http://www.bcurtisBLOG.com Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 23 Jul 2009 04:59:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [Update: I heard last night from a friend and DOE insider that Steve Chu is on the short short list.] From Washington Post blog yesterday: The names still in the mix for Energy Secretary, according to well informed senior Democrats include: Govs. Kathleen Sebelius (D-Kans.), Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-Calif.), Bill Rittter (D-Colo.) andJennifer Granholm (D-Mich.), Sen. Jeff Bingaman (N.M), Google's Dan Reicher, ... http://www.bcurtisBLOG.com/?p=195 After a crazy "first 100 days", including a 4-continent business development tour, I am ready to disclose a little about the semi-stealth start-up I joined in August. The company is Calera Corporation. We have technology that converts CO2 from large point sources such as coal-fired power plants into carbonate (CO3) cements ... http://www.bcurtisBLOG.com/?p=156 Check out the progress on the new IFC building as of mid-Nov. It's the 4th tallest one here, in the middle with the crane on top (click on image to enlarge). I believe when they're done it will be the tallest. Compare to my previous post in April when it ... http://www.bcurtisBLOG.com/?p=187 This is a rough cut of the title sequence for a short film I started work on and have since gotten sidetracked. Thought I'd throw it out there to motivate me to work on it... Last year, I started shooting short clips with my point-and-shoot camera as I was traveling back ... http://www.bcurtisBLOG.com/?p=176 Sep 13, 2008 - Pacific Grove Triathlon. I was on track to beat my target time of 3:00:00 before my knees gave out in the run and I hobbled across the finish at 3:28:01. I also had lower leg problems during the Wildflower in May. As I think about next year's ... http://www.bcurtisBLOG.com/?p=171 In particular, I thought Bill Aulet's Xconomy post ("The next big thing in energy investing? Let's Talk Water") was interesting in the way he identifies the critical link between water and energy from a venture investor's perspective. Let me add a little detail to the cooling water use that Bill mentioned. ... http://www.bcurtisBLOG.com/?p=144 Here are my slides from the Renewable Energy Finance Forum (REFF) in Beijing May 15, 2008. (1 MB) Click on image for pdf. See also Chinese version here. http://www.bcurtisBLOG.com/?p=145 Yay, I finished my first Olympic distance triathlon last weekend at the Wildflower in south Monterey County. I was really slow (one of my friends beat me by over an hour), but it was inspiring and I've signed up for another one in September in Pacific Grove. Let me state my ... http://www.bcurtisBLOG.com/?p=143 (2.19 MB) Click on image to download slides from my presentation at the Biomass 2008 Conference today in DC. http://www.bcurtisBLOG.com/?p=142 A friend of mine in medical school was complaining the other day about how business schools always get the nice buildings. I complained that I was about 7 years too early to enjoy Sloan's new building... Here's a blurb about the "greenness" of it, though: Once it is completed in 2010, ... http://www.bcurtisBLOG.com/?p=140