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Energy Daily Editorial Team

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 News

Bicycles Replacing Cars – The Future Of E-Mobility

Bonn, Germany (SPX) Oct 05, 2010 - According to estimates by the German Federal Government, even though today there are few mass-produced electric cars on the market, there will be a million electric cars on German roads by 2020. Despite numerous pilot projects using electric cars, high expectations are being curbed because of high purchase costs, short ranges and a lack of infrastructure for charging stations.

Oct 5, 2010

Bio Fuel

Imperial e-Biofuels Subsidiary Increases Fuel Sales By 61 Percent

Evansville IN (SPX) Oct 05, 2010 - Imperial Petroleum has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, e-biofuels sold 1.87 million gallons of biodiesel in September 2010 resulting in revenues of approximately $5.65 million for the month.

Oct 5, 2010

Bio Fuel

Intertek Supports Historic Biofuel Powered Transatlantic Flight

Rotterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Oct 05, 2010 - Intertek tested the aviation fuel used during a historic biofuel powered single engine propeller flight across the Atlantic from Canada to Germany. Intertek was chosen as the project's biofuel fuel quality testing partner, providing testing and consultancy services during the fuel development phase as well as during the journey.

Oct 5, 2010

Energy Tech

Oil think tank sees signs of recovery

London (UPI) Oct 5, 2010 - Oil market trends show a global economic recovery may be on the horizon, London's Center for Global Energy Studies said Tuesday in its latest report on linkages between energy demand and world economy.

Oct 5, 2010

Bio Fuel

Scania Collaborating In Research On Biofuel-Based Engine Technology

Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Oct 05, 2010 - Scania has been granted SEK 30 million - about EUR 3.3 million - by Sweden's Strategic Vehicle Research and Innovation Initiative (FFI) to develop a biofuel engine intended for heavy commercial vehicles. This research will show how the best characteristics of the diesel and the Otto principle can be combined in an engine that can operate on both alcohol- and gaseous methane-based fuels.

Oct 5, 2010

Bio Fuel

True Green Energy Group Hits Pay Dirt

Manila, Philippines (SPX) Oct 05, 2010 - Turning garbage into energy calls to mind the 1980s film Back to the Future, which inspired whimsical images of future cars powered on waste. Since that time, the technology for turning trash waste into electricity and biofuel has become a reality. In just the past decade, research and experimentation has brought cleaner and more efficient conversion systems.

Oct 5, 2010

Energy News

CALMAC Applauds California’s Energy Storage Bill AB 2514

Fair Lawn NJ (SPX) Oct 04, 2010 - CALMAC congratulates California legislators, Governor Schwarzenegger and all parties involved in the passing of the landmark Energy Storage Bill AB 2514.

Oct 4, 2010

Energy Tech

KRG official: Iraq can fill Nabucco

Istanbul, Turkey (UPI) Oct 4, 2010 - Northern Iraq has enough natural gas to fill the European Union-backed Nabucco pipeline project, a Kurdish official said.

Oct 4, 2010

Energy Tech

Saudi subsidies incur huge costs, threaten oil exports

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (AFP) Oct 4, 2010 - Rising demand and deep subsidies on fuel, electricity and water are burning huge holes in the Saudi budget and threaten to eat into its capacity to export oil, officials and experts warn.

Oct 4, 2010

Energy Tech

Simple Approach Could Clean Up Oil Remaining From Exxon Valdez Spill

Washington DC (SPX) Oct 04, 2010 - Traces of crude oil that linger on the shores of Alaska's Prince William Sound after the Exxon Valdez oil spill remain highly biodegradable, despite almost 20 years of weathering and decomposition, scientists are reporting in a new study.

Oct 4, 2010

Energy Tech

Turning Waste Heat Into Power

Tempe AZ (SPX) Oct 04, 2010 - What do a car engine, a power plant, a factory and a solar panel have in common? They all generate heat - a lot of which is wasted. University of Arizona physicists have discovered a new way of harvesting waste heat and turning it into electrical power.

Oct 4, 2010

Energy News

China, Greece, to set up centre to cut ship CO2 emissions

Athens (AFP) Oct 2, 2010 - China and Greece will set up a centre to look at ways of saving energy and cutting greenhouse gas emissions in the merchant navy, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Saturday.

Oct 2, 2010

Energy Tech

Iraqi insurgents threaten oil industry

Baghdad (UPI) Oct 1, 2010 - The chief of security in southern Iraq, where two-thirds of Iraq's oil reserves lie, has warned that a resurgent Islamist militant organization allied with al-Qaida is expected to target the oil industry, the key to the country's reconstruction.

Oct 1, 2010

Bio Fuel

Navy: Alternative fuel needed for security

Phoenix (UPI) Oct 1, 2010 - The U.S. military represents a huge market for companies that can develop low-cost renewable fuels, said a U.S. Navy official.

Oct 1, 2010

Energy Tech

Oil from BP spill traveled 500 kilometers: scientists

Miami (AFP) Oct 1, 2010 - Traces of oil from a ruptured BP well in the Gulf of Mexico have been found at a depth of 1,000 meters (3,200 feet) and up to 500 kilometers (300 miles) from the spill site, according to a new analysis.

Oct 1, 2010

Energy Tech

Repsol, Sinopec in deal to tap vast Brazilian oilfields

Madrid (AFP) Oct 1, 2010 - Spanish energy giant Repsol Friday announced a 7.1-billion-dollar alliance with China's Sinopec, a major international player, to help develop Brazil's massive offshore oil reserves.

Oct 1, 2010