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Editorial Team

The Energy Daily Editorial Team produces Energy Daily's coverage of the global energy industry. We report on oil and gas, power grids and utilities, energy markets and policy, and the renewables and storage reshaping how the world is powered. Articles reflect our team's collective editorial process, source verification, drafting, technical review, and editing, rather than a single writer's work. Energy Daily takes editorial responsibility for content under this byline. For more on how we work, see our editorial policy.

Energy Tech

China denies ‘incursion’ in Philippine waters

Manila (AFP) June 2, 2011 - China on Thursday rejected Philippine allegations of recent illegal military incursions into Manila's territorial waters.

Jun 2, 2011

Energy News

China looks to imports for power shortfall

Beijing (UPI) Jun 2, 2011 - China plans to increase energy imports to address the country's looming summer power shortfall, the government announced.

Jun 2, 2011

Energy Tech

Greenpeace activists arrested on Arctic oil rig: police

Copenhagen (AFP) June 2, 2011 - Two Greenpeace activists who scaled an oil rig off Greenland at the weekend to protest oil prospecting in the Arctic were arrested overnight, police and the environmental group said Thursday.

Jun 2, 2011

Energy Tech

Venezuela faces soaring public debt

Caracas, Venezuela (UPI) Jun 2, 2011 - Venezuela faces a soaring public debt as the government struggles to keep pre-election promises to the citizens amid rising state expenditure and declining oil exports, official data indicated.

Jun 2, 2011

Bio Fuel

Algae-Based Biofuels Represent a Trillion Dollar Potential Market Opportunity

Boulder CO (SPX) Jun 01, 2011 - Among next generation renewable fuel alternatives, algae stands out as one of the most promising and scalable options with the potential to supply key fuel and co-product markets. Strong demand from

Jun 1, 2011

Wind Daily

Australian study into wind turbine noise

Adelaide, Australia (UPI) Jun 1, 2011 - Australian acoustics researchers say they are investigating the causes of wind turbine noise with the aim of making them quieter.

Jun 1, 2011

Energy News

EU: Greenhouse gas emissions fell in 2009

Brussels (UPI) Jun 1, 2011 - Greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union plunged by 7.1 percent in 2009 due to the recession and use of renewable energy, the European Environment Agency says.

Jun 1, 2011

Bio Fuel

Endicott Biofuels and Holly Partner on Biorefinery

Houston TX (SPX) Jun 01, 2011 - Endicott Biofuels and Holly Biofuels have announced their formation of Sabine Biofuels to partner on a 30 million-gallon-per-year biorefinery currently under construction in Port Arthur, Texas.

Jun 1, 2011

Bio Fuel

European Commission Funds Global Project to Produce Bioproducts From Algae

Brussels, Belgium (SPX) Jun 01, 2011 - Nine partners from seven countries have joined in an innovative project to show that ethanol, biodiesel and bioproducts can be produced from algae on a large scale. The BIOfuel From Algae Technologi

Jun 1, 2011

Wind Daily

GL Garrad Hassan releases update of WindFarmer 4.2

Anaheim CA (SPX) Jun 01, 2011 - To further boost the productivity of the wind farm design process, GL Garrad Hassan presented an updated version of its WindFarmer software at AWEA Windpower 2011. The software facilitates the layou

Jun 1, 2011

Energy News

Japan bureaucrats dress down to save planet

Tokyo (AFP) June 1, 2011 - In their stuffy grey business suits, starched collars and boring ties, Japan's famed salarymen could hardly be accused of being at the cutting edge of sartorial innovation.

Jun 1, 2011

Bio Fuel

Joint Venture Secures Financing for Renewable Diesel Facility

Irving TX (SPX) Jun 01, 2011 - Darling International has announced that Diamond Green Diesel, its previously announced joint venture project with Valero Energy Corporation, has secured financing for the planned construction of it

Jun 1, 2011

Energy Tech

Northrop Grumman Supplies Navigation Upgrades for Oil Tankers

Charlottesville VA (SPX) Jun 01, 2011 - Northrop Grumman has supplied electronic chart display and information systems (ECDIS) for 12 BP oil tankers. Northrop Grumman's Sperry Marine business unit installed four of its new-generatio

Jun 1, 2011

Energy Tech

Philippines protests to China over oil rig plan

Manila (AFP) June 1, 2011 - The Philippines said Wednesday it had formally protested to Beijing over recent activity in disputed waters of the South China Sea and Chinese plans to anchor an oil rig there.

Jun 1, 2011

Bio Fuel

Retrofit Begins on World’s First Commercial-Scale Biobased Isobutonal Plant

Englewood CO (SPX) Jun 01, 2011 - Gevo has announced that it has begun the retrofit of its ethanol facility in Luverne, Minnesota, to produce biobased isobutanol. This milestone brings the company one step closer to commercial-scale

Jun 1, 2011

Bio Fuel

UPS Begins Using Renewable Biodiesel at Major US Hub

Jefferson City MO (SPX) Jun 01, 2011 - What can Brown do for you? For a start, it's making your world greener by using cleaner burning biodiesel. The United Parcel Service began using biodiesel blends at its most vital hub in Louisville,

Jun 1, 2011