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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.

Bio Fuel

Microorganism creates fuel, company says

Cambridge, Mass. (UPI) Mar 4, 2011 - A Cambridge, Mass., company says its genetically engineered microorganism can produce diesel fuel.

Mar 4, 2011

Energy Tech

Philippine oil survey gets escort amid China spat

Manila (AFP) March 4, 2011 - Philippine President Benigno Aquino on Friday ordered the coast guard to escort a Filipino oil exploration vessel in disputed waters as Manila complained of harassment by Chinese patrols.

Mar 4, 2011

Energy Tech

Shah Deniz II gas sale delayed

London (UPI) Mar 4, 2011 - The sale of natural gas from the Shah Deniz II field in Azerbaijan will be delayed by as much as six months.

Mar 4, 2011

Bio Fuel

Sugarcane Bioethanol: Environmental Implications

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2011 - Researchers have long promoted biofuels produced from crop biomass as an environmentally sustainable source of renewable energy. A recent study questions whether the potential climate benefit of sug

Mar 4, 2011

Energy Tech

Another Chinese firm suspends Libya projects

Beijing (AFP) March 3, 2011 - State-run Metallurgical Corporation of China Ltd. (MCC) says it has halted multi-million-dollar projects in Libya, the latest Chinese firm to shut down in the strife-torn country.

Mar 3, 2011

Energy Tech

Bahrain key to Persian Gulf power struggle

Manama, Bahrain (UPI) Mar 3, 2011 - The tiny Persian Gulf kingdom of Bahrain is increasingly seen as the linchpin of Iran's clandestine efforts to stir up trouble in the strategic, oil-rich region Tehran seeks to dominate as U.S. power ebbs.

Mar 3, 2011

Energy News

Carbon Offsets Provide Unique New Option For Landowners

Stamford CT (SPX) Mar 03, 2011 - It is a common sight across this country, bulldozers felling trees making way for new subdivisions and shopping malls, often the property becoming available because it was the only financially viabl

Mar 3, 2011

Wind Daily

GL Garrad Hassan Delivers Wind Map Of Lebanon

Bristol, UK (SPX) Mar 03, 2011 - Lebanon is planning to generate 12 percent of its electricity from renewable energies in 2020 according to official reports. To support an emergent wind industry in the country, GL Garrad Hassan has

Mar 3, 2011

Energy News

Italy moves to reduce renewable energy handouts

Milan (AFP) March 3, 2011 - The Italian government on Thursday adopted a law designed to progressively reduce the multi-billion euro state subsidies for renewable energy.

Mar 3, 2011

Energy Tech

Philippine military accuses China in sea spat

Manila (AFP) March 3, 2011 - The Philippine military Thursday accused the Chinese navy of entering Manila's waters in the South China Sea and ordering an oil exploration vessel to leave.

Mar 3, 2011

Bio Fuel

Sewage Plant Waste Water As A Huge New Energy Source

Washington DC (SPX) Mar 03, 2011 - The latest episode in the American Chemical Society's (ACS) award-winning podcast series, Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions, focuses on the discovery that household sewage has far more potenti

Mar 3, 2011

Energy Tech

Shell seeks to soothe S.African fears on shale gas plans

Johannesburg (AFP) March 3, 2011 - Energy giant Royal Dutch Shell said Thursday a controversial plan to exploit natural gas in South Africa will only start in 2013 as it sought to soothe fears over the environmental impact.

Mar 3, 2011

Energy Tech

Smart Grid Panel Agrees On Data-Exchange Standards For Electricity Usage

Washington DC (SPX) Mar 03, 2011 - The governing board of the public-private Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) has voted in favor of a new standard important for two-way data communications between utilities and their customer

Mar 3, 2011

Energy Tech

UC San Diego Campus Apartments Immerse Students In Sustainability

San Diego CA (SPX) Mar 03, 2011 - Wind scoops pull Pacific breezes into the energy-efficient rooms in UC San Diego's newest student apartments, cooling them the old-fashioned way in buildings aligned to capitalize on wind and sola

Mar 3, 2011

Energy Tech

China keen to show it cares about workers in Libya

Beijing (AFP) March 2, 2011 - China's all-out efforts to evacuate more than 30,000 workers from violence-hit Libya have highlighted the government's need to show it can protect hundreds of thousands of migrants overseas, experts say.

Mar 2, 2011

Energy Tech

Japan slams Russian military build-up on islands

Tokyo (AFP) March 2, 2011 - Japan on Wednesday branded Russia's plans to deploy anti-ship cruise missiles on disputed islands off Tokyo's northern frontier very deplorable.

Mar 2, 2011