Editor's notebook

ENERGY PARK - Plans for an energy park atop the closed city landfill on Defense Highway made progress recently when city officials selected a winning bidder. Unfortunately, one of the losing bidders is protesting, in what sounds like a case of sour grapes.

The city chose Aerotropolis Renewable Energy Group to build and operate a power plant that would create electricity using only renewable energy from such sources as solar power and biomass converters. Seven Seas Energy, one of seven bidders not chosen, points out that its proposal was rated as the best development and design plan for the park. But Seven Seas fell short on the...