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Archive for June 14, 2012
The Nexus of Water and Energy
“The nexus – or crossroads – between water and energy has been with the industry since its founding a hundred years ago whether due to the use of hydro or the need for water to cool fossil generation. It continues today with the additional water needs for utility scale solar, solar water heating and tidal power advances.” Source: Mark Gabriel
Electric Utility Industry Report
The 2012 Black & Veatch Strategic Directions in the U.S. Electric Utility Industry Report shows significant changes are underway within the industry. The icons below link to key findings from this year’s report. Please download the report to view the full Black & Veatch analysis.
MARK GABRIEL | Senior Vice President Strategy and Business Process
B&V Management Consulting Division
Black & Veatch Corporation | 11401 Lamar, Overland Park, KS 66211
+ 1 303 838 2493 p | +1 415-860-0474 c | gabrielma@bv.com
What are the major disruptive challenges facing utilities?
“The single greatest threat is the unrealistic government expectations concerning coal generation in terms of timing and cost. The EPA assumes that only 15 megawatts of coal will close; the industry 65-80. This may have the perverse incentive for companies to close coal plants which will cause energy prices to rise, forcing out other critical investments.
What is the most important strategy for utilities preparing for the future?
The single most important strategy is for utilities to actually have a strategy. Hope is not a strategy, nor is waiting for regulations to be sorted out or policy to be clarified. To me the strategy for all parties should be aligned: Have great regulatory relations, operate best in class and invest in technology with no regrets.”
Source: energybiz.com
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The Problem:
Recording video or taking pictures is clunky. You have to pull out your smart phone or your video camera, and hold it up. This immediately causes you to lose the use of your hands, and makes the entire situation you are recording clumsy & socially awkward. What if you could just touch a button on your eyewear and instantly start recording from the perspective of your eyes instead?
The Solution:
Vergence Labs is actually building it! We are working in an accelerated startup environment to create these stylish computing enabled social video sharing, trend setting electric powered sun glasses. Our product will record 1st person point of view, and have “magic-glass” (chromatic shifting conductive glass) lenses for an instant on/off “electric powered sunglass” feature. You can then share the experiences you record across social networks like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. It’s a consumer electronics fashion accessory designed with technology to enable cool new social video and new electric sunglasses lens capabilities while being fashion-forward and stylish in the process.
Here are some work in progress frame styles fashioned after the classic yet edgy beatnik James Dean, Buddy Holly, Clark Kent styles that are geeky yet rebellious, stylish, and sci-fi comic-book superhero, all at the same time. We designed these and produced these frames in house and fabricated them using our MakerBot 3D printer! Fun. The glasses will be produced and branded under our newly established eyewear brand, Epiphany Eyewear!
NERVOUS Greeks are withdrawing up to 800 million euros ($1.01 billion) a day and stocking up on canned food as they fear the country will be forced to leave the eurozone after this Sunday’s election.
Greek citizens fear the ramifications of a return to the country’s previous currency, the drachma, if the radical left-wing party and strong election contender SYRIZA wins this weekend.
Bankers said daily withdrawals from the major banks were hitting €500-€800 million ($631.8 million-$1.01 billion), Reuters reported.
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