http://www.theenergydaily.com Energy Portal en-us 2008 Wed, 3 Dec 2008 14:57:01 EST In a humble but potentially far-reaching innovation to save oil—and trips to the service station--a small New York company claims it has developed a high-tech oil filter for vehicle engines that is far more effective than standard filters, enabling... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/r_and_d/1781.html Wed, 3 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST COMMENTARY A famous baseball player and noted grammarian once said, “You’ve got to be careful if you don’t know where you’re going, because you might not get there.” It can be especially difficult to “know where... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/r_and_d/1774.html Tue, 2 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST In the first plug-in hybrid vehicle test involving multiple utilities, an energy innovation firm has announced it is partnering with North Carolina utilities Progress Energy and Duke Energy Corp. to assess the potential for wide-scale adoption of electric... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/r_and_d/1717.html Wed, 19 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST Wrapping up a series of awards under its regional carbon sequestration program, the Energy Department Monday awarded $66.9 million to the Big Sky Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership, the department’s seventh large-scale carbon sequestration... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/r_and_d/1706.html Tue, 18 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST Ice Energy, a startup company with an innovative air conditioning technology, announced Tuesday that private equity firm Energy Capital Partners is leading a million-dollar investment drive to spur deployment of multiple utility-scale energy storage projects... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/r_and_d/1650.html Tue, 4 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST In a surprising rebuke of a clean energy project, the California Public Utilities Commission has rejected a plan by Pacific Gas & Electric to buy electricity from a 2 megawatt wave energy plant proposed by Finavera Renewables Inc. offshore Humboldt... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/r_and_d/1624.html Thu, 30 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT Suncor Energy Inc., the huge Canadian oil sands producer, said last week it will partner with Lignol Energy Corp. to develop a demonstration cellulosic ethanol plant that Lignol is planning to build in Grand Junction, Colo. The deal, announced... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/r_and_d/1613.html Tue, 28 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT   In a major boost for the renewable and electric power industries, the House of Representatives Friday approved on a strong, bipartisan vote of 263-171 a revised $700 billion bill to rescue the floundering financial sector, ease the credit crunch... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/r_and_d/1503.html Mon, 6 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT     In the first public quantification of a problem that all interested parties have long seen coming, the Energy Department announced Thursday that electric utilities have filed applications for federal loan guarantees totaling $122 billion to help... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/r_and_d/1497.html Fri, 3 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT With congressional approval Wednesday of a landmark nuclear cooperation deal with India, U.S. firms will begin a competitive scramble with Russian and European companies for billions of dollars of Indian business—with U.S. firms slowed by a lack of... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/r_and_d/1499.html Fri, 3 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT