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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 Tech

Brown Physicist Discovers Odd Fluctuating Magnetic Waves

Providence RI (SPX) Feb 24, 2010 - At the quantum level, the forces of magnetism and superconductivity exist in an uneasy relationship. Superconducting materials repel a magnetic field, so to create a superconducting current, the magnetic forces must be strong enough to overcome the natural repulsion and penetrate the body of the superconductor. But there's a limit: Apply too much magnetic force, and the superconductor's capability is destroyed.

Feb 24, 2010
Wind Daily

Controllable Rubber Trailing Edge Flaps For Wind Turbine Blades

Riso, Denmark (SPX) Feb 23, 2010 - For some years, the Wind Energy Division at Riso DTU has been working to develop a method for controlling the loads on large wind turbine blades using a flexible trailing edge made of an elastic material which can be controlled by means of compressed air or hydraulics. Now, the invention, which has been called CRTEF (Controllable Rubber Trailing Edge Flap), has been tested in a wind tunnel with promising results.

Feb 23, 2010
Energy Tech

Nanotechnology Sparks Energy Storage On Paper And Cloth

Stanford CA (SPX) Feb 23, 2010 - By dipping ordinary paper or fabric in a special ink infused with nanoparticles, Stanford engineer Yi Cui has found a way to cheaply and efficiently manufacture lightweight paper batteries and supercapacitors (which, like batteries, store energy, but by electrostatic rather than chemical means), as well as stretchable, conductive textiles known as eTextiles - capable of storing energy while retaining the mechanical properties of ordinary paper or fabric.

Feb 23, 2010
Energy News

Member-Owned Electric Co-op Practices Examined

Atlanta, GA (SPX) Feb 22, 2010 - Why are electric rates higher for customers of Cobb County, Georgia's electric membership corporation (EMC) than for other utility customers? That's only one of the questions Cobb and other EMC members hope to find answers to as the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) gathers in Atlanta this week for its annual meeting. America's electric co-ops were founded in the 1930s as member-owned utilities in rural areas where big utility companies were not serving the population.

Feb 22, 2010
Bio Fuel

Beyond The Corn Field: Balancing Fuel, Food And Biodiversity

Washington DC (SPX) Feb 18, 2010 - The development of alternative fuel will greatly benefit the U.S., say scientists in an Energy Foundation-funded report published by the Ecological Society of America (ESA), the nation's largest organization of ecological scientists. However, in order to effectively reap the social and economic benefits of biofuel production, U.S. policies need to address potential effects of land-use choices on our ecosystems.

Feb 18, 2010