Renewable Energy Discussions - TechHui2024-03-29T01:39:34Zhttp://www.techhui.com/group/renewableenergy/forum?groupUrl=renewableenergy&feed=yes&xn_auth=noSolar Systems in Hawaii - A No Brainertag:www.techhui.com,2011-02-09:1702911:Topic:735442011-02-09T07:34:25.309ZCharleshttp://www.techhui.com/profile/Charles
<p>I would like to start a discussion thread by throwing out a proposition - <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Acquiring a Solar System (Photovoltaic or Solar Thermal) in Hawaii is a no brainer</span>. If anyone thinks otherwise, please drop me a line and would love to convince you otherwise. This is what I do for a living.</p>
<p>Aloha</p>
<p>Charles</p>
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<p>I would like to start a discussion thread by throwing out a proposition - <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Acquiring a Solar System (Photovoltaic or Solar Thermal) in Hawaii is a no brainer</span>. If anyone thinks otherwise, please drop me a line and would love to convince you otherwise. This is what I do for a living.</p>
<p>Aloha</p>
<p>Charles</p>
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<p> </p> Codexis Biocatalysts/Pharma IPO Tomorrow as one of 8 IPOs planned for this week http://www.codexis.com/tag:www.techhui.com,2010-04-22:1702911:Topic:602112010-04-22T01:58:59.547ZDavid Heerwald Leonardhttp://www.techhui.com/profile/DavidHeerwaldLeonard477
<p>Codexis (CDXS) priced today and will go to market tomorrow at offer price of USD13.00 and 6.0 mm shares underwritten by Credit Suisse and Piper Jaffray. Codexis is a Shell Oil-backed developer of biocatalysts for biofuel and pharma applications and, I believe, is the first biofuel related IPO in over 2 years (since REG pulled their IPO in March 2008). More info at:…</p>
<p>Codexis (CDXS) priced today and will go to market tomorrow at offer price of USD13.00 and 6.0 mm shares underwritten by Credit Suisse and Piper Jaffray. Codexis is a Shell Oil-backed developer of biocatalysts for biofuel and pharma applications and, I believe, is the first biofuel related IPO in over 2 years (since REG pulled their IPO in March 2008). More info at:</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.renaissancecapital.com/ipohome/ipoprofile.aspx?ticker=CDXS">http://www.renaissancecapital.com/ipohome/ipoprofile.aspx?ticker=CDXS</a></p> New Design Strategy for the Artificial Leaftag:www.techhui.com,2010-04-17:1702911:Topic:599932010-04-17T05:54:43.511ZKonstantin A Lukinhttp://www.techhui.com/profile/KonstantinLukin
<div>While we (humans) are still struggling with sustainable fuel designs, nature has had the answer for millions of years. Now scientists are trying to develop a paradigm that mimics some of nature's original functions. This new artificial leaf would use sunlight and water to produce hydrogen, which in turn can be used as hydrogen fuel.…</div>
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<div>While we (humans) are still struggling with sustainable fuel designs, nature has had the answer for millions of years. Now scientists are trying to develop a paradigm that mimics some of nature's original functions. This new artificial leaf would use sunlight and water to produce hydrogen, which in turn can be used as hydrogen fuel.</div>
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<br/> Europe Finds Clean Energy in Trash, but U.S. Lagstag:www.techhui.com,2010-04-13:1702911:Topic:597202010-04-13T21:07:32.158ZKonstantin A Lukinhttp://www.techhui.com/profile/KonstantinLukin
<div>Hmm.. why is US so resistant to clean energy initiatives? Is it not economically viable? Is there a psychological barrier to it? </div>
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<div>Anyway, looks like Europe is picking up speed on waste-to-energy programs. …</div>
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<div>Hmm.. why is US so resistant to clean energy initiatives? Is it not economically viable? Is there a psychological barrier to it? </div>
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<div>Anyway, looks like Europe is picking up speed on waste-to-energy programs. </div>
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(94, 94, 94);"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/13/science/earth/13trash.html?pagewanted=1">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/13/science/earth/13trash.html?pagewanted=1</a></span></span></div>
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(94, 94, 94);"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/13/science/earth/13trash.html?pagewanted=1"></a></span>Denmark now has 29 such plants, serving 98 municipalities in a country of 5.5 million people, and 10 more are planned or under construction. Across Europe, there are about 400 plants, with Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands leading the pack in expanding them and building new ones.</span></div>
