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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.

Philips Patents TU Eindhoven’s Energy Return System

Den Haag, Netherlands (SPX) Jan 25, 2008 - An increasing number of private individuals supply their excess energy, from external energy sources (windmills and solar cells), to the electricity grid and only take energy from the grid when necessary. Dutch-sponsored researcher Haimin Tao examined how this externally generated energy can be better stored and transferred. Philips has acquired a patent for a part of the system.

Jan 25, 2008

Analysis: Growing Kazakh maritime trade

Washington (UPI) Jan 24, 2008 - While most visitors to the rising petro-state of Kazakhstan are dazzled by the oil-fueled construction boom in Astana and the former capital, Almaty, an equally significant town is rising on the eastern shores of the Caspian.

Jan 24, 2008

Analysis: Yar’Adua eyes emerging Nigeria

Miami (UPI) Jan 24, 2008 - Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua is hoping to transform his energy-rich country into a leading world player on the energy market and beyond during the next decade by improving the country's oil and gas production as well as its infrastructure.

Jan 24, 2008

Boosting Europe’s Growth And Jobs By Meeting Climate Change Commitments

Washington DC (SPX) Jan 24, 2008 - The European Commission has today agreed on a far-reaching package of proposals that will deliver the European Council's commitments to fight climate change and promote renewable energy. The proposals demonstrate that the targets agreed last year are technologically and economically possible and provide a unique business opportunity for thousands of European companies. These measures will dramatically increase the use of renewable energy in each country and set legally enforceable targets for governments to achieve them.

Jan 24, 2008

World Energy Conducts North America’s First Online Auction For Carbon Emissions Compliance

Worcester MA (SPX) Jan 24, 2008 - World Energy Solutions announced the company completed a landmark online auction event. Using the World Green Exchange, Verdant Energy, a leading Canadian power supplier, auctioned off Carbon Offsets (commonly referred to as green credits) under the recently established Alberta Offset System.

Jan 24, 2008

Analysis: Brazil strikes gas again

Miami (UPI) Jan 23, 2008 - Brazil's energy fortunes appear to keep growing with the discovery of a new gas field right next door to a bounty of undersea oil found last year, officials at state-run Petrobras announced this week.

Jan 23, 2008

Bentley Expands Portfolio Of Software To Improve Performance Of Buildings

Exton PA (SPX) Jan 23, 2008 - Bentley Systems announced that it has acquired Hevacomp, Ltd., a Sheffield, England-based leading provider of building services design software dedicated to improving the performance of buildings. Included in its portfolio is software for energy analysis, heating and cooling load calculations, pipe and duct sizing, and electrical system design and product catalogs.

Jan 23, 2008

Bio-diesel film not to everyone’s tastes at Sundance

Park City, Utah (AFP) Jan 23, 2008 - Activist Josh Tickell has been using and promoting bio-diesel for about 10 years as an alternative to fossil fuels, helping America lessen its dependence on foreign oil.

Jan 23, 2008

Brazil’s biofuel industry welcomes EU climate change package

Sao Paulo (AFP) Jan 23, 2008 - Brazil's sugarcane industry -- the main pillar in the country's biofuel sector -- hailed the European Union plan unveiled Wednesday to cut greenhouse emissions by boosting ethanol use in transport.

Jan 23, 2008

Brussels steers EU nations to clean energy targets

Brussels (AFP) Jan 23, 2008 - The European Commission sought Wednesday to bind EU member states to goals for clean energy use, with eco-friendly Sweden being asked to derive almost half its energy needs from renewable forms.

Jan 23, 2008

China, India among worst environmental performers: study

Davos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 23, 2008 - European countries and some Latin American nations topped an environmental scorecard released Wednesday in Davos, way ahead of the United States and emerging economies like China and India.

Jan 23, 2008

China electricity supplier warns of power crisis: report

Shanghai (AFP) Jan 23, 2008 - China's biggest electricity provider has asked the government to help ensure coal supplies and avert a looming power crisis, state media reported on Wednesday.

Jan 23, 2008

EU sets national renewable energy targets for 2020

Brussels (AFP) Jan 23, 2008 - The European Commission set targets Wednesday for each of the 27 EU member states, obliging them to raise to a set percentage the use of renewable energies in their overall energy mix by 2020.

Jan 23, 2008

Europe’s polluters warn of high price for EU green plan

Berlin (AFP) Jan 23, 2008 - Europe's big polluters accepted an EU plan to drastically cut emissions of the gases that cause global warming while expressing concern on the cost and impact on jobs.

Jan 23, 2008

Is Corporate America Implementing Strategies To Protect The Environment

Rochester NY (SPX) Jan 23, 2008 - It is almost impossible for one to pick up a newspaper, magazine or access the Internet without seeing an article concerning the greening of Corporate America. A recent study conducted by Harris Interactive with more than 300 IT decision makers indicates there is a plethora of thoughts and activities for Going Green.

Jan 23, 2008

Analysis: Iraqis without fuel, power

Washington (UPI) Jan 22, 2008 - You can't have one without the other, but with many of Iraq's power plants shut and refineries stopped, Iraqis have neither fuel nor electricity.

Jan 22, 2008