The team from Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences develop a compact multifunctional device featuring a combined polarizer and colour filter. This has potential applications in power-saving liquid-crystal display LCD modules to achieve a more energy-efficient display technology.

Those living in certain parts of the state of California who qualify as low-income residents and have an old gas hog that pollutes heavily will now have the option of receiving up to $12,000 in subsidies to replace their old vehicle and purchase a cleaner, fuel-efficient vehicle, according to recent reports.

Covering the first months of 2015, the preliminary review shows that Dak Lak province has made a saving of 12.58 million kWh, exceeding 3.18 million kWh compared with EVN-CPC assigned plan. To achieve this result, along with other solutions, Dak Lak Power Corporation in collaboration with the Department of Industry and Trade implements the electricity-saving program.

The implementation of electricity-saving program in 2015 and the plan of power saving communication week - the 4th round in 2015 were deployed by Thua Thien Hue Power Corporation during June 22 -28, 2015.

380V DC can be distributed directly to the server power supplies, eliminating multiple conversions between AC and DC. Significant cost savings can be realized, reducing energy usage by 10 to 20 percent.

EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) finalized its revision to the Energy Star residential dishwasher specification. The criteria establish strict new energy efficiency requirements for residential dishwashers.

The agreement sets rigorous requirements that will improve the energy efficiency of small network equipment (SNE) by 10 to 20 percent compared to typical, recently-deployed devices and cover more than 90 percent of U.S. broadband households – roughly 80 million homes.

Ho Chi Minh City Power Corporation organized a series of communication programs on power savings for students in upper primary schools. The program took place at the Office of Information & Communication on Safe and Economical Use of Energy. This is an activity within the plan to propagate the safe, economical and efficient use of electricity for the people, pupils and students in the city.

Hanoi People's Committee has recently issued Plan No. 136/KH-UBND, to realize the framework plan for period 2016- 2020 on information and communication project in nuclear power development in Vietnam to 2020.

Although that's a bit of a mouthful, it simply means that the car maker achieved the highest fuel efficiency ever recorded while traversing all 24 adjoining EU countries.

The Climeon Ocean system designed will capture “waste heat” from SSABs Borlänge Plant to produce clean electricity

Manufacturers involved with fine ceramics are focusing on energy efficiency and resource conservation. In the past three years, there has been a great deal of optimization work in the entire process chain.

On their own, the devices draw negligible energy, but add in the amount of electricity it takes to move data wirelessly across networks worldwide, and the figure is staggering.

Most of the world's electricity-producing power plants -- whether powered by coal, natural gas, or nuclear fission -- make electricity by generating steam that turns a turbine.

The dry season in 2015 is forecast to extend to longer than usual annual duration, with high rising temperatures, causing widespread water shortages. Meanwhile, the demands for electricity increase, entailing the worrying concern in energy supply.

According to Ho Chi Minh city Department of Science and Technology, only 1% of enterprises have modern technology in their production line. And 51% of them have average production technology. The rest have backward production technology.

In the performance of many drastic measures in the communication on power savings, during the first 6 months of 2015 the country saved 1.56 billion kWh of electricity, accounting for 63.7% of the annual plan and 2.32% of six-month commercial electricity yield.

Mr. Le Ngoc Lam - Deputy General Director of the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) confirms that the well-performed energy savings projects can be legible for low-cost loans at rates lower than the current 9-11%, with Green Investment Facility Program.

In accordance with the communication plan 2015 and the plan "Pink Holidays 2015" on promoting the Safe- Economical- Efficient use of electricity, targeting at the people, pupils and students who live and study in the area of Ho Chi Minh City, HCM city Power Corporation held a series of communication programs for primary school students at the Office of Public Communication at No. 1 Phan Dang Luu - Binh Thanh District, on saving energy.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is funding €325 million (£227.5m) to improve the electricity grid in Spain.