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Energy Daily Editorial Team
Editorial Team

Energy Daily Editorial Team

Editorial Team

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.

Legacy Reports

Cellulose-Munching Microbe At Heart Of New Bioethanol Company

Amherst MA (SPX) Sep 21, 2007 - The search for greener alternatives to fossil fuels has led to a major investment in a microbe that converts plant matter into ethanol. Dubbed the Q microbe, the bacterium has been the focus of University of Massachusetts Amherst microbiologist Susan Leschine's work for the past decade. Now it's taking center stage at SunEthanol, a new Amherst-based biofuels technology company.

Sep 21, 2007
Legacy Reports

EU New Policy Plan Targets Energy Giants

Brussels, Belgium (SPX) Sep 20, 2007 - The European Commission proposed a new energy policy package on Wednesday, seeking to split European energy giants and curb foreign takeovers in an effort to boost competition and ensure security of supply. An open and fair internal energy market is essential to ensure that the European Union (EU) can rise to the challenges of climate change, increased import dependence and global competitiveness.

Sep 20, 2007
Legacy Reports

Government Initiatives Drive Latin American Renewable Energy Markets

Buenos Aires, Argentina (SPX) Sep 20, 2007 - In the wake of growing energy consumption and the most urgent need for sustainable energy resources, Latin American governments are beginning to accord high priority to the generation of energy from renewable energy sources (RES). Although some of them, such as solar and geothermal, are not entirely competitive in terms of costs and efficiency, others such as wind power and biomass have seen their installed base grow substantially across the region.

Sep 20, 2007
Legacy Reports

Advance By Chemists May Lead To Better Displays On Laptop Computers And Cell Phones

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 19, 2007 - UCLA chemists working at the nanoscale have developed a new, inexpensive means of forcing luminescent polymers to give off polarized light and of confining that light to produce polymer-based lasers. The research, which could lead to a brighter polarized light source for LEDs in laptop computers, cell phones and other consumer electronics devices, currently appears in the advance online edition of the journal Nature Nanotechnology.

Sep 19, 2007
Legacy Reports

Construction Begins On First-of-Its-Kind Advanced Clean Coal Electric Generating Facility

Orlando FL (SPX) Sep 18, 2007 - Officials representing the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Southern Company, KBR and the Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC) broke ground to begin construction of an advanced 285-megawatt integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) facility near Orlando, Fla. The new generating station will be among the cleanest, most efficient coal-fueled power plants in the world.

Sep 18, 2007
Legacy Reports

EOS Estate Winery Converts Entirely To Solar Power

Franklin TN (SPX) Sep 18, 2007 - The EOS Estate Winery has announced plans to convert its facility entirely to solar power. The $3.8 million project, including the installation of more than two acres of ground-mounted tracking solar arrays that will provide all of the electrical power needs for the winery and tasting room, will make EOS the largest winery in California's Central Coast to run completely on alternative energy. Additional roof-mounted solar arrays will provide all the hot water needs. The project is due to be completed by April.

Sep 18, 2007
Legacy Reports

Maxwell Technologies Introduces 75-Volt Ultracapacitor Module For Renewable Energy Industrial Applications

San Diego CA (SPX) Sep 18, 2007 - Maxwell Technologies is introducing a 75-volt BOOSTCAP ultracapacitor module to provide a scaleable, cost-effective, low-maintenance solution to meet the backup power and power quality requirements of wind turbines and other renewable energy generation and industrial equipment applications. Maxwell developed the new module, which will be generally available early in the fourth quarter, in response to market demand for an easy-to-integrate energy storage building block for a variety of electrical system functions, including:

Sep 18, 2007