Graphene Nanoplatlets
Applied Graphene Materials (AGM: LSE) has developed a process for high-volume production of graphene nanoplatelets or ‘stacks of two-dimensional graphene sheets that can be used in coatings, composites and polymers. The attributes of nanoplatelets are not as impressive as the single layer of carbon atoms that scientists work with on their laboratory benches. However, nanoplatelets ‘play’ better than single atoms, dispersing more easily into other materials. Applied’s management says the promise of graphene is better achieved by being practical in transferring its characteristics to other high value materials.
Applied’s graphene nanoplatelets are used in a range of products: paints, coatings, polymers, composites, thermal pastes, and lubricants. In...
Tall Neighbor Coming to Arizona Desert Community
by Debra Fiakas CFA The citizens of a San Luis, Arizona are about to get a new, very tall neighbor. Solar Wind Energy, Inc. (SWET: OTCQB; formerly Clean Wind Energy Tower) recently secured 600 acres in the area to build a solar wind tower. This is a unique design that takes advantage of air heated by the sun’s power utilizes. Fast cooling of the air creates a powerful downdraft that drives turbines at the chimney base. Solar Wind expects the generators attached to its turbines to produce up to 1,250 megawatts of electricity that can be...
ChangeWave Research Alternative Energy Trends Report
As promised earlier this week, I have been given permission to post the abstract of the ChangeWave Research Alternative Energy Trends report. I work for the publishing company that produces the ChangeWave services and have been involved with ChangeWave from the beginning. I am also an Alliance member. The ChangeWave Alliance is a group of about 5,000 industry insiders and professionals that are regularly surveyed to track economic and investment trends in various sectors of the market. You can learn more about ChangeWave at their newly redesigned website. If you are currently an alternative energy professional and want...
Princeton’s Plasma Physics Laboratory to lead U.S. fusion research project
The U.S. Department of Energy chose Princeton's Plasma Physics Laboratory to lead the United States' participation in an international fusion energy project known as the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER). "We wanted to do it because it gives us an intellectual role in planning this experiment and making sure it succeeds," said Robert Goldston GS '77, director of the plasma physics lab. "This is very important for the future of fusion energy." In what Goldston described as an "amazing step" towards the development of nuclear fusion, ITER aims to construct the first device capable of producing self-sustaining...
Producing Graphene Filaments
In March 2019, Graphene 3D Lab (GGG: TSX-V) completed a private placement of 9.4 million units of its common stock and warrants at CA$0.06 per unit to raise CA$525,000 in new capital. The proceeds will be used for working capital and the company begins commercial sales of its graphene conductive filament. The filaments are designed for three-dimensional printing of electronic circuitry, sensor or radio frequency shielding.
The company is under new management that just took the helm in November 2018. Earlier new sales leadership in sales had been added to accelerate market penetration. The team is quick to tell potential customers and investors about its products, but...
Investing In Water Desalination
By Jeff Siegel The million-dollar manicured lawns of Montecito, CA have withered, died, and gone to seed. The polo fields are little more than dust now, and many have traded the good china for paper plates so as to avoid using the dishwasher. There’s no doubt about it Mother Nature doesn’t care if you’re rich or poor, black or white, fat or skinny. When she lays the smack down, we all feel it. And there is no better example of this than the debilitating drought that’s wringing the Golden State dry. Of course, for those who can afford...
Water Infrastructure: Opportunity Coming Down The Pipe?
by Debra Fiakas CFA The most recent report by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) gives a grade D+ for U.S. infrastructure as of the end of 2013. Not a very good grade, but an improvement over the plain D grade that had been handed out four years earlier. With the travesty of the water contamination in Flint, Michigan during 2014 to 2015, the ASCE report should carry special interest. The threat to the health of the Flint community could be found in anywhere in the U.S. The executive summary of the ASCE 2013 report does...
Alternative Energy Gadget Site
I stumbled onto an Alternative Energy Gadget site today. I personally love gadgets and frequent some of the well known sites like Engadget, Gizmodo, and Cool Tools. I just added Treehugger.com to my list of daily gadget reads. The article that sparked my attention is the review of the Power House from Mindware. This project looks like an great way to introduce my daughter into the world of Alternative Energy.
