Tại thành phố Buôn Ma Thuột, Phó Chủ tịch Ủy ban Nhân dân tỉnh Đắk Lắk Đinh Văn Khiết đã làm việc với đại diện Tập đoàn Blue Diamond Technolgies (BDT) của Canada về việc đơn vị này đăng ký xây dựng nhà máy xử lý rác thành năng lượng tái chế tại địa phương.

To realize energy saving plan in order to reduce cost of production, the company’s leaders have planned to run concrete crushing machine during off-peak hours, hence consuming less electricity on producing concrete and clinker in comparison with previous targets. The company has also reduced time spent on drying furnace, and burned coal right after solving furnace problem instead of using MFO oil; hence dramatically reducing oil consumption.

So, cutting off electricity by zone on a temporary basis to save power is unavoidable. Moreover, from March 1, 2010, the price of electricity has increased by VND948.5 (8.92 percent) per kWh compared with the price of 2009. So each family has to pay a higher electricity bill. For those reasons, it is an urgent need to save power.

The Mekong Plastic Joint Stock Company (Trung An Industrial Zone, My Tho city, Tien Giang province) specializes in producing diverse ranges of packaging serving domestic and export markets with an annual revenue of around VND100 billion. Surveys show that the company can save VND245 million each year if it applies energy efficient measures.

This month, Bruichladdich - one of eight distilleries to be found on the Scottish isle of Islay -- will take delivery of an anaerobic digester which will start turning their whisky waste into electricity.Mark Reynier, owner of Bruichladdich Distillery, hopes the digester will meet around 80 percent of its electricity needs and save the company up to £120,000 ($175,000) every year.

Point Source Power, a startup spun out of research conducted at Lawrence Berkeley National Labs, has devised an economical fuel cell for emerging markets. The one in the picture is built around a container that once held breath mints and will generate two to three watts of power.

A meeting was held in Hanoi Monday for Vietnamese enterprises and firms from Maryland State, US, to seek trade partnership. The meeting, hosted by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, offered an opportunity for local firms to learn about the US technologies and latest applications in the environmental area.

Nằm trong khuôn khổ Hội chợ triển lãm ENTECH HANOI 2010, ngày 29/5 tại TT triển lãm Giảng Võ, cuộc thi “Sinh viên tìm hiểu về tiết kiệm năng lượng” đã diễn ra sôi động, hào hứng với sự tham gia của hàng trăm sinh viên đến từ 2 trường: ĐH Bách Khoa Hà Nội và ĐH Điện lực. Qua 4 vòng thi, chung cuộc đội chơi Hành trình xanh của ĐH Điện lực đoạt giải nhất với phần thưởng trị giá 5 triệu đồng.

Huynh Kim Tuoc, the director of the Ho Chi Minh City Energy Conservation Center, said, "Industries in Vietnam still consume exorbitant amounts of energy due to inefficiency." Statistics show that the energy efficiency at thermoelectric plants in Vietnam is about 28-32 percent while in developed countries this number is about 40 percent.

Through energy audit and the application of some solutions and models of the project “Investigate, assess, propose solutions and develop energy-saving models for a number of schools, hospitals, factories and flower farms of Lam Dong” implemented by Energy Conservation Center of Ho Chi Minh city, more than VND500 million has been saved and a large amount of CO2 emission which causes greenhouse effect has been reduced.

The Institute for Building, Science and Technology (IBST) on May 12th held a scientific seminar on “The experiences in implementing energy saving and efficiency program of the EU and Bulgaria and the application of energy efficiency meter software in Vietnam.” Participants of the workshop included Mr. Vladimir Moskov, commissioner of Bulgarian Embassy in Vietnam, Prof. Dr Nikola Geargiev Kaloyanov, Vice-Chancellor of Technical University of Sofia, project director and some other experts. On Vietnam side are Assoc. Prof. Dr Cao Duy Tien, director of IBST, Assoc. Prof. Dr Nguyen Xuan Chinh, deputy director of IBST concurrently project director, other experts from research institutes and universities and other interested researchers.

Lithium-oxygen (also known as lithium-air) batteries are similar in principle to the lithium-ion batteries that now dominate the field of portable electronics and are a leading contender for electric vehicles. But because lithium-air batteries replace the heavy conventional compounds in such batteries with a carbon-based air electrode and flow of air, the batteries themselves can be much lighter. That's why leading companies, including IBM and General Motors, have committed to major research initiatives on lithium-air technology.

“Consumers crave laptops that offer style and performance, and the new 2010 Intel® Core™ Ultra-Low Voltage processors for ultra-thin laptops delivers both, in one sleek design,” said Mooly Eden, vice president and general manager of the PC Client Group at Intel. “Intel’s leadership in 32nm high-k metal gate process technology, combined with breakthrough architecture and design has enabled thinner, lighter and faster notebooks than previous models, with terrific battery life. ”

The Southeast False Creek Neighborhood Energy Utility, or N.E.U., supplies space heating and domestic hot water to local buildings using heat recovered from wastewater and raw sewage. “This is a test case for Vancouver,” said Chris Baber, the N.E.U.’s manager. It is also the first “district” energy system in North America to draw heat from untreated wastewater. There are only three similar projects worldwide: two in Oslo and one in Tokyo.

Quang Nam is a coastal province, located in the key economic area of the Central, with the natural area of 10,408 km2, 18 district-level administrative units and the population of 1.5 million people. After more than 10 years of re-establishment, the local economy has changed a lot with many outstanding achievements.

The demand for electricity of Ba Ria – Vung Tau (BR - VT) averages more than 7 million kWh, but the allocated output is only 6 million kWh. Thus, the power cut frequency in the province since the beginning of April has been “every two days”, 1.5 times higher than the same period in 2009, which has dramatically affected all aspects of life.

Đó là chiếc ô tô điện của Câu lạc bộ xe điện Nhật Bản (JVEC) vừa trình diễn thành công hôm 23-5 ở tỉnh Ibaraki. 17 người đã thay phiên cầm lái suốt 27,5 tiếng trên quãng đường dài 1.003 km với vận tốc trung bình 40 km/giờ.

Sáng 27 tháng 5 năm 2010, tại trung tâm Hội chợ triển lãm quốc gia Hà Nội đã khai mạc Hội chợ triển lãm quốc tế năng lượng hiệu quả, môi trường lần thứ 2 - ENTECH HANOI 2010. Triển lãm có quy mô hơn 200 gian hàng trên diện tích trưng bầy 15.000m2 với sự tham gia của 150 doanh nghiệp trong lĩnh vực năng lượng và môi trường. Các Doanh nghiệp nước ngoài đến từ Hàn Quốc, Tây Ban Nha, Trung Quốc. Triển lãm sẽ kéo dài tới hết ngày 30/5/2010.

In a market-friendly scenario, Nanosolar claims to be able to produce electricity at 5-6 cents/kilowatt hour almost as cheap as power from coal and at about one-third the cost of other solar power. Nanosolar claims: Nanosolar claims mass production of solar power will now become feasible with their differently manufactured solar panels.

Sáng 25/5, Tổ chức tài chính quốc tế (IFC), thành viên của Nhóm Ngân hàng Thế giới, và Techcombank đã ký thông qua thoả thuận phát triển các sản phẩm cho vay tiết kiệm năng lượng dành cho các doanh nghiệp vừa và nhỏ.