http://www.theenergydaily.com Energy Portal en-us 2010 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 4:21:40 EDT In a move to push for a comprehensive technology breakthrough that can be taken to commercial markets, the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy has given DuPont a multi-million dollar award to develop a process for using... http://www.theenergydaily.com/ced/company_spotlight/4018.html Thu, 4 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST Planning to build one of the world’s largest offshore wind farms, Spain’s Iberdrola Renovables this week established an Offshore Wind Division in Glasgow to manage up to 10,000 megawatts of projects in the United Kingdom and Europe. Iberdrola was... http://www.theenergydaily.com/ced/company_spotlight/4006.html Tue, 2 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST Moving to support the kind of utility-scale renewable energy project that the Obama administration is seeking as a centerpiece for a clean energy economy, the Department of Energy has awarded a $1.37 billion loan guarantee to BrightSource Energy, Inc. to... http://www.theenergydaily.com/ced/company_spotlight/3967.html Tue, 23 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST Hailing it as a breakthrough in enzyme technology, Denmark’s Novozymes this week unveiled a new product line that it claims will be the first commercially viable enzymes for production of biofuel from agricultural waste and will make cellulosic biofuel... http://www.theenergydaily.com/ced/company_spotlight/3928.html Tue, 16 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST In a major move into utility-scale solar generation and its first foray into solar thermal technology, China last week signed a landmark master licensing agreement with eSolar to build at least 2 gigawatts over the next ten years. The January 8 agreement... http://www.theenergydaily.com/ced/company_spotlight/3721.html Mon, 11 Jan 2010 0:00:00 EST Continuing its move into the Northeast biomass market, Laidlaw Berlin BioPower, LLC, an affiliate of Laidlaw Energy Group, Inc., has filed an all-inclusive permit application with the New Hampshire Site Evaluation Committee, seeking approvals to build and... http://www.theenergydaily.com/ced/company_spotlight/3658.html Tue, 22 Dec 2009 0:00:00 EST In its largest single wind power deal worldwide and the first North American test of its 2.5-megawatt turbine, the 2.5xl, GE said this week that it will supply turbines and operations and maintenance services to the massive Shepherds Flat project in Oregon... http://www.theenergydaily.com/ced/company_spotlight/3601.html Thu, 10 Dec 2009 0:00:00 EST With the official launching of Aquamarine Power Ltd.’s “Oyster” offshore of the Orkney Islands in Scotland, electricity produced by a large-scale wave energy device is being fed into a national grid for the first time. Aquamarine’s... http://www.theenergydaily.com/ced/company_spotlight/3530.html Mon, 30 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST In an evaluation that bodes well for the start up of its commercial-scale plant, ethanol producer POET LLC claims reductions in energy usage, enzyme costs, raw material requirements and capital expenses have significantly lowered per-gallon production costs... http://www.theenergydaily.com/ced/company_spotlight/3490.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST Combining three time-tested, low-tech energy concepts, EnvironMission, Inc., plans to take solar thermal power to new heights—just not technological heights—with a plant design that solves a major concern for the thirsty U.S. Southwest: it uses no... http://www.theenergydaily.com/ced/company_spotlight/3422.html Fri, 6 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST