A $125,000 Snow Machine Is the Latest Toy of the Superrich https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-29/tucker-sno-cats-are-the-latest-toys-of-the-superrich
Saturday, December 30, 2017
Friday, December 29, 2017
Thursday, December 28, 2017
Wednesday, December 27, 2017
The Year in Money 2017 - Bloomberg
The Year in Money 2017 https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2017-year-in-money/
Tuesday, December 26, 2017
Saturday, December 23, 2017
The Major Changes in the New Republican Tax Code - Bloomberg
The Major Changes in the New Republican Tax Code https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2017-republican-tax-proposal/
Friday, December 22, 2017
AP Finds Climate Change Risk For 327 Toxic Superfund Sites
Trump's EPA Delays 3 Proposed Bans On Toxic Chemicals
Thursday, December 21, 2017
Trump Orders Boost In Production Of Critical Minerals
Of course the upside of being able to declare that you can no longer rely on global markets is that you get to mine and drill, baby drill on the basis of national security concerns
UN General Assembly votes to condemn Trump's Jerusalem decision - CNNPolitics
A totally Trump threat followed by a totally Trump reaction when anyone stands up to his threats.
Wednesday, December 20, 2017
Virgin Hyperloop One Just Broke Its Speed Record
A Sweeping Tax Plan Whose Promises Face Widespread Doubts
Zinke: US Reliance On Foreign Minerals A Security Risk - a direct outcome of a protectionist policy is that you cant rely on global trading partners you have pissed off.
Tuesday, December 19, 2017
The Fundamental Architecture of Energy Networks is Evolving
As you have all heard me say (probably to excess) utility networks are going to a redundant ring architecture on the long haul and metro rings and mesh in the local, mirroring advanced telecom networks and distributed generation and storage nodes will look just like an Internet for electrons instead of digital bits.
I was very happy to see that this guy agrees:
“We have a system which is energy-inefficient because it was never designed to be efficient,” said Richard L. Kauffman, the state’s so-called energy czar, who is leading its plans to reimagine the power grid. ”It’s like a
mainframe computer in the age of cloud computing”, he added, “and with climate change, the state has to “rethink that basic architecture.”
SOURCE, 2017 New York Times: Richard Kauffman, Chairman of Energy & Finance for New York (Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo),
Chair of the NYSERDA Board in 2017 New York Times.
Monday, December 18, 2017
Sunday, December 17, 2017
Friday, December 15, 2017
Thursday, December 14, 2017
Wednesday, December 13, 2017
Wisconsin Foxconn Plant May Get $140M Electricity Project
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Mining To Resume At Nuke Waste Dump For First Time Since Leak
See timeline and cost overruns from one incident at the place we bury tools and gloves used in the nuke industry.
Monday, December 11, 2017
Bitcoin's First 24 Hours on Wall Street Feed Euphoria and Doubts
The final quote in this article is the best bottom line conclusion on this run-up i have seen.
Sunday, December 10, 2017
Bitcoin Futures Trading Opening Brings Crypto to Wall Street
Bitcoin Futures Trading Opening Brings Crypto to Wall Street https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-10/bitcoin-futures-trading-opens-bringing-crypto-to-wall-street
Friday, December 8, 2017
Thursday, December 7, 2017
South Dakota Wind Blade Manufacturing Plant Announces Closure
More fallout from the fossil heads attack on the PTC? If we can't manufacture something as big and difficult to transport from afar as turbine blades, what makes anyone think we can level the playing field with Asia on solar panels by making them more expensive via tariffs?
Direct Renewable PPAs in Telecom and IT Sectors by Year - 2008 to Feb 2017
PPAs are becoming the primary mechanism corporations use to procure large amounts of clean power and add new renewable energy to the grid. Looking at aggregate renewable PPA deals signed by commercial, industrial, and institutional (C&I) organizations, it is clear that Tech and Telecom sectors have been major players; in 2015, 2/3 of non-utility renewable energy PPAs were executed by IT companies.
Monty Bannerman
ArcStar Energy
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GE Cuts 12K Power Jobs As Demand, Renewables Skew Market
First Siemens gas unit, now GE. Anyone relying on a belief that traditional utility networks and systems are not entering full technology disruption mode is heading toward a sunset.
