The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a $102 million loan to the government of Vietnam to support the effort of industrial enterprises to adopt energy-efficiency technologies and practices.

Trong khuôn khổ Dự án “Tiết kiệm năng lượng và sản xuất sạch hơn tại Việt Nam” do Ngân hàng thế giới (World Bank) và Quỹ Môi trường toàn cầu (GEF) tài trợ, Bộ Công Thương chủ trì thực hiện, liên tục từ đầu năm 2017 đến nay, Tổng cục Năng lượng tổ chức hội thảo “Giới thiệu chương trình thỏa thuận tự nguyện thí điểm - VA về sử dụng năng lượng tiết kiệm và hiệu quả và Mô hình công ty dịch vụ năng lượng - ESCO tại Việt Nam” tại các tỉnh Kiên Giang, Hà Nội và Cà Mau.

On December 8, 2015 the Da Nang People's Committee had a meeting with Mr. Ranjan K.Bose, senior energy expert of the World Bank (WB) in the framework of the field mission program between the Da Nang city People's Committee with the Mission Team of the World Bank.

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank is investing $15 million (£9.45m) in the project which aims to increase renewable energy supply in the country.

A member of the World Bank Group is investing $25 million (£15.75M) to boost renewable energy in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

A member of the World Bank Group is working with the Peruvian Government to make buildings more energy efficient.

The International Finance Corporation IFC - a member of World Bank Group - has announced the certification system for works of efficient use of natural resources in Vietnam - EDGE.

The World Bank is providing help to boost the share of renewable energy in developing and middle-income countries.

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.

A £96m project will promote cleaner and more efficient energy in Morocco. The Clean and Efficient Energy Project will be co-financed by a US$125 million (£80m) World Bank loan and a US$23.95 million (£16m) loan.

Andijan city hosted a seminar “Increasing efficiency of energy resources use at the industrial enterprises” for representatives of mass media. The seminar was organized by the World Bank Country Office in Uzbekistan and Ministry of Economy of Uzbekistan.

The World Bank and the Government of India have signed an agreement for a $43 million (£29m) grant to boost energy efficiency in the country.

The Energy General Department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade was assigned to the Energy Conservation and Cleaner Production Project sponsored by the Global Environment Fund (GFF) through World Bank.

The Government of Azerbaijan and the World Bank (WB) have started a dialogue in order to develop the country's renewable energy resources, WB Baku Office told Trend on Wednesday.

A contract to construct the 260 MW Trung Son hydropower station, which is the first to be funded by the World Bank, was signed in Hanoi on October 22.

Vietnam won an Energy Globe Award 2012 from experts representing the United Nations, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), World Bank (WB), European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) and Seibersdorf Research Center, for its project on hybrid power system to supply power for Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands and the DK1 marine defense platform in the East Sea.

The World Bank approved on earlier this week a new loan of US$330 million for Vietnam to support the mid-sized multipurpose Trung Son Hydropower Project (TSHPP) which will help meet growing domestic demand for electricity and bring flood control and irrigation benefits to rural and poor communities in Thanh Hoa Province.

Only the very poorest countries would be eligible to receive funds for building new coal-fired power stations under proposed new rules. The World Bank is planning to restrict the money it gives to coal -fired power stations, bowing to pressure from green campaigners to radically revise its funding rules.

The World Bank's lending for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects increased by 300 percent between fiscal year 2007 and fiscal year 2010, to a record $3.4 billion. But over that same period, lending to fossil fuel projects also jumped 430 percent.

The REF – a World Bank-supported public institution aiming to provide electricity to every Cambodian village by 2020 – plans to sell the solar panels to rural households on a monthly payment basis, executive director Loeung Keosela was quoted by the Phnom Penh Post as saying.