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  Calpine’s Market Cap Shrinks

  09.13.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Calpine’s Market Cap Shrinks

  Originally published at Montara Energy Ventures. Back in June when Calpine’s reorganization plan was announced, the stock traded at $2.93 per share. On that day, we predicted that the shares would slide (in the face of a post-announcement pop to $3.21/share) to a level that would more accurately reflect the value for shareholders. Yesterday, the […]

• Energy

  21st Century Citizen has a great light bulb efficiency video

  09.13.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on 21st Century Citizen has a great light bulb efficiency video

  Posted on their site. It goes through the nuts and bolts of incandescent vs. compact fluorescent vs. LED light bulbs with a multi-meter based experiment. Suffice to say, LEDs are the most efficient (and expensive) that yield the least light. CFLs represent the middle ground with equivalent light for 75% less power. This short video […]

• Energy, Innovation

  Cree’s SAM electric vehicle

  09.12.07 | Permalink | 5 Comments

  Originally published at Montara Energy Ventures. The Creative Engineering Company (Cree) in Switzerland is back with a reconstituted SMART car called SAM. This two passenger car has a range of over 50km, can cruise at 85kph, and gets a full charge within 6 hours (70% in 2 hours.) The vehicle has a target price of […]

• Energy

  How to assess geothermal resource potential

  09.11.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Originally published at Montara Energy Ventures. Via Renewable Energy Access: Question: I live near a geothermal hot spring. Does that mean that there are geothermal power resources underground? How do I go about finding out? — John from Moscow, Idaho Karl Gawell’s Answer: Hi John. Thanks for your inquiry. I wish I could take a […]

• Energy

  Colorado thinks it might be hot

  09.10.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Colorado thinks it might be hot

  Originally published at Montara Energy Ventures. Via Renewable Energy Access: Estimated to contain some of the best geothermal resources in the U.S., Colorado is trying to expand its geothermal development and catch up with other western states like Nevada and California that have begun to take advantage of their abundant resources. Fossil fuel industries in […]

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