Thua Thien Hue has a large number of small and medium enterprises (accounting for 95% of the total), many of which have obsolete equipment consuming much energy. Meanwhile 80% of energy used for living and production every year comes from electricity.

Microalgae could be one key to a more sustainable, less risk energy future for the U.S., and researchers are working on several fronts to find a low cost, high efficiency process for extracting renewable biofuel from the tiny plants. At Unitel Technologies, Inc., researchers have developed a microalgae – to – biofuel process that leaps over at least one obstacle, and that is the large amount of energy currently required by most oil extraction methods.

Ca Mau electric grid was built and completed immediately after the administrative separation with Bac Lieu (November 1996). This grid spreads from primary forests in U Minh Thuong and U Minh Ha to Dam Doi district, Ngoc Hien. Due to sparsely populated condition, electrical loss only exceeds 9% because of naked wire and frost. The efforts of the electricity industry and Ca Mau’s people in saving electricity are quite impressing. During the serious lack of electricity in the dry season, Ca Mau has contributed to the national grid by operating its gas-power-fertilizer plant with capacity 1,500MW. To help Southern Electricity Corporation overcome difficulties, the implementation of energy saving and reduction in Ca Mau is a matter of great importance for all sectors. The output in 2010 is scheduled to reach 670 million kWh. However, due to planned reduction, the first 5 months in 2010 only reached 258.3 million kWh, equals to 38.55% of plans.

Today a long-standing electronic dream has become a reality thanks to research done by a team of scientists from Bar-Ilan University, Israel, supported by U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Producing superconducting nano-scale wires to facilitate faster and more powerful electronic devices has been the long-time ambition which had eluded achievement until now.

Để tiết kiệm điện năng, Công ty Cổ phần FOCOCEV tiến hành cải tạo đồng loạt hệ thống điện. Ngoài các biện pháp như thay dần các bóng đèn cũ bằng bóng compact tiết kiệm điện, thay động cơ thừa tải, công ty cũng tiến hành thay thế, cân chỉnh các dây đai động cơ bị chùng, trang bị súng bắn nhiệt độ để kiểm tra các vị trí tiếp xúc điện kém. Với cách làm đó, lượng điện năng tiêu thụ giảm 5kwh/ tấn sản phẩm tương đương tiết kiệm gần 100 triệu đồng mỗi năm.

As much as we all want coal as an energy source to go away completely, we also know it will take the government and private sector sometime (too long in our opinion) to fully move to clean energy sources. In the meanwhile, methods need to be developed which can minimize the impact of fossil fuel usage on the environment.

Under the direction of Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai at Announcement number 343/TB-VPCP dated December 4th 2009 on building an energy saving advocacy program to every province, bringing the program to every ward, commune, block, making energy efficiency an emulation target, a standard in the cultural family evaluation, the Hanoi People’s Committee, in coordination with the Ministry of Industry and Trade, organized the pilot campaign for the 2010 Energy Saving and Efficiency for Households in Hanoi, with the theme “Energy efficiency in every household is saving for you and for future generations”.

In Bac Ninh Province, there are many occupational villages and recycling facilities currently producing non-ferrous metal, which offers a high economic value for the local population. However, as these facilities are located among residential areas, waste and emission from the manufacturing process directly affect the residents nearby, disturbing their livings.

Giải thích về công nghệ biến rác thải, bùn thải thành điện, TS Hoàng Sinh Trường, Trung tâm Nghiên cứu Năng lượng mới, Đại học Bách khoa Hà Nội cho biết, phát điện từ than bùn được thực hiện theo cơ chế thu hồi khí từ bãi chôn lấp và phát điện theo cơ chế CDM (Clean Development Mechanism - cơ chế phát triển sạch). Một hệ thống nhiều ống thu khí sẽ được chôn ở độ sâu 15m để thu khí gas phát sinh từ quá trình phân hủy rác ở các ô chôn lấp.

This could very well be the magic formula for future power generation. Yes, scientists are busy crafting what is now called as “solid organic electric battery based upon treated potatoes.” These are absolutely eco-friendly batteries – based on the hidden powers of potatoes – which will be an economical answer to the growing power needs of developing and developed countries.

The federal government has just finished construction on a zero-energy office building, the nation’s largest, and is hoping that commercial developers will follow its lead. The 222,000-square-foot Research Support Facility is on the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory campus in Golden, Colo. Just over 800 employees will occupy the building once it officially opens in late August.

Researchers at Cornell University have developed a process for building an organic molecular-scale framework that could be used to collect solar energy. They did it using phthalocyanines, which are common dyes used in blue jeans and numerous other products.

During the recent heat wave, electricity consumption has increased sharply: on 19th June, 37 million KWh was used, on 20th June, almost 40 million kWh, increasing by nearly 40% over the same period in 2009. According to EVN Hanoi, the sudden growth mainly gathered in daily life consumption. Meanwhile, in other provinces electricity consumption were deeply reduced - 30% over the same period in 2009 because every week, these provinces have electricity outage in 2-3 days.

The Prime Minister has approved of the Nuclear power development plan in Vietnam in 2010 – 2030. There are 8 construction sites proposed for building nuclear power plants in 5 provinces, including: Ninh Thuan, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Ha Tinh and Quang Ngai, each capable of installing 4 – 6 units.

With advantages such as reasonable price, energy efficiency, high luminescence efficiency and high durability, diverse styles, LED (light emitting diode) products are becoming attractive to Vietnamese consumers.

Hôm qua 9/7/2010, tại Matxcova Tổng thống Liên Bang Nga Dmitry Medvedev đã tiếp Tổng bí thư đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam Nông Đức Mạnh.Nội dung hội đàm của hai bên về các dự án chung trong các lĩnh vực thiết kế máy, khai thác mỏ, viễn thông và năng lượng. Điểm nổi bật của buổi hội đàm được đề cập là việc hợp tác năng lượng cũng như về khả năng Liên bang Nga sẽ xây nhà máy điện nguyên tử đầu tiên và một trung tâm nghiên cứu nguyên tử mới của Việt Nam.

Hai nhà khoa học Richard Sparling và David Levin, ĐH Manitoba (Canada) đã tạo ra nhiên liệu mới bằng cách sử dụng những chiếc cốc giấy bỏ đi để làm thức ăn cho các vi khuẩn. Theo cách đó, họ tạo ra nhiên liệu như etanol hay hydro.

American Electric Power CEO Michael Morris is all too familiar with the challenges of incorporating renewable energy into the existing industrial framework. But he believes that the largest of these hurdles can be overcome with sound planning for the future. Here’s what he has to say.

Japan's Toshiba said Friday it was working with Mitsubishi Motors to develop batteries for electric vehicles, as the race intensifies among automakers and technology giants to make emission-free cars. Toshiba, which spans electronic components, appliances and nuclear power plants has developed a fast-charging long life lithium-ion battery called SCiB (Super Charge ion Battery), which it plans to adapt for cars.

According to executives of Pacific West Energy LLC, one of the last players standing, securing the acreage needed to start production has been the high hurdle to overcome. Signing a preliminary accord on a biomass plant -- which could broaden its revenue stream -- is a promising step, but success still hinges on land acquisition and other complications being cleared.