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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.

Japan Proposes Halving Emissions By 2050

Tokyo (AFP) May 24, 2007 - Japan called Thursday for the world to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, proposing a successor to the Kyoto Protocol it hopes will win over top offenders the United States and China. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, unveiling the proposal ahead of the Group of Eight (G8) summit in Germany, pledged to bring all nations onboard in the fight against global warming by making the post-Kyoto framework non-binding.

May 24, 2007

Burns Postpones India Visit Indefinitely As Nuke Deal Heads South

New Delhi (ANI) May 23, 2007 - US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns will not be visiting India in 'near future' to help conclude the bilateral 123-Agreement, which would have ratified the 'historical' civil nuclear energy cooperation. Burns, who was expected to reach Delhi this weekend, has 'postponed his visit indefinitely' at the last moment, which has signalled that the bilateral agreement has hit a rough patch.

May 23, 2007

EcoLEDs Announces Brightest Commercial LED Light Bulb Yet

Tucson AZ (SPX) May 23, 2007 - Eco-friendly lighting company EcoLEDs.com has launched the brightest LED light bulb ever made available to consumers in the United States. Using just 10 watts and a single LED component made in the USA, the LED light uses just 1/10th the electricity of an incandescent light bulb and reduces CO2 emissions by 9,070 pounds over its life.

May 23, 2007

New Process Generates Hydrogen from Aluminum Alloy To Run Engines And Fuel Cells

West Lafayette, IN (SPX) May 23, 2007 - A Purdue University engineer has developed a method that uses an aluminum alloy to extract hydrogen from water for running fuel cells or internal combustion engines, and the technique could be used to replace gasoline. The method makes it unnecessary to store or transport hydrogen - two major challenges in creating a hydrogen economy, said Jerry Woodall, a distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering at Purdue who invented the process.

May 23, 2007

Novel Sugar-To-Hydrogen Technology Promises Transportation Fuel Independence

Blacksburg VA (SPX) May 23, 2007 - The hydrogen economy is not a futuristic concept. The U.S. Department of Energy's 2006 Advance Energy Initiative calls for competitive ethanol from plant sources by 2012 and a good selection of hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicles by 2020. Researchers at Virginia Tech, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and the University of Georgia propose using polysaccharides, or sugary carbohydrates, from biomass to directly produce low-cost hydrogen for the new hydrogen economy.

May 23, 2007

Alarming Acceleration In CO2 Emissions Worldwide

Stanford, CA (SPX) May 22, 2007 - Between 2000 and 2004, worldwide CO2 emissions increased at a rate that is over three times the rate during the 1990s-the rate increased from 1.1 % per year during the 1990s to 3.1% per year in the early 2000s.

May 22, 2007

Before Selling Carbon Credits Read This

Madison WI (SPX) May 22, 2007 - Storing carbon in agricultural soils presents an immediate option to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide and slow global warming. Farmers who adopt practices that store carbon in soil may be able to sell the stored carbon to buyers seeking to offset greenhouse gas emissions. Before farmers can sell carbon credits, however, they need to be able to verify that changing soil management has increased the soil organic carbon (SOC) in their fields.

May 22, 2007

Biofuel From Trees Being Developed At Georgia

Athens GA (SPX) May 22, 2007 - A team of University of Georgia researchers has developed a new biofuel derived from wood chips. Unlike previous fuels derived from wood, the new and still unnamed fuel can be blended with biodiesel and petroleum diesel to power conventional engines. The exciting thing about our method is that it is very easy to do, said Tom Adams, director of the UGA Faculty of Engineering outreach service. We expect to reduce the price of producing fuels from biomass dramatically with this technique.

May 22, 2007

Pratt And Whitney Canada New Generation Engines Lead Green Evolution

Geneva, Switzerland, May 22, 2007 - Pratt and Whitney Canada (P and WC) is at the forefront of the green evolution in aerospace with its newest generation of engine technologies and environmental stewardship across all facets of its business. P and WC is a United Technologies company.

May 22, 2007

Television About To Get A Whole Lot Brighter With New LED Technology

Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 22, 2007 - Two researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science want to make sure future generations of plasma TV watchers will see games like the upcoming NBA Finals in the brightest, most beautiful color possible - for a lot less money.

May 22, 2007

Rio Tinto And BP Plan Billion Dollar Clean Coal Plant

Sydney (AFP) May 21, 2007 - Mining giant Rio Tinto and energy powerhouse BP Monday announced plans for a 1.5 billion US dollar coal-fired power project in Australia which would capture carbon dioxide to cut greenhouse gas emissions. The clean coal power station would be the first new project for Hydrogen Energy, the company launched by BP and Rio Tinto last week, the two companies said in a statement.

May 21, 2007

Live Earth’s Hot Air, Burn Oil Instead

London (AFP) May 19, 2007 - Rock legend Roger Daltrey blasted the forthcoming Live Earth event, saying burning more oil would do more to find solutions to climate change problems, in comments published Saturday. The Who's singer questioned the value of the July 7 concerts and said a better idea would be to burn all the oil to force world leaders into action. The last thing the planet needs is a rock concert, Daltrey told The Sun newspaper.

May 19, 2007

Biorefineries To Transform Traditional Forestry Sector

Boston MA (SPX) May 18, 2007 - Biorefineries will change the face of traditional forestry industries, an Australian scientist will tell delegates to a major international biotechnology conference - Bio 2007. Dr Simon Potter, a researcher from Ensis - the forestry research joint venture between Australia's CSIRO and New Zealand's Crown Research Institute, Scion - says forestry industries will be transformed by utilising biorefineries to produce a wide range of new, high-value products.

May 18, 2007

Energy Efficient Desalination Takes A Step Forward

Canberra, Australia (SPX) May 18, 2007 - The delivery of energy efficient desalination received a boost with the establishment of a major new research collaboration between CSIRO and nine of Australia's leading universities. The research aims to dramatically increase efficiency, and reduce the financial and environmental costs of producing desalinated water. The research will help advance water desalination as an alternative water supply option for Australia.

May 18, 2007

Gas Union Of Three

Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) May 17, 2007 - Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan for two reasons. First, he wanted to set up a partnership of the three countries to build a gas pipeline north of the Caspian Sea. And second, he needed to prevent an anti-Russian alliance of European countries in the energy sector. In my opinion, he achieved both these goals.

May 17, 2007

TXU Wholesale Adds To Wind Energy Portfolio With 209-MW Deal

Dallas TX (SPX) May 17, 2007 - TXU Wholesale has announced that it has increased its portfolio of wind power contracts with a 209-megawatt (MW) agreement with Airtricity, a world-leading renewable energy company based in Dublin, Ireland. Under terms of the five-year contract, Airtricity will provide the wind power generated by its Roscoe Wind Farm, currently under construction about 45 miles southwest of Abilene in West Texas. The project, Airtricity's third in Texas, will use 209 1-MW Mitsubishi 1000A turbines.

May 17, 2007