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Article a positive for Ecosphere's recycling of water used for hydraulic fracturing.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-12/earthquake-outbreak-in-central-u-s-tied-to-drilling-wastewater.html
NPR article on pleased patients
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/01/...
A thread on Investorstem cell yesterday was about someone who personaly knew Patient 1, female 77 years old, DMD. She has reported that her vison has improved and that she would like her other eye injected.
Other I cell posters noted that it is probably her peripheral vision that improved as the stem cells probably were injected off center or to the side of the retina where visual cells were still "alive".
Good article on states developing regulations for fracking. Positive reference to Southwestern Energy.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-23/fracking-opens-fissures-among-states-as-drillers-face-many-rules.html
Spetty, thank you. I just viewed some of the videos, exciting and enlightening, particularly when Dr. Lanza describes the pipeline.
Perhaps the sellers are doing us a favor, as lower SPs represent better buying opportunities.
Good luck to all.
Spetty, you are probably correct re: the FDA criteria and goals for the present trials but hopefulstem is probably generally correct regading public expectations for visual function improvement.
It isn't an either/or argument.
The development of this therapy was led by Professor Robert Lanza, Chief Scientific Officer at Advanced Cell Technology, and Adjunct Professor at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, and rests on animal studies which showed that RPE cells derived from hESCs were safe and could restore vision in rodent models of Stargart’s Macular Dystrophy, as a study publishes in the Journal Stem Cells in 2009 makes clear:
In the mouse studies, wasn't the damage reversed and vision did improve.
New heathy cells replaced the damaged cells......
Hi JB, At present I don't think there are any plans to apply the OTC to developments with black silicon. The AR box with its controlled chemical baths would probably be the preferred equiptment.
After reading the NREL articles on the Optical Cavity Furnace I have had the opportunity to have telephone conversations with both Dr. Brushan Sopori principal engineer for the Optical Furnace at NREL and Dr. Anikar Rangappan CEO and founder of AOS Solar.
Both men acknowledged the accomplishments of the Optical Cavity Furnace, though Dr. Sopori emphasized that at NREL the present applications and research are for the field of microelectronics rather than solar energy as NREL does not plan to produce commercial Optical Cavity Furnaces. He added that while NREL had received inquiries from some large solar panel producing companies, they were from people at the R and D departments. He stated that large companies are not interested in acquiring equiptment until it had been fully produced commercially and proven.
As the articles noted, the responsibility to develop commercial Optical Cavity Furnaces goes to AOS Solar. Dr. Rangappan did state that he has been working with colleagues at NREL for six years to develop the furnace. His goal at present is to produce as many as possible and he is actively looking for companies to partner with and to provide funding. Not unlike Natcore's AR Box, the current number of furnaces is very small.
Dr. Rangappan explained that the Optical Cavity Furnace does not produce a solar cell with an anti refelective coating per se. However, after going thru the processes in the furnace a solar cell would be ready to have electrical contacts added and function as a photovoltaic cell.
As one of the NREL articles noted, the solar cells do have a reflective undercoating that refelcts accepted light back into the solar cell for added effeciency.
Upon questioning, Dr. Rangappan stated that by adding a chemical compound to the silicon before entry into the furnace or mineralization, an anti reflective coating could be produced.
Personally, I do see the Optical Cavity Furnace as a competitor with Natcore's AR Box in the future. However, no large solar companies have plans to adopt the Optical Cavity Furnace in the near term.
From all Natcore reports, progress with MX Solar and the consortium or Italian solar companies is going forward nicely.
Hi teq, Natcore is pleased that they Kleiner is probably not selling their Natcore shares. However, you are correct they own the shares as a result of an earlier large investment in Vanguard.
I do wonder if someone with Bill Joy's contacts might one day help put together a deal between Natcore and a large US tech.
Though hopefully, Natcore and Kodak will be partners.
I heard tht China is beginning to be upset over the amount of environmental pollution caused by the conventional hot furnace production of silicon wafers.
Go Natcore!
The Natcore ofice is well aware of Kleiner, Perkins... stellar reputation in the Venture Capital field. They are pleased to be a "listed" company with Kleiner Perkins... and are also pleased that Kleiner Perkins... has not sold any of their Natcore shares.
Just Emailed Bill Joy at Kleiner, Perkins ... Will post any responses.
Let's see if Natcore can develop its presence in the United States, Italy (Europe) and China (Asia).
For evolved multi-national companies, borders are just details.
Excellent posts and articles about Natcore's joint venture with MX Holdings.
The best progress often occurs during challenging times.
Re: KCPB
And read what comes up when you click Bill Joy.
http://kpcb.com/partner/bill-joy
Hence, Bill Joy's high potential, one sentence summary of Natcore comes from a high level tech pioneer who probably knows high level American tech company executives and scientists.
Look what comes up when you click the Natcore logo. Apparently the partner who follows Natcore.
http://kpcb.com/companies/natcore-technology
Hi JB,
The Facebook Email followed a conversation I had with Michelle. She did ask me to post the contents on the Natcore message boards as Natcore would like to increase readership and reponses to their Facebook page.
I did not receive any President's message from Chuck.
I assume Natcore is going ahead with its thin film endeavors at Kodak as well as the development of the black silicon technology.
Good regards,
Art
JB, agree that MX will be a part of Natcore's production and revenues soon.
