Thai Nguyen is known not only as the revolutionary base, the cradle of the metallurgic industry, but also the center of education - training of Viet Bac, and ranks 3rd in the number of universities, colleges, secondary vocational schools located in the locality. Therefore, the demand for electricity is very high, the current maximum power consumption is 250MW, and the required power output is 4.5 million kWh per day, of which electricity for industrial production accounts for nearly 80%. So in recent years, Thai Nguyen has been actively implementing energy saving in all sectors from industrial production, offices to public lighting...

This was a prerequisite for building plans of sustainable development and more proper distribution of electric energy, thus overcoming the chronic shortage of electricity and helping businesses build a clear orientation for power efficiency so that they could reduce production costs and improve competitiveness.

Hãng xe hơi lâu đời của nước Pháp là Renault quyết định tiếp bước Ferrari và Audi về việc lắp đặt tế bào quang năng trên trần nhà máy của họ, với diện tích lớn hơn nhiều: 450.000m2. Dự án - do Renault hợp tác với Gestamp Solar - sẽ giúp tạo ra 60 MW, cắt giảm lượng CO2 phát thải là 30.000 tấn/năm.

The Rome-based Global Bioenergy Partnership today released a voluntary policy for producing and using biomass and biofuels in ways that don’t add to climate change or affect food prices. The partnership, established in 2005 by the Group of Eight nations and five emerging economies, also includes 13 international organizations and institutions.

Một mục tiêu khác của dự án là sẽ được tăng cường khung pháp lý và thể chế, phát triển các cơ chế thực thi và giám sát, tổ chức các khóa đào tạo cho các cán bộ chuyên môn trong lĩnh vực thiết bị và thiết bị điện dân dụng, đồng thời phát động chiến dịch tiếp cận cộng đồng để phổ biến sử dụng năng lượng hiệu quả ở Nigeria, ông Lekoetje cho biết thêm, đồng thời chỉ rõ các mục tiêu được thiết kế nhằm giúp nâng cao năng lực của tất cả các bên liên quan ở cấp quốc gia.

The 26th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (26th EU PVSEC) will take place in Hamburg, Germany, at the CCH Congress Centre and International Fair Hamburg. The Conference extends over 5 days from 5-9 September 2011, the Exhibition runs over 4 days from 5-8 September 2011.

Two months on from the natural disasters that ravaged Japan’s infrastructure and economy, its government has said it is determined to plough forward with efforts in the field of sustainable development through trilateral cooperation. The country has committed to promote the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency to reach sustainable growth in the country as it rebuilds itself, officials said in a statement on Sunday.

Germany is coping without about three quarters of its nuclear power capacity by burning more climate-warming coal, reaping the rewards of renewables investments, and importing more French atomic energy. The shutdown over the weekend of another nuclear plant means almost 16 gigawatts of German nuclear power capacity was offline Monday, with nearly half of the capacity ordered to shut by the government in reaction to the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March.

Quỹ Cải tiến ôtô Xanh trực thuộc Chính phủ liên bang Australia sẽ đầu tư gần 40 triệu AUD cho Holden - hãng sản xuất xe hơi liên doanh với tập đoàn General Motors (Mỹ) - để giảm thiểu hơn 7% lượng nhiên liệu tiêu thụ của dòng xe Commodore.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday that the accident at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant suggested that there were large gaps in international systems to deal with safety breaches. Ban also announced a high-level international meeting on the issue in New York on September 22 during the UN General Assembly session.

Sau thảm họa tại nhà máy Fukushima (Nhật Bản), thủ tướng Đức, bà Angela Merkel tin rằng năng lượng hạt nhân sẽ không bao giờ lại có thể trở thành sự lựa chọn bền vững cho đất nước của bà. Hiện nay, bà Merkel đang dấn thân vào một kế hoạch tham vọng nhất thế giới, đó là cung cấp năng lượng cho một nền kinh tế công nghiệp hoàn toàn dựa vào các nguồn năng lượng tái tạo.

According to Mr Vu Huy Quang - PV Power CEO, PV Power plants are operating stably, securely and efficiently, and have high power output. Four units of PV Power have generated commercial electricity: Ca Mau 1 and 2, Nhon Trach 1, Nhon Trach 2 with the stable annual power output of about 12.5 billion kWh, accounting for 15% of total electricity production nationwide. Particularly in 2010, PV Power's total commercial electricity output reached 12.685 billion kWh.

Two Citroen C1 models fitted with the inductive system as well as a standard plug-in charger will form part of the Coventry and Birmingham Low Emission Demonstrators (CABLED) consortium testing programme, which comes under the umbrella of the Technology Strategy Board's £25m Ultra-Low Carbon Vehicle Demonstrator competition.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is anything but a left-wing greenie. The party she leads, the Christian Democratic Union, is the political equivalent of the Republicans in the U.S. Her coalition government is decidedly pro-business. Often described as Europe's most powerful politician, Merkel's top priority is job creation and economic growth.

The U.S. Postal Service – Office of Inspector General is to merge four of its data centres this month to save operating costs while increasing capacity and energy efficiency. The U.S. Postal Service – Office of Inspector General (USPS OIG) will house its consolidated data centres in one new state-of-the-art facility.

In a sunny corner of Italy that produces roses and olive oil, an American startup will get to demonstrate its technology to harvest both electricity and heat. Solergy, which is in the process of raising a B round of funding, plans to install a hybrid solar electric and thermal system on top of a greenhouse for the farm Azienda Agricola Ciccolella in the Puglia region, and intends to team up with Ciccolella to market Solergy’s systems to growers in the area, said Yoav Banin, Solergy’s CEO.

Leaked Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report predicts a 100 exajoule increase in renewable energy capacity. The United Nations is set to forecast substantial increases in the deployment of renewable energy through to 2050 as clean technologies such as wind and solar power improve and costs fall.

Nhiệt lượng thu được từ hệ thống có thể được sử dụng vì mục đích kinh tế, ví dụ như sử dụng nước nóng hoặc nhiệt để chạy hệ thống làm mát/ làm nóng hay các thiết bị trong nhà máy. Năm ngoái, Cogenra, một công ty cung cấp thiết bị năng lượng mặt trời, đã thực hiện một dự án tại nhà máy rượu vang ở California, sử dụng nước nóng để rửa các thùng và két đựng trong nhà máy.

The Uboat concept design by Wyatt Little of Houston, Texas, tackles all the major issues associated with green living on a boat. Electricity for the Uboat is provided courtesy of 3 Schüco 180 Watt, 16 Volt solar panels, mounted to a green roof (which we assume can also grow herbs and veggies for human consumption).

According to Mr Nguyen Xuan Duong, General Director of Hung Yen Garment Joint Stock Company, in recent years, the company has significantly reduced electricity costs thanks to the use of energy saving lighting system and installation of energy saving devices for the sewing machine motors. Most recently, in 2009, the company invested nearly VND 200 million in installing Sewsaver device for 400W industrial sewing machines. Through one year of operation, 110 thousand kWh has been saved, over 85 tons of CO2 emissions has been reduced.