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">By contrast, no new waste-to-energy plants are being planned or built in the United States, the <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/e/environmental_protection_agency/index.html?inline=nyt-org" title="More articles about the Environmental Protection Agency." class="meta-org" style="color: rgb(0, 66, 118); text-decoration: underline;">Environmental Protection Agency</a> says — even though the federal government and 24 states now classify waste that is burned this way for energy as a renewable fuel, in many cases eligible for subsidies. There are only 87 trash-burning power plants in the United States, a country of more than 300 million people, and almost all were built at least 15 years ago.</span></div> PACIFIC RIM SUMMIT ON INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOENERGYtag:www.techhui.com,2009-05-30:1702911:Topic:435822009-05-30T18:14:32.580ZDaniel Leuckhttp://www.techhui.com/profile/dleuck
Posted on behalf of the <a href="http://www.hiscitech.org/">Hawaii Science & Technology Council</a><br />
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PACIFIC RIM<br />
<a href="http://www.bio.org/pacrim/">SUMMIT ON INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOENERGY</a><br />
November 8-11, 2009<br />
Honolulu, Hawaii<br />
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Call for Papers, Panels, and Posters extended!<br />
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New deadline: June 12th, 2009<br />
<a href="http://www.bio.org/pacrim/speakers/index.asp">Submit a Presentation Today</a><br />
Topics Needed:<br />
- Algae for fuels<br />
- Marine Bio-Resources<br />
- Cellulosic Ethanol and…
Posted on behalf of the <a href="http://www.hiscitech.org/">Hawaii Science & Technology Council</a><br />
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PACIFIC RIM<br />
<a href="http://www.bio.org/pacrim/">SUMMIT ON INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOENERGY</a><br />
November 8-11, 2009<br />
Honolulu, Hawaii<br />
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Call for Papers, Panels, and Posters extended!<br />
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New deadline: June 12th, 2009<br />
<a href="http://www.bio.org/pacrim/speakers/index.asp">Submit a Presentation Today</a><br />
Topics Needed:<br />
- Algae for fuels<br />
- Marine Bio-Resources<br />
- Cellulosic Ethanol and Advanced Biofuels<br />
- Renewable Hydrocarbons<br />
- Biohydrogen<br />
- Advances in Enzymes & Fermentation Organisms<br />
- Biopolymers and Bioplastics<br />
- Biocatalysis<br />
- Dedicated Energy Crops<br />
- Sustainable Feedstock Collection<br />
- Nano-biotechnology<br />
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<b>About the Pacific Rim Summit</b><br />
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), a leader in industrial biotechnology is pleased to announce the fourth annual Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy. Our meeting will continue and expand the essential exchange between industry, academia and government that has been so successful at the World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing. We will address the latest issues in industrial biotechnology including algae for fuels, marine bio-resources, advanced biofuels, renewable hydrocarbons, biopolymers and bioplastics, dedicated energy crops, and much more.<br />
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For further information please visit their <a href="http://www.bio.org/pacrim">website</a> or email them at <a href="mailto:pacrim@bio.org">pacrim@bio.org</a> Stand for Clean Energy - Rally at the Hawaii State Capitoltag:www.techhui.com,2009-04-27:1702911:Topic:409642009-04-27T21:02:50.228ZDaniel Leuckhttp://www.techhui.com/profile/dleuck
(posted on behalf of <a href="http://www.techhui.com/profile/HenkRogers">Henk Rogers</a>)<br />
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Dear Friends,<br />
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We need your help. We need a half hour of your time for a worthy cause.<br />
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Hawaii's energy future is based on clean, indigenous, renewable sources of power, not new fossil fuel power plants. To realize this vision, the Governor and leadership in the Senate introduced a bill (HB1464) to disallow future fossil fuel power plants in Hawaii. The “no new fossil fuel” policy was the product of the…
(posted on behalf of <a href="http://www.techhui.com/profile/HenkRogers">Henk Rogers</a>)<br />
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Dear Friends,<br />
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We need your help. We need a half hour of your time for a worthy cause.<br />
