Gigafactory ahead of schedule.
Silevo panel factory to be online early 2017.

Made in USA - home storage by Tesla
Made in USA - world's most efficient solar panel by SolarCity.

This is a perfect opportunity to get in.

NOT TRUE.

Inverters INCREASE the grid daytime minimum load.
Inverters act as a proxy between PV and the grid.

From the NREL-Hawaii Electric joint study:


The report, titled Inverter Load Rejection Over-Voltage Testing: SolarCity CRADA Task 1a Final Report, sought to provide an insight into how to overcome such interconnection barriers. According to SolarCity, as a direct result of this testing Hawaiian Electric is now prepared to increase circuit thresholds on its grid from current levels of 120% daytime minimum load (DML) of DG, to 250% DML – more than doubling the amount of solar rooftop PV that can be safely fed to the grid.

Read more: http://www.pv-magazine.com/news/details/beitrag/solarcitys-hawaiian-study-reveals-grid-regulation-potential-of-inverters_100018207/#ixzz3qYsIReb6

This is why the Lease and PPA models will not go away anytime soon. Solar is no longer for people with extra money in the bank.

The leasing and PPA allow a homeowner go to solar with $0 down and instant reduction on their electric bill as soon as the panels on their roof start producing power.

This is why RGSE is now developing their own leasing product. There is still time for RGSE as we will see consolidation of the solar industry speed up in the next few years and only a few big names will remain.

All this noise about barrier to entry is hogwash as best. It's a buzz phrase that was popularized by the bashers of Groupon. Solar is a completely different animal.

The biggest barrier to solar is the ability to scale, streamline, and standardize your processes internally while externally accommodating hundreds of utilities and jurisdictions of authority. Companies that invest in top notch process engineering and software to improve throughput are going to be the ones gobbling up the small players over the next few year as the industry consolidates to a few big names.

Unlike the previous 2 rallies, this one is holding... so far.
Looks like the merger gave this stock some real strength. Like to see more volume.

I'm out!


!#$@# this company and @#$^! Bill Capp!
Good riddance!

This is the last company I will buy stocks in.

Incompetent and overpaid top management and clueless board of directors asleep at the wheel.

ETFs only from now on.

Thanks for clarifying. I remember now, we've seen this before. Deja vu. Sad to say.

BCON must trade at $1 minimum for 10 consecutive days by March 28, 2012. If this is not met, BCON will be delisted from NASDAQ.

I was once excited about this company, now I'm just disgusted.

I say let this thing get delisted from Nasdaq and let them work their way back with EARNINGS.

Could the plummeting share price be caused by shorting by an entity interested in buying the co?

We suffered a r/s to stay on Nasdaq supposedly for better exposure less manipulation. We'll that got us nowhere and the share price is plummeting for no reason. I don't see Nasdaq did the company any good since the r/s.

I'm just wondering when the board of dir will do something drastic or if they are content seeing all their investments go down the tube. So far it seems like they are happy to do absolutely nothing.

Yes, I meant the board of directors.

But then again, boards usually act too late and most of them have no clue how to read a balance sheet. That's why many companies go bankrupt out of the blue because their board of directors are all asleep and or clueless.

This company has been bleeding profusely and there is nothing being done. A PR stating that they are ENGAGING with Group Robinson means absolutely squat at this point!

It's about %&^@#$ time this company realizes you actually have to sell something to be successful!

Sitting around waiting for local gov't to come to you and giving investor conference speeches won't cut it.

My optimism has turned sour as I'm not seeing much effort on the management's part AND THE BOARD to keep the value of this company alive.

Let's hope this is not TOO LITTLE TOO LATE.

Just pathetic!

If Beacon wants to raise money, the first place to start is pay cut for the top management.

Form 8-K for BEACON POWER CORP

4-Oct-2011

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Material Modification to Rights of

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
The information set forth in Item 3.03 of this Current Report with respect to the amendment of the warrants described in that item is incorporated herein by this reference.

Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.
On October 3, 2011, the Registrant entered into an amendment with a holder of a common stock warrant (the "Holder") originally issued on October 23, 2010, to purchase 441,274 shares of common stock. The amendment changes the exercise price of the Holder's warrant from $2.2056 (as adjusted through September 15, 2011) to $0.30. All other terms of the warrant remain the same. In connection with this amendment, the Holder agreed to exercise the warrants in part and delivered an exercise notice to purchase 250,000 shares subject to the warrants. By taking these actions, the Registrant reduces the number of warrants outstanding and accelerates the receipt of proceeds from exercise of the warrants. Proceeds to the Registrant from the exercise of the warrants are expected to be $75,000 before expenses.

Beacon needs a lobbyist. They need to grease up the wheels. All big clean tech companies have lobbyists. Unfortunately this is how things are done today.

Sad day indeed. Sad week, month and year!

Huge boost of demand for Frequency Regulation...

SolarCity Unveils Plan to Double the Total Number of Residential Solar Installations in the U.S. Through Installation of Solar Power on 160,000 Military Homes

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110907007004/en/SolarCity-Unveils-Plan-Double-Total-Number-Residential

Within the next few year, the number of solar systems in the US will double! This is a HUGE opportunity for the flywheel market for Frequency Regulation and Cloud Mitigation.

Beacon Power Granted Key Patent for Frequency Regulation

This is excellent news! Breakthrough technology now with a patent on its primary use.

http://ih.advfn.com/p.php?pid=nmona&article=48994526

Anyone trade TNA/TZA? Often has even higher volatility than FAS/FAZ. Financials have been lagging lately, but finally decided to commit to this rally on Monday with 11.8%. TNA 14.3%+ on Monday.

