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<div class="">Thank you a lot for sending the emails. I agree that we can start with these four and then adjust our forms and strategies when necessary. As for the Harvard one, if I remember, they have hired a consultant to do some cost calculation. If they
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<div class="">I sent four of these today to the companies who are officially on our list. I didn’t send yet to ETES or to Harvard or NREL. I was thinking that it might be useful to do the first four meetings and then see if we want to tweak the spreadsheet
at all. Does that make sense to you? Harvard and NREL aren’t really putting together a product, so it will be difficult for them to define a reference system, I expect.</div>
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Thanks – yes Rui and I have been developing this and your additions are appreciated.</div>
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I could coordinate the meetings and people – otherwise with so many schedules, it could get complicated. I suggest making a few edits on your message before sending. For instance, for the Economic Info tab- we want to talk to a financial or business officer.
I also think we should request to meet with them, even if they fill out the sheet in advance and give them the option of multiple 30-minute timeslots. If we are prepared to make a schedule in advance, then that also reduces email traffic for the respondents
because they could select a time slot in one response rather than following-up multiple times. I attached some sample times that could work next week.</div>
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I recognize that you made contact with these companies first, so maybe it is good if you send this message, but yes they can schedule with me and Rui. But others are welcome to join. I suppose we need to decide if you all want to be a part of every call, then
we need to coordinate schedules more in advance. Otherwise, I can schedule these meetings according to Rui and I’s schedule and others are welcome to join if they are available.</div>
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I wanted to let you know that our first public workshop will be tomorrow, Dec. 3rd at 1 pm (see info below….) [If you agree to my sending this out, I will add more info]</div>
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We are now ready to move into the next phase of our work and would love to meet with you to gather more data about your technology. We have assembled the attached spreadsheet. We know that each technology is different and the data fields may need to be modified
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It would be great to meet with you to complete the attached survey. Please let us know if you can meet for one of the 30-minute blocks listed.</div>
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<b class="">Date:<span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at 5:44 AM<br class="">
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<b class="">Subject:<span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Re: [LDES-technology] Data collection form looking forward to your feedback</span></p>
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<span class="" style="font-size:12pt">Thank you a lot for the timely and valuable revision. With your edition, the form looks clearer. I am happy to share this revised Excel sheet with the Storage Advisory Board as a draft. I feel one person (Noah or I) can
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<b class="">Sent:</b><span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, December 2, 2020 2:40 AM<br class="">
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<b class="">Subject:</b><span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [LDES-technology] Data collection form looking forward to your feedback</span></div>
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I wanted to let you know that our first public workshop will be tomorrow, Dec. 3rd at 1 pm (see info below….) [If you agree to my sending this out, I will add more info]</div>
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We are now ready to move into the next phase of our work and would love to meet with you to gather more data about your technology. We have assembled the attached spreadsheet. We know that each technology is different and the data fields may need to be modified
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Could you please respond with an indication of when you think it would be most productive for us to meet with you? We know that you may not have clear answers to all of the questions, so would be pleased to conduct this more as an interview. Or, if you already
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