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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.

City Of Los Angeles Approves Agreement To Supply Clean Energy For 70,000 Homes

Los Angeles (SPX) Mar 30, 2007 - The City of Los Angeles took a critical step toward increasing the City of Los Angeles' green power supply when the LA City Council approved two agreements that will provide enough renewable energy to power 70,000 homes. These agreements, each of which provide 25 megawatts of renewable power for a total of 50 megawatts, enable LADWP to meet an additional 2% of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's goal to increase the City's renewable power supply to 20% by 2010.

Mar 30, 2007

Giving Platinum Catalysts A Golden Boost For Fuel Cells

Chicago IL (SPX) Mar 30, 2007 - Platinum might outweigh gold in the jewelry market, but as part of an ongoing effort to produce efficient and affordable fuel cells, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory are studying how gold atoms might enhance the value of the pricier metal.

Mar 30, 2007

Harnessing New Frequencies

Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Mar 30, 2007 - Modern technology uses many frequencies of electromagnetic radiation for communication, including radio waves, TV signals, microwaves and visible light. Now, a University of Utah study shows how far-infrared light - the last unexploited part of the electromagnetic spectrum - could be harnessed to build much faster wireless communications and to detect concealed explosives and biological weapons.

Mar 30, 2007

No Food Versus Fuel Debate With Cellulosic Ethanol

Chicago IL (SPX) Mar 30, 2007 - As more and more corn grain is diverted to make ethanol, there have been public concerns about food shortages. However, ethanol made from cellulosic materials instead of corn grain, renders the food vs. fuel debate moot, according to research by a Michigan State University ethanol expert.

Mar 30, 2007

Boeing Prepares Fuel Cell Demonstrator Airplane For Ground And Flight Testing

Madrid, Spain (SPX) Mar 28, 2007 - In an effort to develop environmentally progressive technologies for aerospace applications, Boeing researchers and industry partners throughout Europe plan to conduct experimental flight tests this year of a manned airplane powered only by a fuel cell and lightweight batteries.

Mar 28, 2007

Consumer Electronics Firms Seek Edge By Going Green

Hanover (AFP) Germany, March 28, 2007 - As television sets grow to mammoth proportions and computers gobble energy at work and at home, the consumer electronics industry is slowly coming around to the idea of ecology to stay competitive.

Mar 28, 2007

Energy Club Is Not An OPEC Clone

Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 28, 2007 - The fight for control over energy resources has been gaining momentum over the recent years, becoming a dominating factor in international relations.

Mar 28, 2007

‘Juiced-Up’ Battery Fueled By Sugar Could Power Small Portable Electronics

Chicago IL (SPX) Mar 28, 2007 - Juicing up your cell phone or iPod may take on a whole new meaning in the future. Researchers at Saint Louis University in Missouri have developed a fuel cell battery that runs on virtually any sugar source - from soft drinks to tree sap - and has the potential to operate three to four times longer on a single charge than conventional lithium ion batteries, they say.

Mar 28, 2007

Mitsubishi Heavy To Borrow Money Using CO2 Credits

Tokyo (AFP) March 27, 2007 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries plans to finance a Bulgarian wind farm by using the resulting greenhouse gas emission rights as collateral, the first such financing plan in the world, a report said Saturday.

Mar 27, 2007

Russian Oil Finds A New Route To Europe

Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 27, 2007 - Bulgaria, Greece and Russia have agreed to build a new oil pipeline from Burgas on Bulgaria's Black Sea coast to Alexandroupolis on Greece's Mediterranean coast. Russia will hold a 51% stake in the company that will build the pipeline, and its partners will have equal shares of the rest.

Mar 27, 2007

Russian Diplomat Declares Ministry Committed To Energy Security

Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 26, 2007 - The Russian Foreign Ministry is committed to energy security in the world, a senior diplomat said Monday.

Mar 26, 2007

Technical Watchdog Approves First Oil Platform On Sakhalin II

Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 26, 2007 - The Russian technical standards body approved Tuesday an industrial safety assessment of the first oil platform for the Sakhalin II oil and gas project off Russia's Pacific Coast.

Mar 26, 2007

US Automakers Press Bush On Ethanol

Washington (AFP) March 26, 2007 - The chiefs of the Big Three US automakers pressed President George W. Bush Monday to create more government incentives for the development of ethanol and other biofuels.

Mar 26, 2007

Brush Anode And Tubular Cathode Scale Up Microbial Fuel Cells

Union Town PA (SPX) Mar 23, 2007 - A carbon fiber, bottle-brush anode developed by Penn State researchers will provide more than enough surface for bacteria to colonize, for the first time making it possible to use microbial fuel cells for large scale electricity production. In addition, a membrane-tube air cathode, adapted from existing wastewater treatment equipment, will complete the circuit.

Mar 23, 2007

Scientific Surprise Greets Researchers At Higher Magnetic Fields

Tallahassee FL (SPX) Mar 23, 2007 - Research performed by a team at Florida State University's National High Magnetic Field Laboratory suggests that the benefits of building higher-field superconducting magnets likely will far outweigh the costs of building them.

Mar 23, 2007

Alternative Energy Key To African Development

Nairobi (AFP) March 22, 2007 - African countries must reduce their dependence on oil and begin to seek bold energy alternatives so the continent can emerge from a cycle of poverty, the head of the UN environment agency said Thursday.

Mar 22, 2007