Thought for the Day

"There are a couple of loose ends I'd like to tie up. Nothing important you understand."

Ed Beardsworth: The Original EEStor Blogger

Much has been made of EEStor's development time lines. Skeptics say ongoing delays are proof they have nothing. Industry veterans say development cycles do not happen quickly and cite examples: Tesla, Valence & Bloom Energy, etc ad nauseum.


So, what do you build your case on? For anyone trying to establish credibility for their view on EEStor, it's important to cite actual facts. That's why the initial Internet revelation of EEStor's existence is an interesting one to examine.


Ed Beardsworth is the owner and publisher of UFTO.com which is short for Utility Federal Technology Opportunities, a program he started to give Utility companies..in the words of a client, "early warning about things out there that will change our world." Please note Beardsworth makes it very easy to contact him if you need to talk about something of potential utility to him. I've taken the liberty on more than one occasion to check out facts surrounding EEStor with Beardsworth. Although he has nothing to hide, he also has obligations for secrecy due to his business relationships. Still, Beardsworth has been able to provide background on already publicly released information. Beardsworth helped introduce EEStor to Kleiner and a few other VC firms in Silicon Valley. He has interesting observations about the whole phenomena some of which he will share and some of which he will not share due to the discretion required by his line of work.

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Useful eestor patent news

I'm driving down i95 but pulled over to post this article.

Read this forum post:

http://theeestory.com/topics/6294

One of the documents has a checkbox next to exhibit / demo provided...




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Check Out GE

New Charging Station.

UL Certified.

Thx ElectricEEL.

Good thing it's future proof.

Zenn Motor Company

Not sure if the youthful looking person in the front row is still a shareholder or not.


I'm the one in the back with my hands up...in case you're wondering.  (white bag that day)

Nanosolar's Roscheisen "on something of big interest to" me (the eestor blogger) in September

I never got around to pestering R. Martin Roscheisen for an interview following his dramatic Nanosolar revelation party last year on 9/9/9. So, I decided to hound him today to keep it friendly. He shot back a quick email saying, "I will do that on a subject of big interest to you...say in Sept?" In September? No, that doesn't work for me. How about July?

Please note, when R uses the term 'you' he does not mean you but rather he means me. If you are any other you, shake your head, "no." Got it?

Now, what does this mean exactly, this possible interview in September? Does it mean Nanosolar and EEStor have teamed up to drop kick the entire cleantech industry world-wide to the curb? Whoa, hold on crazy. Does it mean R knows exactly what would be of big interest to me? Umm. Or does it mean he simply has another something big to announce in September having to do with Nanosolar?

Well, keep in mind, R is no longer CEO of Nanosolar. Instead he is now at least it's largest single shareholder. They brought in some other dudes to take care of the far less interesting work of turning the crank that R built.

Maybe it means R has decided to build up a new company? By the way, I keep calling him R because he said I could. If your status with him ever improves, you may call him Mr. Roscheisen, Sir. And if you get in tight with him, maybe you can call him Martin. Don't even think about calling him R.

Techical issues

Theeestory.com is under attack by evil forces originating all over the world. Pray for this web service!

Or, we seem to be experiencing technical difficulties and administrators everywhere are responding. Use this time to enjoy a cold beverage or drop a donation into nyumbani or contemplate a way to transform your life into something you can be proud of on your deathbed.



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Good Reporting

CNN piece on oil spills in Nigeria. A taste of the true cost of our oil dependency.

Lockheed Martin to help manufacture EESU's? Probably. In Georgia? Maybe.

According to three separate individuals with unverifiable sources, Lockheed Martin will manufacture or assemble EEStor military EESU's at manufacturing facilities in Marietta, Georgia.  (see also)  A quick sweep through a series of regulatory resources including the Environmental Protection Agency's permitting databases could not support the claim.  Furthermore, the sources would not ID their Lockheed-Martin-aware counterparts who were offering this up date on Lockheed's plans with EEStor.   Yet, each source arrived at the same information (with one also saying a facility in Alabama may be involved.)   My only confidence in bringing this information to light is that the original sources appear unrelated to each other and claim familiarity with different parts of the organization.   Also, the sources I interacted with have been reliable in the past.    But,  since the underlying original sources are unverifiable, I can't rule out that this is a rumor with a single nefarious origin. ...but I don't think so.  

In the meantime, Lockheed Missiles and Fire Control continues to ramp up their push into Power Management with a new series of marketing collateral claiming wondrous new super powers.  (great videos guys, where's the product?) The intelligent microgrid solutions appear to combine traditional power management with network based sensors that do for power what routers/switches do for network data, ie, provide intelligent monitoring and failover.  The systems also allow for positioning of monitoring and measurement capabilities.   Are batteries and storage touted in the videos?  Not really but wind mills and solar panels are highlighted, both of which aren't real yet (without batteries) according to Vinod Khosla and Dick Weir in remarkably similar remarks captured about the same time a year ago.  (see VK's google speech and DW's leaked audio--search for it).

In one of the new brochures, storage is flagged as being available via "Multiple Technologies."

The idea that Lockheed will take control for part of the steps required to create DoD/DHS EESU's is plausible to me.   First, Lockheed is one of the largest manufacturers in the world.  Secondly, they offer manufacturing support services...and claim expertise in this area.   See especially, their Build-to-Print Manufacturing Capabilities brochure.   They also tout their ability to assist with offshoring of work, thus, slightly forgetting who they are working for apparently...stuff for a future rant.

If it turns out that Lockheed has cozied up to EEStor and is causing them to prioritize around defense applications rather than Zenn Motor's automotive applications, it raises the question why.   There is likely a good reason for this.  From Dick Weir's perspective, Lockheed is winning the quiet game against Zenn.  Lockheed has somehow managed to keep their executives confined to incomplete thoughts and smiles while Zenn has until only recently (say around January 2010) begun to play the game as well.   Personally,  I do not like the quiet game.  No, not at all.

See bing for further visuals.