Comments for opportunity:energy http://www.opportunityenergy.org It's too late to be a pessimist. Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:36:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 Comment on PV market topped 21 GW in 2010, recession ahead by Carlo Ombello http://www.opportunityenergy.org/?p=471#comment-353 Carlo Ombello Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:36:55 +0000 http://www.opportunityenergy.org/?p=471#comment-353 Ciao "bing", Thanks for your feedback. I didn't find Bhamre's LCOE figures too high. As far as my figures go, I get similar values to his, but a comparison is most welcome! I just wrote to you via email. Cheers Ciao “bing”,

Thanks for your feedback. I didn’t find Bhamre’s LCOE figures too high. As far as my figures go, I get similar values to his, but a comparison is most welcome! I just wrote to you via email.

Cheers

]]> Comment on PV market topped 21 GW in 2010, recession ahead by Bing http://www.opportunityenergy.org/?p=471#comment-352 Bing Wed, 07 Sep 2011 01:30:22 +0000 http://www.opportunityenergy.org/?p=471#comment-352 Hello Carlo I ran across a comment you recently made on PV tech regarding this article. http://www.pv-tech.org/guest_blog/comment/2012_a_fundamental_shift_in_germanys_market_drivers I've made contact with Mr. Bhamre regarding the assumptions he used to calculate LCOEs for Germany. I found his calculations rather high and shared with him the assumptions I generally use to model Germany. I'm interested in finding out what sort of assumptions I can use for calculating LCOEs in Italy. If you can send me an email at bingbangvroom-at-yahoo.com I'll forward the model I use to calculate LCOEs. This model includes generic assumptions for Germany. Also... You questioned Bhamre's German retail electricity price numbers. Here's a site that lists these numbers. They are indeed as high as Bhamre indicated. http://www.energy.eu/ Hello Carlo

I ran across a comment you recently made on PV tech regarding this article.

http://www.pv-tech.org/guest_blog/comment/2012_a_fundamental_shift_in_germanys_market_drivers

I’ve made contact with Mr. Bhamre regarding the assumptions he used to calculate LCOEs for Germany. I found his calculations rather high and shared with him the assumptions I generally use to model Germany. I’m interested in finding out what sort of assumptions I can use for calculating LCOEs in Italy. If you can send me an email at bingbangvroom-at-yahoo.com I’ll forward the model I use to calculate LCOEs. This model includes generic assumptions for Germany.

Also… You questioned Bhamre’s German retail electricity price numbers. Here’s a site that lists these numbers. They are indeed as high as Bhamre indicated.

http://www.energy.eu/

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]]> Comment on Oil: the pulse of our society by Lee Wells http://www.opportunityenergy.org/?p=177#comment-284 Lee Wells Sun, 21 Nov 2010 15:56:31 +0000 http://www.opportunityenergy.org/?p=177#comment-284 "don't worry be happy!" that is the real name of this game isn't it? Don't move to a small town and get a lot big enough for a vegetable garden and see if you can bike to work, while you super-insulate your home. That's just crazy talk. Gas will *never* be 5 bucks a gallon. Oh well, I guess it probably best this way. When Unemployment hits about 30% people will probably start doing that anyway. Cassandra is such a dirty word. “don’t worry be happy!” that is the real name of this game isn’t it? Don’t move to a small town and get a lot big enough for a vegetable garden and see if you can bike to work, while you super-insulate your home.

That’s just crazy talk. Gas will *never* be 5 bucks a gallon. Oh well, I guess it probably best this way. When Unemployment hits about 30% people will probably start doing that anyway. Cassandra is such a dirty word.

]]> Comment on Italy: breakthrough CSP “Archimede” plant unveiled by Enel in World’s First by A Prasad http://www.opportunityenergy.org/?p=94#comment-283 A Prasad Fri, 19 Nov 2010 22:12:09 +0000 http://www.opportunityenergy.org/?p=94#comment-283 Thank you for your good work. I am curious, how do you prevent the salt from solidifying in the pipes at night or during extended periods of cloudy days? Thank you for your good work. I am curious, how do you prevent the salt from solidifying in the pipes at night or during extended periods of cloudy days?

]]> Comment on Nuclear Vs Solar: Clash of the Numbers by john http://www.opportunityenergy.org/?p=215#comment-212 john Sat, 02 Oct 2010 20:23:10 +0000 http://www.opportunityenergy.org/?p=215#comment-212 can someone give me a brief summary of this article?? i'm having trouble understanding it can someone give me a brief summary of this article?? i’m having trouble understanding it

]]> Comment on Oil: the pulse of our society by Carlo Ombello http://www.opportunityenergy.org/?p=177#comment-208 Carlo Ombello Thu, 30 Sep 2010 08:33:03 +0000 http://www.opportunityenergy.org/?p=177#comment-208 Lol ciao Omar, Don't be bored, oil is a massive subject! I still don't have enough info for you here I guess, but if it's serious stuff you're after, I can suggest you get this book from ENI's manager Leonardo Maugeri, I wanna buy it for myself too: http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Age-Oil-Realities-Alternatives/dp/0313381712/ref=sr_1_3?s=gateway&ie=UTF8&qid=1285835432&sr=8-3 But I know there's plenty more interesting things in life than library-time... ;-) Lol ciao Omar,

Don’t be bored, oil is a massive subject! I still don’t have enough info for you here I guess, but if it’s serious stuff you’re after, I can suggest you get this book from ENI’s manager Leonardo Maugeri, I wanna buy it for myself too: http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Age-Oil-Realities-Alternatives/dp/0313381712/ref=sr_1_3?s=gateway&ie=UTF8&qid=1285835432&sr=8-3

But I know there’s plenty more interesting things in life than library-time… ;-)

]]> Comment on Oil: the pulse of our society by Omar http://www.opportunityenergy.org/?p=177#comment-201 Omar Wed, 29 Sep 2010 14:04:19 +0000 http://www.opportunityenergy.org/?p=177#comment-201 HIIIIIIIIIIIIIII, I'm bored. At school. In the library. Doing an essay about oil for conemporary world. BYEEEEEEE HIIIIIIIIIIIIIII,

I’m bored. At school. In the library. Doing an essay about oil for conemporary world.

BYEEEEEEE

]]> Comment on Nuclear Vs Solar: Clash of the Numbers by Carlo Ombello http://www.opportunityenergy.org/?p=215#comment-170 Carlo Ombello Mon, 20 Sep 2010 13:33:12 +0000 http://www.opportunityenergy.org/?p=215#comment-170 Ciao Mario, Some things are not quite right in your calcs. First, you're over-simplyfying costs and energy production: your system will decay over time at a predictable rate for one thing, plus you haven't included any maintenance cost, nor the cost of finance if you by your system with borrowed money. The LCOE formula takes these and more items into account, to provide a proper comparable figure between very different systems. Second, by definition costs with the help of incentives should be less than without such help, not sure what you mean there with your numbers. As for the €240k price tag of a 100kW plant, I should be able to come back on it in the near future, but so far it seems overly optimistic to me (although we are not far off from reaching it). A presto! Ciao Mario,

Some things are not quite right in your calcs. First, you’re over-simplyfying costs and energy production: your system will decay over time at a predictable rate for one thing, plus you haven’t included any maintenance cost, nor the cost of finance if you by your system with borrowed money. The LCOE formula takes these and more items into account, to provide a proper comparable figure between very different systems. Second, by definition costs with the help of incentives should be less than without such help, not sure what you mean there with your numbers.

As for the €240k price tag of a 100kW plant, I should be able to come back on it in the near future, but so far it seems overly optimistic to me (although we are not far off from reaching it).

A presto!

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