Beacon: emergency-braking prototype could be running by Oct 2013.

Article on Beacon: Reinventing the Flywheel.
Dated Aug 11, 2011

Towards the end of the article it specifically talks developing a prototype with emergency braking bearings.

http://machinedesign.com/article/reinventing-the-flywheel-0811

In a major earthquake, we would be lucky to have 1000 flywheels disintegrate in their chambers than to have a single nuclear meltdown.

Q: Is there a civil suit against Metter and Moskowitz and the rest of these scum bags?

Q:
Are they immune to civil suit because they were acting as officers of a corporation? Now the company is dead and they still get to keep their "personal" assets? Even though they were obviously bought with shareholder money.

If committing these crimes as a corporation makes them immune to a civil lawsuit, there is no justice in the country.

If you ever want screw people and scam their money, form a corporation first! I guess that's what the gov't means when they say they're "pro business"

Looks optimistic. Further proof that the current price is a bargain.

The market might take another hit if Bernanke gives bad news on Friday. It would be the perfect time to get in on this stock.

Beacon insider trading info:

http://www.nasdaq.com/asp/holdings.asp?symbol=BCON&selected=BCON

Its good to see there are no insider sells in the last 12 months. And 92% (shares) of the buys were in the last 3 months.

Remember we need to stay above $1 or risk being delisted again and another reverse split. The insider buying clearly shows they are trying to avoid it by putting in their own capital.

I own more shares than some of these institutional holders. Can I be on the list? Wells Fargo owns 6 shares? Good to see new institutional holdings.

Most are scared right now, especially given the current market on the verge of collapse. It's time to buy.

JAPAN Renewable Energy Bill coming...

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/japan-to-get-a-new-pm-on-aug-30-report-2011-08-23


This would be a great opportunity for Beacon to capitalize on. Get some contracts.

Top management isn't building the bridges they need for some real financing partners and they're not pushing sales hard enough.

I've called for top management pay cut over a year ago and my message was deleted by the mod... only to see a few months ago the mod posting the same thing... stating a pay cut is necessary.

BCON needs a CLOSER at the helm. Someone who CLOSES DEALS!

I've worked in start-ups that lagged and dragged and burned through tens of millions of VC funding. FINALLY, they replaced the CEO with a closer, someone who had history of IPO, someone with big money connections. 2 years after, the company was bought by DELL. Not the victory originally hoped for, but better than bankruptcy.

A CLOSER is what BCON needs. If CAPP isn't up to the task, it's time the board put in someone else.

Maybe my message will not be deleted this time.

My letter to the President.

Hey, who knows it might result in a huge government contract for BCON. Lol.


----

Dear Mr President,

When I came to the US in 1981, America had the best roads, most modern cities. But we are being passed by.

I fully support your idea of an infrastructure jobs bill.

In addition to fixing our roads and bridges, this is our chance to bring back the pride with 21-century energy technology and efficiency as an integral part of our infrastructure. We need to increase the use of solar and wind technology.

We also need to take advantage of flywheel technology to store energy when it's cheap and feed the grid when demand and prices are high. Our grid must meet the increased demands for power from the increase of electric vehicles in the near future.

I work in the solar industry and every day I experience the buzz and enthusiasm for renewable energy. People are ready to go to work and learn new technologies and skill. We as a country are ready to adopt and go to work and feel the pride again.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

I know, the waiting game and risk is the worst part when you're an early investor in a pioneering company.

Electric vehicles are going to start flooding the US market, especially in urban and suburban areas.

I work for a solar and energy efficiency company and we just started offering electric vehicle chargers in the last 2 months.
And these things are selling like hot cakes... our crews cannot install them fast enough... not only residential, but commercial as well.

Major spikes in power demand across the grid is inevitable. It's all coming together. This is really an investment stock, not for trading.

I trade only 2 equities: FAS and FAZ
I invest only in 1 stock: BCON

Looks like BCON has found a solid base. Nasdaq closed with a 5.22% drop and BCON show only 3.09% drop. It held well in the previous drop also.

This year we saw a lot of companies and banks investing in solar companies with industry record-breaking financing tranches. Just one example... Google invested a $280 million fund in SolarCity in June. SolarCity now can finance over $1 billion in solar projects! It's easy money / tax shelter for the investors

There is a huge amount of money flowing into renewable energy investments. This trend will expand to smart grid and wind power in 2012.

I've been long on this stock and this is good time to accumulate.

GTLA

Change your name to RagingShort.

Top exec salary still $200k?

What ever happened to their 800 Wind turbines for the Philadelphia Eagles? Isn't that huge order?

This is holding up surprisingly well considering the bloodbath on Wall Street today. We may be climbing out of this slump very soon.

I'm just DROPPING BY to see if ever my $200 will be worth $200 again. Maybe once every3 to 4 weeks I come by. But that has nothing to do with my low opinion of the CEO Jared H... the scumbag.

I think you're the only one left in this world that still believe in this scammer Jared.

So, the banks get off easy on this financial reform bill. I think we'll rally on this for maybe 2 days and it comes back down by next Tuesday. Still a lot of sell pressure bad news all around in general.

Hope you all had some skin in FAS today. Congrats to all who are in the money.

FAZ will be back in play next week.

Have a great weekend traders!

4 straight down days. Euro and Asia both down and S&P futures are only 2 points in the red. I think we will go up on Friday or trade flat.

Head fake rally in the market today just like I called at the end of last week. Today's end-of-day collapse could be the start of the downward move this week.

Beware of this insane volatility in the market. Triple-digit moves in both directions within 1 day. Gotta be fast on the trigger.