On 12 October, 2012, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade signed the Decision number 6061/QD-BCT on the designation of a laboratory which will be employed to test energy output for equipment engaging in the Energy labeling program.

The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee recently approved the Green Energy Program for the 2011-2015 period, which emphasized the goal of clean power development, with new renewable energies accounting for more than one percent of the whole city's power consumption, equivalent to 48MW. However, to make this a reality will not be easy.

Vietnam won an Energy Globe Award 2012 from experts representing the United Nations, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), World Bank (WB), European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) and Seibersdorf Research Center, for its project on hybrid power system to supply power for Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands and the DK1 marine defense platform in the East Sea.

With a goal to achieve 40% cut in carbon emissions by 2020, the Malaysian government plans to increase the share of renewable energy in the total energy mix to 5.5% by 2015, according to a statement made by the Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade will promote the consumption of biofuel by providing more information on the economic and environmental advantages of the vegetable–derived petrol alternative.

Reza Shahbazian-Yassar thinks sodium might be the next big thing in rechargeable batteries. Ads by Google graphite electrodes

Hội nghị quốc tế về tiếp cận năng lượng đã chính thức khai mạc tại thủ đô New Delhi của Ấn Độ.

Scientists from Vietnam’s Academy for Water Resources have succeeded in designing equipment that turns saltwater into freshwater, using the sun’s energy.

The international exhibition on power saving products and green energies, Enertec Expo 2012, got underway on August 15 at the Tan Binh Exhibition and Convention Centre in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC).

mplementing national target program on energy efficiency and conservation in 2012 approved by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, on 21 September 2012, Danang Department of Industry and Trade in collaboration with Energy Efficiency Office, Ministry of Industry and Trade organized a conference on energy efficiency.

Ministry of Trade and Industry, together with Vietnam Journalists Association and EVN, shall hold the 2012 National Press Competition on awareness raising for energy efficiency and conservation.

Visitors to the Lynn Meadows Discovery Center in Gulfport will notice a colorful new exhibit that just came out of the ground. It looks like a popular type of flower, but operates like a miniature power plant. The exhibit is considered the only one of its kind in Mississippi.

New Corporate Renewable Energy Index report finds growing number of companies buying 100 per cent of their energy from renewables.

V3Solar has developed a new way to convert the sun's energy into electricity using traditional technology in a new way, and in so doing have discovered a way to get twenty times more electricity out of the same amount of solar cells.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) announced a Prime Ministerial decision on September 24 in Hanoi appointing Mr Hoang Quoc Vuong to be the EVN Member Council Chairman.

Dự án sản xuất thử nghiệm pin mặt trời bằng công nghệ màng mỏng, hóa hơi dưới áp lực không khí (APP-CVD) do Tập đoàn Dầu khí Việt Nam phối hợp với Công ty CP CNTT, VT và Tự động hóa dầu khí- PAIC đang hi vọng tạo nên bước đột phá về an ninh năng lượng và thương mại.

Gabriele Diamanti has created a solar oven he calls the Eliodomestico (household-sun); its purpose is to boil saltwater to produce clean drinking water for people in places where such water is difficult or impossible to obtain.

A few years ago, Craig Winn launched a new company with two employees and a good idea: leverage the auto industry’s engineering prowess to improve solar manufacturing. Three years later, the Michigan-based company has hired nearly 50 workers and doubled its production capacity.

In a ribbon-cutting ceremony today, the U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) unveiled a new laboratory designed to demonstrate that a typical-looking suburban home for a family of four can generate as much energy as it uses in a year. Following an initial year-long experiment, the facility will be used to improve test methods for energy-efficient technologies and develop cost-effective design standards for energy-efficient

Shortly after the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe, the celebrated Guardian journalist George Monbiot wrote one of his most widely read articles. It was entitled 'Why Fukushima made me stop worrying and love nuclear power'.