Natcore Facebook Page
Email from Michelle at Natcore to encourage Facebook page reading and responding:
Buddy Green is not necessarily one person, but a thought and an attitude; a persona of changing the world for the better.
We are trying to increase Natcore's presence on Facebook. We are going to use this platform in order to post unique information, stories, photos and many other things that will keep shareholders, new shareholders and most importantly people that share our mission for alternative energy to save the world informed and involved on a new level. We also want to hear from shareholders and the public and learn about stories and/or events that we wouldn't normally know about. We are passionate about building a community that is not only passionate, but involved. You will learn things like: Did you know that Natcore helped turn on the lights for needy people in Tibet? We did! And we are putting together the piece that will get posted on our Facebook page.
If you have or know of anybody that is a Facebook user, we welcome them to become our friend and LIKE Natcore on Facebook.
Best Regards,
Michelle Gray
Natcore Technology, Inc.
87 Maple Avenue, Red Bank, NJ 07701
732-576-8800, fax 732-576-8809
Excellent, reality oriented articles.
However, I do wonder if the word to up Natcore's share price will be Revenue.
JB, congrats on your continuing fantastic efforts for Natcore. You are probably making a positive difference in the SP.
Congrats, again!!
JB,EXCELLENT report on the AGM. Much appreciated.
From the Stockhouse board:
oilinvestor520
4/22/2011 5:17:12 PM | | 220 reads | Post #29616341
"TM: Yes, indeed; and following on TAG's success is a company I wouldsuggest investors' put on their radar screens. We already own itprivately, and the IPO is coming next month. It's called New ZealandEnergy Corp. The company will be coming out at a considerable valuationdiscount to TAG. While it has no production presently, it has five timesmore acreage than TAG in the Taranaki Basin and will be aggressivelydeveloping these acres for conventional production. Beyond that, it alsowill boast roughly the same — if not more — acreage covering potentialshale plays in the East Coast Basin.
TER: Approximately what market cap are we talking about here when it opens?
TM: We're probably talking somewhere between $150 and $200 million for New Zealand Energy Corp."
--The Energy Report, Pathfinder Asset Management Associate Portfolio Manager Taylor MacDonald
Mr. MacDonald needs to give his head a shake and do some due diligence on New Zealand Energy Corp. His advise is reckless and questions his motives. All of New Zealand Energy's acreage on the East Coast is known within the industry to be moose pasture. TAG has all the good land. All of the oil shale formations on New Zealand Energy's acreage is outcropped on their land. Their acreage in the Taranaki is also complete crap, situated outside of the discovery fairway and some distance from infrastructure. If NZE trades much above its cash value I am going to short it.
Agree, Ecosphere's process is chemical free.
Bromine and bromides fron Wikepedia
APPARENTLY THE BROMIDES OR BROMINE IN THE DRINKING WATER DOES COME FROM ITS USE IN WELL DRILLING FLUIDS.
At high temperatures, organobromine compounds are easily converted to free bromine atoms, a process which acts to terminate free radical chemical chain reactions. This makes such compounds useful fire retardants and this is bromine's primary industrial use, consuming more than half of world production of the element. The same property allows volatile organobromine compounds, under the action of sunlight, to form free bromine atoms in the atmosphere which are highly effective in ozone depletion. This unwanted side-effect has caused many common volatile brominated organics like methyl bromide, a pesticide that was formerly a large industrial bromine consumer, to be abandoned.
*Remaining uses of bromine compounds are in well-drilling fluids,*
as an intermediate in manufacture of organic chemicals, and in film photography
Ecomike, does bromine come out of the sandstone shale being fractured or it it a chemical used by the shale drilling companies?
In your opinion, does Ozonix recycling reduce bromides?
Heard that it was a long and complex contract for a multi-million dollar figure. The lawyers, ESPH's are from Houston, are gradually working out all the details.
It's probably not a good idea to attempt to guess on what exact day the contract will be completed, signed, and announced.
From AK, IMHO afer the shock of the FBI raids on ERHC offices and the earnest SEC and Dept of Justice investigations of SEO's dealings until he resigned as the Chairman of ERHC, Offor and his Nigerian partners can be hesitant to do a deal with ERHC that could then come under SEC scrutiny. Hope I am not correct.
Nice post Joey Bags. Thank you for all your DD.
Art
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/bhp-billiton-to-buy-shale-assets-for-475-billion-2011-02-21
BHP to buy natural gas shale asssets in Arkansas from Chesapeake Energy for 4.75 billion.
Joey Bags, great posts. We all hope you are the Man!
Good to have you posting Max. Thanks for all your informed responses.
Note from Chuck Provini with PR:
Dear Art,
Throughout last year you have heard us talking about the difficulties in trying to get the US interested in keeping our cutting edge technology here in America. Thanks to the intersession of Congresswoman Slaughter we have made great strides towards putting together a joint venture with Kodak, with the assistance of the Dept. of Energy. If we can complete a joint venture with Kodak, it will be a major step in our mission to advance technology here in the United States.
Joey, On another Ihub board there was a photo file established, possibly on Yahoo, with a link to the photos. However, I'm not certain of the details.
You could send an Email to Matt.
Excellent video. Extremely clear explanations, with diagrams, of the advantages of Natcore's LPD proceses for conventional and tandem solar cells from CEO Chuck Provini.
Refers to interest from other countries (PLURAL) in applying Natocre's LPD to their solar cell prodution.