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Hawaii's energy future is based on clean, indigenous, renewable sources of power, not new fossil fuel power plants. To realize this vision, the Governor and leadership in the Senate introduced a bill (HB1464) to disallow future fossil fuel power plants in Hawaii. The “no new fossil fuel” policy was the product of the partnership between the U.S. Department of Energy and the State of Hawai‘i (“Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative”). They contracted with global energy experts Booz Allen Hamilton who conducted various scenario analyses on how to achieve a 70% clean energy goal by 2030. The results of those analyses demonstrated that Hawaii’s clean energy future does not require new fossil fuel generating units.<br />
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In addition, last year Governor Lingle and Hawaiian Electric's Robbie Alm signed an historic agreement. HECO promised that they would not build any new fossil fuel powered plant in Hawaii (no oil, no coal, no gas). Today, some lawmakers are attempting to water down this simple commitment and open loopholes to allow the new use of oil and fossil fuels in Hawaii. We need to stand firmly for a clean energy future for Hawaii!<br />
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Here's what I need you to do. Show up at the Hawaii State Capitol at 12:00 today, for 30 minutes. Let your legislators know you don't want them to water down this critical legislation. HECO made a promise. Analyses show a ban is vital to stay on track for our clean energy goals.<br />
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No oil, no coal, no gas!<br />
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A promise is a promise!<br />
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Some day, the tankers will skip Hawaii because of some political upheaval somewhere.<br />
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Some day oil will simply be too expensive for us to burn it for electricity.<br />
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Some day the people of Hawaii will thank us for ending Hawaii's addiction to oil.<br />
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Or some day they will curse us for not having done enough to stop it.<br />
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Which will it be.<br />
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No oil, no coal, no gas!<br />
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A promise is a promise!<br />
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This is Hawaii's hour of need. Join the friends of the Blue Planet Foundation today at the at the Hawaii State Capital and let your representatives know what you think.<br />
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Forward this mail to anyone you know who feels the same way. Better yet call them and ask them to come. Please.<br />
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A promise is a promise.<br />
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Aloha,<br />
Henk Rogers<br />
Blue Planet Foundation Hoku Scientific Execs Decline Bonusestag:www.techhui.com,2009-02-12:1702911:Topic:324102009-02-12T23:36:12.555ZLaurence A. Leehttp://www.techhui.com/profile/LaurenceALee
In what I can only describe as a huge breath of fresh air, it seems the upper management of Hoku Scientific has declined their own bonuses:<br />
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IMHO, this is a surprisingly "stand-up" move on their behalf. I might have to pick up some of their stock just because the management team earned huge Trust Points with this move. :-)
In what I can only describe as a huge breath of fresh air, it seems the upper management of Hoku Scientific has declined their own bonuses:<br />
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<a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2009/02/09/daily38.html">http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2009/02/09/daily38.html</a><br />
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IMHO, this is a surprisingly "stand-up" move on their behalf. I might have to pick up some of their stock just because the management team earned huge Trust Points with this move. :-) Any Residential Photovoltaic Installations in this grouptag:www.techhui.com,2009-02-11:1702911:Topic:321202009-02-11T18:34:29.037ZRussell Castagnarohttp://www.techhui.com/profile/RussellCastagnaro
I was just wondering if any others have installed PV on their homes. I have been slowly installing PV on my house for 5 years now. I've got 36 - 175watt panels now and I'm generating electricity at a pretty decent rate. I installed the systems to maximize the Tax credit benefit.