The Mindshift Needed for Utility-integrated Energy Storage
Good article captures the opportunity, some core remaining architecture and economic model challenges and why the control and management software space is hot with acquistions.
Re: Hydrogen-Powered Trains To Run On German Rails In 2021
Hi Monty, very interesting, We have not heard from Hydrogenics??
SV
On Dec 6, 2017, at 5:30 PM, Monty Bannerman <mbannerman@arcstarenergy.com> wrote:
Train corridors in and out of NY are already powered by electricity. Adding fuel cell generation along the ROWs could accomplish same without having to carry and refuel pressurized fuel tanks on board the rolling stock.https://www.mbtmag.com/news/2017/11/hydrogen-powered-trains-run-german-rails-2021?cmpid=verticalcontent&__hstc=97553472.86dd36bfe76874bc17b7ae13acad081e.1489096093739.1512593742258.1512598911670.156&__hssc=97553472.1.1512598911670&__hsfp=3986090372
Wednesday, December 6, 2017
Biggest U.S. Nuclear Owner Exelon Invests in Storage Startup
Biggest U.S. Nuclear Owner Exelon Invests in Storage Startup https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-06/biggest-u-s-nuclear-owner-exelon-investing-in-storage-startup
Hydrogen-Powered Trains To Run On German Rails In 2021
Train corridors in and out of NY are already powered by electricity. Adding fuel cell generation along the ROWs could accomplish same without having to carry and refuel pressurized fuel tanks on board the rolling stock.
Tuesday, December 5, 2017
How Trump Did the Impossible: Getting Solar and Oil Lobbyists to Unite
How Trump Did the Impossible: Getting Solar and Oil Lobbyists to Unite https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-12-05/how-trump-did-the-impossible-got-solar-oil-lobbyists-to-unite
Fwd: Tax bill will slow solar progress. SPEAK OUT NOW!
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Adam Browning -- Vote Solar" <adam@votesolar.org>
Date: Dec 5, 2017 9:49 AM
Subject: Tax bill will slow solar progress. ACT NOW!
To: "Monty Bannerman" <mbannerman@arcstarenergy.com>
Cc:
From: "Adam Browning -- Vote Solar" <adam@votesolar.org>
Date: Dec 5, 2017 9:49 AM
Subject: Tax bill will slow solar progress. ACT NOW!
To: "Monty Bannerman" <mbannerman@arcstarenergy.com>
Cc:
Monty,
The tax bill that the Senate passed late Friday night will have huge ramifications for America's future, and renewables are no exception.The tax bill was passed with a provision that would undermine renewable investments (link), significantly harming America's ability to keep repowering the country with clean, low-cost solar. Not to mention the hundreds of thousands of solar and wind workers whose livelihoods are at stake.House members and senators are now reconciling differences between the two versions of the bill. There is a lot at stake, including America's solar and wind job-creating industries.Call your lawmakers to say NO to a tax plan that is bad for solar energy, bad for the local jobs it's creating, and bad for the healthier future it's building.Dial 202-224-3121 to be patched through to your representative. Once you tell them that you oppose the tax plan and its impact on renewables, hang up and dial again to send both of your senators the same message.Your elected officials work for you, the American people - and the vast majority of Americans support clean energy progress. Don't let Congress take that away.Onward,Adam + the Vote Solar teamP.S. Already make the called? Forward this action alert to friends, family, and colleagues. Every voice counts.
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Monday, December 4, 2017
BlackRock and Vanguard Are Less Than a Decade Away From Managing $20 Trillion
BlackRock and Vanguard Are Less Than a Decade Away From Managing $20 Trillion https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-12-04/blackrock-and-vanguard-s-20-trillion-future-is-closer-than-you-think
What Was Once Hailed as First U.S. Offshore Wind Farm Is No More
What Was Once Hailed as First U.S. Offshore Wind Farm Is No More https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-01/cape-wind-developer-terminates-project-opposed-by-kennedys-koch
America Crowns a New Pollution King
America Crowns a New Pollution King https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-04/america-crowns-a-new-pollution-king
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