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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.

Stimulus Funds Help Researchers Modernize The National Power Grid

Fayetteville AR (SPX) Aug 03, 2009 - Electrical engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas and the University of South Carolina were informed this week that they will receive federal economic stimulus funds via the National Science Foundation to continue and strengthen their efforts to modernize the national power grid. The award will establish an NSF center of excellence, known as an Industry/University Cooperative Research Center.

Aug 3, 2009

The LED’s Dark Secret

New York NY (SPX) Aug 03, 2009 - At first glance, the light-emitting diode, or LED, beats the venerable incandescent bulb in every way. It's compact, bright, long-lasting, and in its latest form it can produce a warm, white light. Best of all, it saves more than enough money on electricity to cover the extra cost.

Aug 3, 2009

Wind Energy On The NSW South Coast

Gerroa, Australia (SPX) Aug 03, 2009 - Australia's NSW South Coast has been identified by the State Government as one of five wind resource areas of state significance.

Aug 3, 2009

World Forum: Cut CO2 80% by 2020, not 2050

Washington DC (UPI) Aug 03, 2009 - Greenhouse gases must be cut 80 percent by 2020, not by 2050 as U.N. countries propose, to preserve life as we know it, the head of a global conference said.

Aug 3, 2009

Coal fires up India’s farmers against new power plants

Poinad, India (AFP) Aug 2, 2009 - Rajni Ramakan Patil has a message for the energy companies that want to build coal-based power stations on the land that she and two generations of her family have farmed for more than 50 years.

Aug 2, 2009

International Energy Agency Formed As China Efficiency Improves

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Jul 31, 2009 - A total of 136 nations have signed on to a wide-ranging program to promote transition toward the widespread and sustainable use of renewable energy.

Jul 31, 2009

Study begins to look at impact of Mekong hydropower plans

Hanoi (AFP) July 31, 2009 - A watchdog has kicked off a study to look at proposed hydropower developments on the Mekong River and their impact on the tens of millions of people living along it, officials said Friday.

Jul 31, 2009

Venezuela and Spain sign energy deals

Caracas, Venezuela (UPI) Jul 31, 2009 - Venezuela and Spain signed a series bilateral energy accords during Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratino's visit to Caracas this week.

Jul 31, 2009

Carbonics Acquires Rights To Algae Bioreactor Technologies

New York NY (SPX) Jul 30, 2009 - Carbonics Capital is pleased to announce that it has entered into an exclusive license with GreenShift for use of its algae bioreactor technologies in municipal and industrial applications excluding ethanol production. GreenShift's patented and patent-pending bioreactor technologies rely on thermophillic cyanobacteria (among other organisms) to consume carbon dioxide emissions and to produce carbon-neutral products.

Jul 30, 2009

Iran sends warships into Gulf of Aden

Tehran (UPI) Jul 30, 2009 - Iran has deployed a flotilla of warships and support vessels into the Gulf of Aden, the second in recent weeks, and says it also plans to establish a new naval base in the Gulf of Oman, at the southern end of the chokepoint Strait of Hormuz.

Jul 30, 2009

Magma buys into Iceland geothermal giant

Reykjavik, Iceland (UPI) Jul 30, 2009 - Magma Energy Corp. is buying a minority stake in Iceland's geothermal producer HS Orka as part of its concerted effort to expand its geothermal power portfolio across the Western Hemisphere.

Jul 30, 2009

Producing Renewable Transportation Fuels

Cambridge MA (SPX) Jul 30, 2009 - Joule Biotechnologies has unveiled its breakthrough Helioculture technology-a revolutionary process that harnesses sunlight to directly convert carbon dioxide (CO2) into SolarFuel liquid energy.

Jul 30, 2009

Russia seals re-entry into Cuba oil sector

Havana (UPI) Jul 30, 2009 - Russia has secured re-entry into Cuba's potentially promising energy sector with contracts that give Russian oil company Zarubezhneft access to the exclusive economic zone in the Gulf of Mexico and possibly other parts of the energy industry.

Jul 30, 2009

Southern China oil refinery moved over environment concern

Guangzhou, China (AFP) July 30, 2009 - A controversial oil refinery project in southern China will be relocated after it was criticised by environmental groups, a senior Chinese official said Thursday.

Jul 30, 2009

Terrabon Produces High-Octane Green Gasoline

Houston TX (SPX) Jul 30, 2009 - Terrabon has announced that it has produced high-octane green gasoline made from non-food biomass. The gasoline was produced using Terrabon's licensed MixAlco technology to pre-treat and ferment biomass at the Company's advanced biofuels research facility, Energy Independence I, located in Bryan, Texas. This process yielded organic salts, which were converted to ketones and then to high-octane gasoline.

Jul 30, 2009

Vietnam’s high wind power potential

Hanoi, Vietnam (UPI) Jul 30, 2009 - Vietnam has more wind energy potential than Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, experts say.

Jul 30, 2009