I was just wondering if any others have installed PV on their homes. I have been slowly installing PV on my house for 5 years now. I've got 36 - 175watt panels now and I'm generating electricity at a pretty decent rate. I installed the systems to maximize the Tax credit benefit. Lockheed-Martin + Hawaii + OTEC = Wintag:www.techhui.com,2008-11-19:1702911:Topic:264932008-11-19T20:09:35.153ZLaurence A. Leehttp://www.techhui.com/profile/LaurenceALee
This <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2008/11/17/daily35.html">nice little blurb</a> from Pacific Business News popped up in my morning's <a href="http://reader.google.com">Google Reader</a> session.<br />
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Looks like Lockheed-Martin is making a Renewable Energy investment in Hawaii, specifically a form of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC).<br />
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All I can say is, "It's about <b>*bleep*</b>ing time!" While Lockheed doesn't get glowing reviews from my old college friends who worked…
This <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2008/11/17/daily35.html">nice little blurb</a> from Pacific Business News popped up in my morning's <a href="http://reader.google.com">Google Reader</a> session.<br />
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Looks like Lockheed-Martin is making a Renewable Energy investment in Hawaii, specifically a form of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC).<br />
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All I can say is, "It's about <b>*bleep*</b>ing time!" While Lockheed doesn't get glowing reviews from my old college friends who worked at their Aerospace division in Sunnyvale, Lockheed DOES have their hand in a lot of fascinating Engineering projects.<br />
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Personally, I'm thrilled at the prospect of Lockheed growing their Hawaii operations, as that can only mean more Good Paying Jobs for Engineers. Hopefully a win for local Engineers born, raised, educated, and struggling to justify remaining in Hawaii.<br />
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With so many natural resources available via Solar, Waves, GeoThermal, and Deep-Sea cooling, and decades of knowledge on how to use those energy sources, I'm surprised it has taken this long for Hawaii to be noticed.<br />
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IMHO, the Big Island -- particularly Hilo -- is a prime candidate to be at the forefront of the world's Renewable Energy research. I'd love nothing more than to have Governor Lingle, and President-Elect Obama promote Renewable Energy programs there, in an effort to JUMP-START America's languishing ability to innovate Engineering Solutions for the world to embrace.<br />
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If anything, a Renewable Energy initiative for Hawaii would be a much better investment than the failed Space Shuttle landing strip idea. Which Hawaii politicians promoted that idea, again? Oh yeah. :-p<br />
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And for the record, I hereby call dibbs on the term "Renewable Valley" for Hawaii! :o) Sustain Hawaiiʻs Walk Story Workshoptag:www.techhui.com,2008-11-12:1702911:Topic:256382008-11-12T20:56:42.053ZKevin Vaccarellohttp://www.techhui.com/profile/KevinVaccarello
Hi all,<br />
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Many apologies for the very late notice, but Sustain Hawaii is having a "Walk Story" event at Downtown Restaurant from 6-9pm. We will be unveiling an innovative 401k plan which has a collective trust associated to it for investments going to local, clean energy/tech orgs via Kolohala Ventures and Sennet Capital.<br />
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Click <a href="http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/304737/bf75d867a7/1342000754/d4c02a74fd/">here</a> for our most recent invite:<br />
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Aloha,<br />
Kevin Vaccarello
Hi all,<br />
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Many apologies for the very late notice, but Sustain Hawaii is having a "Walk Story" event at Downtown Restaurant from 6-9pm. We will be unveiling an innovative 401k plan which has a collective trust associated to it for investments going to local, clean energy/tech orgs via Kolohala Ventures and Sennet Capital.<br />
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Click <a href="http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/304737/bf75d867a7/1342000754/d4c02a74fd/">here</a> for our most recent invite:<br />
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Aloha,<br />
Kevin Vaccarello