The federal government has turned to a 130-year-old Hawaii sugar grower for help in powering the Navy and weaning the nation off a heavy reliance on fossil fuels. It will spend at least $10 million over the next five years to fund research and development at Maui cane fields for crops capable of fueling Navy fighter jets and ships. The project also may provide farmers in other warm climates with a model for harvesting their biofuel crops.

Implementing the national target program on energy conservation and Decision of Tien Giang People's Committee on the implementation of energy efficiency in local area in period 2008 – 2015, Energy Efficiency Center - Department of Industry and Trade has organized various activities to promote efficient energy use in industry, especially in small and medium enterprises. In order to raise awareness of energy efficiency in the office, Tien Giang has used many bold solutions in a number of office buildings.

Two heavy-duty manufacturing powerhouses, Peterbilt and Eaton Corporation, have teamed up to give garbage trucks a fuel saving green twist. This spring, Peterbilt announced its new Model 320 Hybrid which uses Eaton’s new hydraulic hybrid system to achieve up to 30% in fuel conservation, along with a consequent reduction in emissions and greatly reduced maintenance costs, too. Now four of the sustainable behemoths are set for their first run in Michigan, in the green-minded city of Anne Arbor.

Đầu tháng bảy vừa qua, Chương trình Khí sinh học (KSH) của Việt Nam đã được công nhận là một trong những dự án năng lượng hàng đầu thế giới khi nhận giải thưởng Ashden danh giá tại Luân Đôn (Anh). Nhưng thiết thực hơn Chương trình KSH đã mở hướng cho việc giải quyết vấn đề ô nhiễm môi trường trong chăn nuôi và đem lại lợi ích kinh tế cho người nông dân từ việc sử dụng nguồn năng lượng sạch và rẻ tiền này.

Các trạm dừng xe buýt này được thiết kế và lắp đặt bởi hãng Solade Concepts có trụ sở tại Corona, CA. Kết cấu năng lượng mặt trời bao gồm các sản phẩm và giải pháp của hãng Go Green Solar có trụ sở tại Los Angeles, CA, bao gồm 6 tấm pin mặt trời SANYO HIT-210NKHA6 công suất 210 W, 6 máy biến tần Enphase Energy M210-84-240-S12 và một đèn LED thuộc hệ thống năng lượng mặt trời kết nối với lưới điện.

Founded in the 1990s, the production line, machinery and auxiliary equipments at Thang Long Plastic Joint Stock Company are not compatible, leading to inefficient energy consumption. In order to find solutions to the problem, Thang Long Plastic Joint Stock Company has conducted energy audit and applied various measures to reduce electricity costs as well as to improve power efficiency.

A forty acre, six megawatt solar power plant is providing the energy to run a water treatment operation at a Superfund site in California, and the U.S. EPA is so pleased with the results that they’ve produced a detailed case study to help promote similar projects across the country.

The new bus shelter was designed and installed by Solade Concepts based in Corona, CA. The solar structure consists of products and solutions proposed by Go Green Solar, based in Los Angeles, CA, which include six SANYO HIT-210NKHA6 210-watt HIT Power® solar panels with six Enphase Energy M210-84-240-S12 micro inverters and a LED lighting solution in an on-grid solar system.

Some of the major companies submitting bids for this project are Reliance Industries’ Solar Energy Group, Wipro Ecoenergy and construction giant Punj Lloyd. This is a novel initiative by the Indian government which is trying to initiate a massive country-wide solar energy revolution which could eventually result in ballooning of the total installed capacity to 20,000 MW in the next 12 years.

Five years ago, facing with the need to save electricity to cut down power expense, Sai Gon Morin Hue Hotel – a four starred hotel in Thua Thien – Hue decided to replace the electrical water heaters with heaters using solar energy, although this type of product had not been very popular in the city back then.

A newly developed A/C refrigerant developed by Honeywell for the European market to have 99.7% lower global warming potential (GWP) will be used by GM to cool its entire fleet of 2013 models. The new low emission coolant was developed by Honeywell initially to meet EU standards which have long been much more strict than US NHTSA standards governing greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles.

Engaging in the program of cleaner production and energy efficiency in industry of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, annually, the company saves billions of dong thanks to technical improvements, energy saving and environmental protection by a series of measures: internal management, lighting system improvement, and equipment replacement.

Tom Broadbent, sinh viên thiết kế công nghiệp của ĐH De Montfort (Anh), vừa phát triển hệ thống HighDro Power thu gom năng lượng từ chất thải, nước thải trong các đường ống ở những tòa nhà cao tầng.

Với giá cả tăng cao và nguy cơ về môi trường của những nguồn năng lượng hóa thạch, năng lượng mặt trời hiện được xem là hướng đi của tương lai. Cơ quan môi trường và quản lý năng lượng Pháp (Ademe) thậm chí đã đánh giá NLMT là lý tưởng nhất đối với môi trường vì “ít gây ô nhiễm, mang tính kinh tế cao, ít nguy hiểm, hiện đại”.

With a gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of approximately 12.67% and rapidly growing commercial activities, Da Nang is considered to be a major energy consumer, where situate many key industries. To reduce production and energy costs, Da Nang has very soon participated in Energy Efficiency projects and programs, initially proving to be effective.

Only with 4 simple solutions including: improving the lighting system, disposing of and replacing motors with speed regulator, re-using condensed water and rearranging paper pulp containers, the company has saved more than VND130 million each year. At present, company leaders with technical experts are studying efficient energy saving solutions.

DuPont, a science-based products and services company has created a new polymer-based separator for lithium-ion batteries that will improve their life and power and make them perfectly suited for electric and hybrid vehicles.

The Song Hau Power Center is defined as a regional power center whose core functions are to supply power to the national power grid (mainly serving southern areas and ensuring national power balance) through the 220/500kW north-south power transmission line. The center will include three coal-burnt thermo-power plants: the Song Hau 1 power plant (2x600MW), the Song Hau 2 power plant (2x1,000MW) and the Song Hau 3 power plant (2x1,000MW) and other associated infrastructure projects.

Mercedes-Benz đã bắt đầu sản xuất 100 xe tải chạy điện Vito E-Cell và theo người đại diện của công ty cho hay, hãng có kế hoạch tung ra thêm 2000 chiếc trong năm 2011.Loại xe này được thiết kế dựa trên loại xe Mercedes-Benz Vito với mẫu mui xe đặc trưng, phù hợp với những khu vực đặc biệt nhạy cảm với môi trường và những mục đích hoạt động trong nội thành.

The Tien Dat Mui Ne Resort in Binh Thuan Province, 200km north of Ho Chi Minh City, is a wonderful place with the blue sea, white sand dunes and green coconuts. The resort recently received a second prize for being a tropical building from the contest “2010 Energy Efficient Building”, an event held annually by the ASEAN Center of Energy (ACE).