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As most consumers now download and stream their movies and music, more and more CDs and DVDs will end up in landfills or be recycled. But scientists believe these discarded discs could soon take on a different role by curbing the release of greenhouse gases.
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The Challenge Fund is open to organisations working together to benefit local communities, achieving carbon reductions which are sustainable and commercially viable on a long term basis and the development of future viable delivery models.
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Laundry day is on the brink of a time and energy-saving revolution after US researchers developed a new system that dries clothes with ultrasonic vibrations instead of heat.
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It sounds like something more akin to alchemy, but engineers have developed a new light powered by gravity.
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On May 30 morning, at the Provincial Convention & Event Center, nearly 2 thousand people representing the departments and sectors of 21 southern provinces and cities and local people attended the 2015 festival, an Event co-organized by Southern Power Corporation and the Department of Industry and Trade.
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The World Bank is providing help to boost the share of renewable energy in developing and middle-income countries.
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Seven US companies have been awarded funds for energy storage projects.
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has invested the money.
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Government officials, international experts and development practitioners agreed that energy efficiency and renewable energy investments have the potential to build resilient economies of the GCC.
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To ensure power supply for the dry season as well as the whole year of 2015, the Southern Power Corporation (EVN SPC) is implementing power saving measures in 21 provinces and cities in the South.
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The next generation Toyota Prius engine achieves 40% thermal efficiency, says a report in Nikkei Technology. Toyota made the announcement at last week’s Spring Conference of the Society of Automotive Engineers in Yokohama, Japan.
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An EU-funded project on access to renewable and efficient energy in the municipalities of Vayk and Spitak in Armeniahas started work, aiming to support the municipalities to develop and test replicable models to save energy through the use of efficient measures and renewable sources in residential and public buildings.
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Storage of energy from renewable energy sources is vital to Europe’s energy policy. DTU Energy and partners use atomic modelling to develop a rechargeable zinc-air battery that is able to store large amounts of energy.
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In response to the National Target Program on Economical and Efficient Use of Energy, for the past 5 years (2010 - 2014), through the Power Saving Movement, Energy Saving in households, Hanoi has more 132 million kWh of electricity saved, equivalent to more than VND160 billion. Communication is evaluated as an important contribution to this outcome.
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AJapanese technology firm Ricoh is looking at its new "energy-generating rubber" as one solution. According the company, the new piezoelectric polymer converts pressure and vibration into electric energy with high efficiency, yet is extremely flexible and durable.
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A laser land leveller - a machine equipped with a laser-operated drag bucket - is much more effective and quicker at ensuring a flat, even surface.
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Four Japanese companies have developed a cogeneration system that recovers hot wastewater with high efficiency from a gas engine in the form of steam, announced the companies on Thursday.
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In the beginning of May, 2015, the Hanoi Energy Conservation Centre in collaboration with the Industrial Extension & Development Consulting and Energy Conservation Center held a training course on "Capacity Improvement for Energy Saving Policy Enactment for provincial and district officials in Lao Cai Province".
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The PBCF is an energy-saving device attached to the propeller of a vessel. It breaks up the hub vortex generated behind the rotating propeller, resulting in a decrease of more than 9,000 tons of CO2 emissions per year because of a 3-5% reduction in fuel consumption.
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Since 2012, the General Department of Energy - Ministry of Industry and Trade has been controlling the assignment conducted by the Poli-techniques Solar Energy Investment and Development Company Ltd. in coordination with Ha Giang Power Company to implement 3 projects with a total number of 149 benefited households.
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In the first 4 months of 2015, EVN-SPC saved over 390 million kWh equivalent to 2.56% of commercial electricity. Meanwhile, EVN-HCMC saves 150.28 million kWh, accounting for 2.51% of electricity consumption.