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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.

Solar Energy To Power Pumping Station For Geothermal Plant

Roseville CA (SPX) Dec 11, 2007 - Northern California Power Agency (NCPA), located in Roseville, CA and SPG Solar, located in San Rafael, CA have announced that they will join forces to build one of the largest solar arrays on the West Coast, near the City of Clearlake. The 1 megawatt single-axis solar tracking system will provide renewable energy to an existing pump station that supplies the NCPA Geysers Geothermal Energy Plant near Middletown, CA.

Dec 11, 2007

Xcel Energy Announces Renewable Energy Project Selections

Minneapolis MN (SPX) Dec 11, 2007 - Twenty-two proposed renewable energy projects featuring wind, hydroelectric, solar, biomass and biofuel technologies have been selected to receive nearly $23 million from the Xcel Energy Renewable Development Fund. An advisory board with representation from Xcel Energy, environmental groups, Xcel Energy customers and the Prairie Island Indian Community recommended to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission that $8,223,922 be awarded to projects for energy production and $14,397,817 for research and development.

Dec 11, 2007

Al-Qaeda could spark US economic crisis: McCain

Washington (AFP) Dec 10, 2007 - Republican presidential candidate John McCain warned Monday that Al-Qaeda could trigger a major US economic crisis with just one successful attack on a Middle Eastern oil installation.

Dec 10, 2007

Cleaner Diesels Thanks To Laser Light

Den Haag, Netherlands (SPX) Dec 10, 2007 - Measuring soot formation in a diesel engine is far from easy. Due to the turbulent environment in the combustion cylinder, no two combustion cycles are the same. Furthermore, the measurements are difficult to reproduce as the pressure at which fuel is injected into the cylinder causes an extra source of turbulence. Bougie made his measurements in a glass cylinder with an engine adapted for this purpose.

Dec 10, 2007

Climate survey pooh-poohs biofuels

Nusa Dua, Indonesia (AFP) Dec 10, 2007 - Biofuels may be rising in popularity worldwide but policymakers largely reject them as a way to fight global warming, a survey said Monday.

Dec 10, 2007

Sunshine To Petrol Project Seeks Fuel From Thin Air

Albuquerque NM (SPX) Dec 10, 2007 - Using concentrated solar energy to reverse combustion, a research team from Sandia National Laboratories is building a prototype device intended to chemically reenergize carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide using concentrated solar power. The carbon monoxide could then be used to make hydrogen or serve as a building block to synthesize a liquid combustible fuel, such as methanol or even gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.

Dec 10, 2007

Wind turbines to power every British home by 2020: minister

London (AFP) Dec 10, 2007 - Up to 7,000 wind turbines will be installed off the English coast under plans announced by the government on Monday to power every home in Britain with wind-generated electricity by 2020.

Dec 10, 2007

Biofuels: danger or new opportunity for Africa?

Ouagadougou (AFP) Dec 9, 2007 - The growing promotion of environmentally-friendly biofuels is raising questions for Africa: are such fuels a threat to food security or a golden opportunity to cut down on fossil fuel bills.

Dec 9, 2007

Biofuels: danger or new opportunity for Africa

Ouagadougou (AFP) Dec 9, 2007 - The growing promotion of environmentally-friendly biofuels is raising questions for Africa: are such fuels a threat to food security or a golden opportunity to cut down on fossil fuel bills.

Dec 9, 2007

Iran, China finalise two billion dollar oil contract

Tehran (AFP) Dec 9, 2007 - Iran and China's Sinopec on Sunday signed a two billion dollar contract to develop a major Iranian oil field, a crucial deal for the Iranian energy industry at a time of mounting international pressure.

Dec 9, 2007

Market forces essential to halting global warming: Gore

Oslo (AFP) Dec 9, 2007 - Global markets could become a leading tool for halting global warming, former US vice president Al Gore said on Sunday, a day before he was to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on climate change.

Dec 9, 2007

Report: Wind farms to power British homes

London (UPI) Dec 9, 2007 - Britain's secretary of business reportedly is backing a plan to have wind farms power all homes in the United Kingdom within 13 years.

Dec 9, 2007

Developing world must be able to lift emissions: Nobel winner

New Delhi (AFP) Dec 8, 2007 - Developing nations must be allowed to boost carbon emissions to lift millions out of poverty, says the head of the Nobel prize-winning climate change panel slated to formally get the award on Monday.

Dec 8, 2007

Analysis: Kazakh oil and Western woes

Washington (UPI) Dec 7, 2007 - The consolidation of the Kazakh energy industry proceeds apace, and what it eventually means for Western energy companies and investors is unclear.

Dec 7, 2007

Analysis: Nabucco’s hazy future

Washington (UPI) Dec 7, 2007 - Since 1991, a massive veiled struggle has emerged between Russia and Western energy companies, led by the United states, to control Central Asia's vast energy reserves, centered on the waters of the Caspian.

Dec 7, 2007

Dam The Red Sea And Release Gigawatts

Damming the Red Sea could solve the growing energy demands of millions of people in the Middle East and alleviate some of the region's tensions pertaining to oil supplies through hydroelectric power.

Dec 7, 2007