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  Field Trip to The Geysers

  11.29.06 | Permalink | Comments Off on Field Trip to The Geysers

  Yesterday, two colleagues and I had the chance to visit a geothermal plant at The Geysers in Lake County, California. For those of you not familiar with the area, it’s near Middletown on Highway 29 about 32km (20m) north of Calistoga. There is a very narrow valley between two ~1,000m (~3,000′) elevation ridgelines. On the […]

• Business, Energy

  1/3 of US land managed by…

  11.24.06 | Permalink | Comments Off on 1/3 of US land managed by…

  The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Managment (346 million acres) and the Department of Agriculture, US Forestry Service (192 million acres.) I haven’t been able to find an overall reference to the US Department of Defense, but one installation, White Sands in New Mexico is approximately 2.5 million acres. No kidding, that’s alot […]

• Business, Technology & Science

  Investment Advice: Short Comcast (Part 2)

  11.21.06 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Earlier this year I wrote about a dismal experience I had with Comcast, you know, the Comcastic bunch from TV. In that article, I wrote that they would soon be fired in my household due to unfriendly business practices (still true, only the timing has changed.) Since that entry there have been two interesting developments. […]

• Business, Energy

  100MW Solar Plant planned in China

  11.21.06 | Permalink | Comments Off on 100MW Solar Plant planned in China

  A follow-up story from yesterday’s entry, there is a report out today that China intends to build the world’s largest solar electricity generation plant, 100MW. To put that in perspective, it’s about 1/2 the size of a traditional coal fired generation plant and about 10x the largest solar installations on the planet. If you’ve ever […]

• Business, Energy

  China to invest 1.5 Trillion Yuan ($189B) in renewable energy

  11.20.06 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  For whatever other shortcomings the government in China may have, I have to give credit where credit is due. Provided the investments are actually made and sustained, this signals an intent to stand in a leadership position with respect to renewable energy policy. I wonder if our political leadership is watching this? Renewable energy is […]

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