Revolutionary Alternative Energy TechnologyPart One:Anti-Matter
James over at the Alternative Energy blog has started a new series of reports based on the next generation of alternative energy solutions. His first edition discusses Anti-Matter.
Five Last Minute Gifts For The Environmental Anti-Materialist
What do you get for the person who hates stuff?
My family has this problem every year. As a somewhat rabid environmentalist, I think of stuff as part of the problem. I'm not a big fan of clutter, either. So I always have mixed feelings when I receive gifts. No matter how useful, I can't help but thinking about all the resources that were used to make it. Not to mention wondering where I'm going to put it.
You may have someone in your family who feels the same way, for whatever reason. Here are five of the best gifts I've...
Water Treatment Stocks
by Debra Fiakas CFA In a game of word association many investors might respond Veolia Environmental SA (VIE: P or VEOEY: OTC/PK) at the mention ‘water reclamation.’ General Electric (GE: NYSE) and Siemens (SIE: DE or SIEGY: OTC/PK) might be next choices. These three companies have been ‘go to’ sources for water treatment by municipalities and industry. Indeed, it may take a behemoth to address water issues. In January 2015, the World Economic Forum declared water as the number one crisis impacting the world, recognizing the dire circumstances of water supplies. Over 660 million people - one...
Building Community Capital
At ComCap19, I drank from a firehose of information about local investing, securities law, crowdfunding, and democratizing capital. And had a great time!
by Evelyn Wright
I just returned from spending four days in Detroit at one of the most inspiring and informative conferences I’ve attended in a long time: Community Capital 2019. This was the fourth gathering of this network of entrepreneurs, lawyers, financial professionals, economic development practitioners, and community organizers dedicated to democratizing and localizing finance and investment. I went because — after several months of researching the opportunities and challenges for cooperatives — I’ve seen that access to...
Graphene Oxides
Oxides
Grafoid, Inc. has been toiling since 2011 to solve the challenges of scaling graphene production. The company recently launched a new product group of oxidized graphene material that is being marketed under the brand name GNOX. The GNOX innovation follows three other product groups of gels, solvents and dispersed graphene material. Grafoid touts its capacity to produce graphene of high purity and consistency.
Privately-held Grafoid is a spin out of Focus Graphite (FMS: TSX.V). Focus Graphite still owns significant interest in Grafoid so investors could consider FMS shares as a proxy for a stake in Grafoid. For all practical purposes the two companies are operated as one entity as they share...
Graphite Developers Eye Large Growing Market
The post “Integrated Graphene Producers” featured several graphene producers with novel business models that marry captive graphite sources to the technology and knowhow to produce graphene. These are not the only graphite producers. Although not as elegant as graphene with its svelte single-atom profile, the market for graphite has its appeal as well. Graphite has been a staple in steel industry crucibles, foundry molds and automobile brake linings. These days graphite has moved into another even more important place in cars - lithium ion batteries that make electric vehicles viable as replacements for gas guzzling cars and trucks.
Spherical graphite is especially desirable because the graphite anodes hold...
Water Utilities Keeping The Flow In Cash Flow
Fiakas Water Utilities Keeping The Flow In Cash Flow by Debra Fiakas CFA After a long series of posts on suppliers of water infrastructure, from fire hydrants to filters and from taps to treatments, it is now time to look at the companies selling water. The majority of water utilities is owned by municipalities and is beyond the reach of investors. However, there is a clutch of publicly traded companies that peddle water as a business. Which water utilities make sense to return hungry and risk wary investors? A short...
SatCon Receives $1.8 Million Order for Rotary Uninterruptible Power Supply
SatCon Technology Corporation (SATC) announced that it received a $1.8 million purchase order for an initial installation of a 2.2 megawatt Rotary Uninterruptible Power Supply (RUPS). Included in the purchase order is an option for a second UPS for $1.5 million. Baldwin Technologies in College Park, Maryland served as the engineering and manufacturer's representative for this sale and the final customer is the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder, Colorado. Delivery of the first unit is expected in the first calendar quarter of 2005.
