful..
    From all us electrical engineers out there (r there any others left?) Thanks!!



    On Jan 05 09:42 AM billp37 wrote:

    > "The plant will have a capacity of 400 megawatts according to a Bloomberg
    > report." ...
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    > "total annual production capacity of over 1,125MW of wind turbines"
    > ...
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    > "66MW on-grid photovoltaic project" ...
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    > "China's wind energy capacity has reached 1GW in 2008" ....
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    > "generate 3.6 gigawatts of energy which could provide power for up
    > to 5m homes from 2012"
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    > Peak generating capability is important.
    >
    > But we think the concept of CAPACITY FACTOR is also important.

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    > www.google.com/search?...;q=capacity+factor+def...

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    > Fine to report kilo-, mega-, or gigwatts but kilo-, mega-, gigawatt
    > HOURS probably should be reported too?
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    Jan 05 11:57 am |Rating: +1 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • Suntech Power: Now a Takeover Target
    I see no mention of the licensing agreement with Open Energy Corp . OEGY and Suntech. This would add BIPV to Suntechs manufacturing portfolio.
    Dec 09 10:17 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • Suntech Power: Now a Takeover Target
    to oneal:
    I agree . I doubt very much if 50% energy conversion to electricity was meant. 50% up from 22% is still quite laudable, if true. (~33%?)
    Dec 09 10:13 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • The Perversion of American Capitalism
    Mr. Sanaullah, i agree with most of your premises , except that part about inflation . If we proceed on the present path , we will inevitably end up with deflation, as money becomes cheap, it will be hoarded, rather than lent/ borrowed. This should counter the inflation you refer to, and possibly the need to invest/ hide in precious metals.
    Nov 05 05:32 am |Rating: +1 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • Understanding the TED Spread
    Question: Why do borrowing eurodollars (futures) have to do necessarily with corporate borrowing?
    Oct 16 15:47 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • The $60 Trillion Nightmare of Credit Default Swaps
    hey CZ:
    Sorry for being stupid, but whats the rake you speak of? Is that the amount the gov't bumped up the package? ?
    Oct 08 15:08 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • The $60 Trillion Nightmare of Credit Default Swaps
    Mr. Jefferson:
    Id like to know what percentage of the $60T CDSs out there are naked. These are the ones that are troublesome since they are /were written without owning any security.
    Oct 08 10:29 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • Here Go the Short ETFs
    to DaveW: good buy !
    Sep 19 13:49 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • Commodities Meltdown as Dollar Surges
    to bowman 711: you make a lot of sense ; people get a false sense of security just before the election, benchmarks soar for a while, then a reversion to a sinking dollar and higher comm prices may take over , maybe even before years end...
    Sep 12 09:07 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • Breaking Up with ETFs is Hard To Do
    UNG has to be a bargain at these levels. Of course I bought in a lot higher not realizing the slowdown would hit all/most energy equities . I feel the same way about KOL, the coal company tracking ETF (Stowe index)
    Sep 08 12:57 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • Variant Perception: Sears Holdings and Financials
    to kkin365: yes . that the general idea. At these levels I think SKF is a steal. may go back to 190+. Problem is at what rate?
    Sep 02 10:14 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • American Capital Q2 2008 Earnings Update
    One question: how long can they keep on paying that lofty dividend in this economic environment?
    Aug 27 11:31 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • Global Carbon Trading Index - Updated
    to 300mph : you are so right. Any new fund or note to invent , the investment banker/robbers will.
    Aug 26 10:19 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • Natural Gas Fund Is Flaming Out
    Im in the same boat as you, Gary. After poring over the prospectus for UNG, I invested anyway because I wanted a position in NG. The tracking of the commodity itself, as you duly noted, has been horrible. I hope the contango and backwardation do balance over time, however, and I really only see upward pressure on prices , especially going into the winter.
    Aug 22 09:57 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • Really Getting Into Coal
    my input: if KOL is an ETF then it could be shorted like any other ETF.or stock.
    Aug 04 13:19 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article

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