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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.

Flow Of Oil Through Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Resumes

Baku, Azerbaijan (UPI) Aug 27, 2008 - Operators for the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline said Monday transportation from Azerbaijan to Turkey would return to normal starting Tuesday. Oil officials in Kazakhstan said the conflict in the Caucasus prompted consideration of alternative export routes around the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan route. A decision by Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko to direct flow through the Odessa-Brody oil pipeline could impact several Russian projects, research suggests. Construction on the 173-mile Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline across Bulgaria and Greece will begin in June 2009, Bulgarian officials said.

Aug 27, 2008

Greenhunter Biofuels Updates Status Of Biodiesel Refinery Operations

Grapevine TX (SPX) Aug 27, 2008 - Greenhunter Biofuels has announced that over the past week it has achieved over 50% of nameplate production capacity (50% of 105 million gallons-per-year) at the country's largest biodiesel refinery located in Houston, Texas.

Aug 27, 2008

Oil prices climb above 117 dollars on Hurricane Gustav

London (AFP) Aug 27, 2008 - World oil prices rallied Wednesday on the back of concerns that Hurricane Gustav may head for the Gulf of Mexico where many US energy installations are located, analysts said.

Aug 27, 2008

Today Butter Sculpture, Tomorrow Sustainable Fuel

Syracuse NY (SPX) Aug 27, 2008 - Nine hundred pounds of butter, sculpted into a tribute to New York state's dairy farmers and positioned as a centerpiece attraction at the New York State Fair, will end up fueling the vehicle fleet at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF).

Aug 27, 2008

Why Wind Turbines Can Mean Death For Bats

Calgary, Canada (SPX) Aug 27, 2008 - Power-generating wind turbines have long been recognized as a potentially life-threatening hazard for birds. But at most wind facilities, bats actually die in much greater numbers. Now, researchers reporting in Current Biology, a Cell Press journal, think they know why.

Aug 27, 2008

EDSA Introduces Power Industry’s First Real-Time Crystal Ball

San Diego CA (SPX) Aug 26, 2008 - It's a Hollywood staple in many Sci-Fi and action movies: the hero is scrambling to defuse an explosive device connected to a digital timer before it explodes. Two wires - one red, one blue - appear to trigger the device; cutting one wire detonates the bomb, the other defuses it.

Aug 26, 2008

F-15 Tests Alternative Jet Engine Fuel

Robins Air Force Base GA (SPX) Aug 26, 2008 - An aviation first was accomplished when an F-15E Strike Eagle flew here Aug. 19 using an alternative fuel.

Aug 26, 2008

GWS Tech Partners With Microgeneration Innovator Urban Green Energy

Scottsdale AZ (SPX) Aug 26, 2008 - GWS Technologies has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Urban Green Energy, Inc. to distribute its incredibly advanced 2nd generation 4kW vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT), the first in a line which will include several other sizes, including a 1kW VAWT available this fall.

Aug 26, 2008

Oil prices rise as Hurricane Gustav strengthens

New York (AFP) Aug 26, 2008 - Oil prices rebounded Tuesday on concerns that a strengthened Hurricane Gustav could damage energy facilities in the Gulf of Mexico.

Aug 26, 2008

Researchers Look For Ways To Bring Hydrogen Technology Home

Rolla MO (SPX) Aug 26, 2008 - You probably won't be able to drive down the highway in your own non-polluting vehicle that runs on hydrogen power any time soon. And don't start making plans to power your whole house with expensive hydrogen-based technology in the coming years.

Aug 26, 2008

A Better Way To Make Hydrogen From Biofuels

Columbus OH (SPX) Aug 25, 2008 - Researchers here have found a way to convert ethanol and other biofuels into hydrogen very efficiently. A new catalyst makes hydrogen from ethanol with 90 percent yield, at a workable temperature, and using inexpensive ingredients.

Aug 25, 2008

Agresti Biofuels Gets Okay For First Trash To Gas Facility In US

Indianapolis IN (SPX) Aug 25, 2008 - Agresti Biofuels has announced that it will begin contract negotiations with Pike County, Ky. for the first commercial municipal solid waste (MSW) to cellulosic ethanol production facility in the United States.

Aug 25, 2008

Analysis: Iraq Energy Roundup

Baghdad, Iraq (UPI) Aug 25, 2008 - Iraq said it planned to sign a $1.2 billion deal with China's state-run oil firm, marking the first major oil deal since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. Norwegian oil firm DNO said a license review by the Kurdistan Regional Government resulted in a cessation of oil output from the northern Tawke field. Political infighting and security concerns in Iraq are delaying any significant development on deals with international oil companies, officials said. Royal Dutch Shell said it was still in negotiations with Iraq on short-term service contracts despite claims by a top U.S. economic transition official there.

Aug 25, 2008

Atlantic Energy Completes Energy Efficiency Project At Local School

Saratoga Springs NY (SPX) Aug 25, 2008 - Atlantic Energy Solutions, Inc has entered into a contract to provide a comprehensive turn key energy efficiency solution at the Mechanicville Central School District located in Upstate New York.

Aug 25, 2008

Genomics Of Plant-Based Biofuels Highlighted In Journal Nature

Walnut Creek CA (SPX) Aug 25, 2008 - Genomics is accelerating improvements for converting plant biomass into biofuel-as an alternative to fossil fuel for the nation's transportation needs, reports Eddy Rubin, Director of the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI), in the August 14 edition of the journal Nature.

Aug 25, 2008

Linde To Fuel Missouri’s First Hydrogen Refuelling Station

Murray Hill NJ (SPX) Aug 25, 2008 - Linde North America is providing the hydrogen for Missouri's first hydrogen vehicle refuelling station, which opens in Rolla.

Aug 25, 2008