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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.

Kelly Space Launches Eco-Friendly Wireless Lighting Control Technology

San Bernardino CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2008 - Kelly Space and Technology, Inc. launched an eco-friendly wireless lighting control technology known as WiseLight. WiseLight automatically enables commercial and government municipal users to save energy and costs. This green energy saving system automates scheduling, monitoring and control of outdoor lighting applications such as recreational fields, parking lots, billboards and other venues.

Feb 5, 2008

NIST building hydrogen pipeline laboratory

Boulder, Colo. (UPI) Feb 5, 2008 - The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology is constructing a new laboratory that's designed to test materials for hydrogen pipelines.

Feb 5, 2008

Activists want polar bear on endangered list before Alaska oil sale

Washington (AFP) Feb 4, 2008 - Animal activists on Monday pressed the US government to add the polar bear to the list of endangered animal species before the sell-off of oil and gas drilling rights in Alaska begins in the coming days.

Feb 4, 2008

Analysis: Putin to head Gazprom?

Washington (UPI) Feb 4, 2008 - As the world's attention increasingly focuses on Russia's March 2 presidential election, speculation is rising about what President Vladimir Putin will do in the aftermath.

Feb 4, 2008

British plans for wind turbines contested by defence ministry: report

London (AFP) Feb 4, 2008 - Britain's defence ministry has raised objections over proposals to ramp up the proportion of the country's energy produced by wind farms, because of concerns over the impact of the turbines on military radar, The Times reported on Monday.

Feb 4, 2008

Japan, China to settle gas row by splitting profit: report

Tokyo (AFP) Feb 4, 2008 - Japan and China are considering settling their long-standing dispute over gas fields by evenly splitting profits from joint development in the East China Sea, a Japanese newspaper said Monday.

Feb 4, 2008

Analysis: China beats West in Africa

Brussels (UPI) Feb 1, 2008 - China's growth and close economic ties with Africa are affecting the ability of the United States and the European Union to influence politics on the continent, experts say.

Feb 1, 2008

Analysis: Iraq oil deals drawing near

Washington (UPI) Feb 1, 2008 - Iraq's Oil Ministry, in talks with oil majors to boost production in crucial fields, may give long-term deals to firms that offer technical support.

Feb 1, 2008

Analysis: Turkey embraces wind power

Washington (UPI) Feb 1, 2008 - In an era of record high oil prices, many countries increasingly are turning to alternative fuels, including biofuel, solar energy and wind power. This pattern is typically pronounced in Turkey, forced to import more than 90 percent of its energy needs, with energy suppliers that are not only expensive, but erratic.

Feb 1, 2008

Iowa State Researcher Studies How Enzymes Break Down Cellulose

Ames IO (SPX) Feb 01, 2008 - Peter Reilly pointed to the framed journal covers decorating his office. Each of the six showed the swirling, twisting, complicated structure of an enzyme. Those bright and colorful illustrations are the work of his lab. And they're part of Reilly's work to understand how the structure of an enzyme influences its mechanism and its activity.

Feb 1, 2008

Squeezed Crystals Deliver More Volts Per Jolt

Washington DC (SPX) Feb 01, 2008 - A discovery by scientists at the Carnegie Institution has opened the door to a new generation of piezoelectric materials that can convert mechanical strain into electricity and vice versa, potentially cutting costs and boosting performance in myriad applications ranging from medical diagnostics to green energy technologies.

Feb 1, 2008

Thailand opens study on possible nuclear plant

Bangkok (AFP) Feb 1, 2008 - Thailand has launched a three-year study to decide whether the kingdom should build a nuclear power plant to meet its growing energy needs, a top energy official said Friday.

Feb 1, 2008

Analysis: IPI faces dangers, hurdles

Washington (UPI) Jan 31, 2008 - India's decision to proceed with talks with Pakistan on transit fees for the $7.4 billion, 1,700-mile natural gas pipeline from Iran is fraught with strategic and diplomatic implications.

Jan 31, 2008

Analysis: One strategy for Iraq oil, power

Washington (UPI) Jan 30, 2008 - There's optimism in Iraq, at least from a mysterious cadre called the Energy Fusion Cell, which for the past eight months worked to bring coherence to both U.S. and Iraqi initiatives in the oil, gas and power sectors -- the backbone of its citizens' quality of life and the bulk of the national budget.

Jan 30, 2008

Analysis: Shell to shut again in Nigeria

Miami (UPI) Jan 30, 2008 - Nigeria's oil production -- already well below capacity due to ongoing violence -- is set to take another hit totaling 225,000 barrels per day, according to a leading producer in the West African country.

Jan 30, 2008

Analysis: Venezuela expands influence

Miami (UPI) Jan 30, 2008 - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez recently announced his country's decision to build a refinery on the Caribbean island of Dominica, part of his effort to further integrate the region's energy supplies.

Jan 30, 2008