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- Alternative Energy Storage: Why Frequency Regulation Is Important
- John Petersen submits: In August I wrote an introductory article entitled Grid-based Energy Storage: Birth of a Giant. Over the last few months the utility sub-sector been very active and now might be a good time to drill a little deeper into the kinds of utility applications that can benefit...
- External links 2008-11-25
- A123 Increases IPO Price Range
- John Petersen submits: This morning, A123 Systems Inc. AONE amended its registration statement to increase the price range for its proposed IPO to $10.00 to $11.50. I take this as an indicator that their IPO road show has been well received and the offering will go to market in a...
- External links 2009-09-22
- Toyota Tests and Rejects Lithium-Ion Batteries for the Prius
- John Petersen submits:Over the last couple of years, the mainstream media has been awash in reports of how automakers are lining up to build fleets of PHEVs and EVs using lithium-ion batteries as a principal power source. I've consistently argued that investing in objectively expensive lithium-ion battery company shares on...
- External links 2009-09-14
- A123 Systems Files a Price Range Amendment
- John Petersen submits: Yesterday morning, A123 Systems AONE filed another registration statement amendment for its planned IPO. The amendment specifies a preliminary price range of $8.00 to $9.50 and a preliminary offering size of 25 million shares (28.85 million shares with over-allotment option). Amendments like today's filing occur during the...
- External links 2009-09-10
- A123 Systems Files Price Range Amendment
- John Petersen submits: Wednesday morning A123 Systems AONE filed another registration statement amendment for its planned IPO. The amendment specifies a preliminary price range of $8.00 to $9.50 and a preliminary offering size of 25 million shares (28.85 million shares with over-allotment option). Amendments like today's filing occur during the...
- External links 2009-09-09
- Debunking PHEV Mythology
- John Petersen submits:Last week was fascinating because of three articles that found their way to my computer. The first was a thematic piece in McKinsey Quarterly titled "Profiting from the low-carbon economy" that included a carbon abatement cost graph which showed full hybrid automobiles HEVs offered CO2 abatement savings of...
- External links 2009-08-23
- Why I Am Long Active Power
- John Petersen submits:This morning I awoke to a comment from Seeking Alpha contributor Michael Eisenberg who asked me to lay out my core thesis on why Active Power, Inc. ACPW merits attention from investors who are interested in the energy storage sector. While Altenergystocks and Seeking Alpha don't generally like...
- External links 2009-08-11
- On Oil's Sesquicentennial, The Dream Becomes a Nightmare
- John Petersen submits: On August 27th, we'll celebrate the 150th anniversary of Colonel Edwin Drake's completion of the world's first successful oil well near Titusville, Pennsylvania. That discovery and the many that followed planted the seeds of an industrial, economic and cultural revolution that transformed America from an agrarian backwater...
- External links 2009-07-06
- General Electric's Impressive Entry into the Grid Based Energy Storage Business
- John Petersen submits: I've been writing about the rapidly evolving market for manufactured energy storage devices in grid-based applications since last August when I published Grid-based Energy Storage: Birth of a Giant. At the time, only a handful of smaller public companies were working on grid-based storage solutions including Maxwell...
- External links 2009-05-13
- The Plug In Vehicle Scam
- John Petersen submits: David Hannum was right! There's a sucker born every minute and they're all waiting with bated breath for the low cost plug in electric vehicles that will be coming soon to a dealership near you. It's the most insidiously appealing idea of our age: replace those nasty...
- External links 2009-04-27
- Solar Panels and Parking Lots: An Extraordinary Dual Use
- John Petersen submits: Yesterday Envision Solar and Bright Automotive announced plans to develop a nationwide network of solar panel equipped parking lots. The basic idea is to install Florida style carport covers over existing parking lots and then fill the open roof space with PV panels. While the partnership's plan...
- External links 2009-04-22
- Axion Power: Time Is Right for Gas Guzzlers to Dual Mode EV Conversions
- John Petersen submits: Since early 2008, Axion Power International (AXPW.OB) has been quietly developing an experience base and building grass roots support for a gas-guzzler to dual-mode EV conversion initiative that has the short-term potential to transform up to 120 million gas-guzzling pickup trucks, sport utility vehicles and vans into...
- External links 2009-04-19
- Axion and Exide: I Love It When a Plan Comes Together
- John Petersen submits: Yesterday Axion Power International (AXWP.OB) announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding with Exide Technologies XIDE following fourteen months of negotiation and technical investigation. This alliance could prove to be a sea-change event for the domestic battery industry. Copies of the press release and an archived...
- External links 2009-04-15
- A123 Systems IPO Meets with Great Success
- John Petersen submits: Reuters is reporting that A123 Systems, Inc. AONE increased the number of shares offered in its IPO from 25 million to 28.1 million and sold those shares at a price of $13.50. If the underwriters exercise their overallotment option, which is usually the case in IPOs of...
- External links 2009-09-24
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- Critiquing John Petersen´s `The Plug-in Vehicle Scam`
- Juan Carlos Zuleta submits: In a recent article, John Petersen argues that “there is no such a thing as a cost-effective electric vehicle that will carry a family of four at highway speeds”. Based on information from the Department of Energy (DOE)´s Annual Energy Outlook 2009 (.pdf), the ...
- External links 2009-05-04
- Petersen Receives Project Management Professional Certification from the Project Management Institute
- ALBANY, N.Y. -- The Project Management Institute (PMIR), the world's leading not-for-profit professional association for project management, is proud to announce that Mr. John Petersen has earned the designation of Project Management Professional (PMPR).
- Research articles 2005-07-07
- PS Business Parks, Inc. Announces John W. Petersen to Join Firm as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
- GLENDALE, Calif. -- PS Business Parks, Inc. (AMEX:PSB), announced today that John W. Petersen will join PS Business Parks as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, reporting to Joseph D. Russell, Jr., President and CEO. Mr. Petersen will lead the Company's day-to-day operations across its 18.4 million square foot...
- Research articles 2004-11-16
- John M. & Gertrude E. Petersen Events Center, University of Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- The Petersen Events Center is a 430,000-square-foot, 12,500-seat, athletic/event facility that provides the University of Pittsburgh with modern recreation and fitness spaces, a location for graduations and concerts, and a new home for the Panthers basketThe Petersen Events Center is a 430,000-square-foot, 12,500-seat, athletic/event facility that provides the University of...
- Research articles 2004-01-01
- Grid-based Energy Storage: Birth of a Giant
- John Petersen submits: As expected, A123 Systems filed a registration statement for a planned $175 million IPO last Friday. I believe the A123 IPO, together with recent industry reports by Merriman Curhan Ford and Lux Research, will begin to draw attention to the energy storage sector in a whole new...
- External links 2008-08-11
- Battery Technology: A Different Set of Rules
- John Petersen submits: The last month has been a lot of fun! I enjoy writing for Seeking Alpha because it’s an open forum where deathless prose is discouraged and key macro-economic concepts take priority over petty detail. While reader comments have made it clear that folks don’t like it when...
- External links 2008-08-18
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