Among its aims are developing Energy Saving and Efficiency Tools (ESET) for SMEs, with on-site training and assistance for 150 companies. Another 350 firms will be helped to evaluate their production processes and make investments to increase energy efficiency

A review of the Energy Efficiency Improvement Scheme has found that the program saves participating households about $1600 each, Minister for the Environment, Simon Corbell, announced yesterday.

Businesses in the US are expected to save nearly $45 billion (£27.6bn) on their energy bills, thanks to funding announced for energy efficiency and renewable projects.

A desalination technology powered by solar panels could provide enough clean, palatable drinking water to meet the needs of India's water-deficient villages, MIT scientists say.

The UK’s Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has seen savings of more than £2 million so far by investing in energy efficient lighting.

The ENGO charging station uses kinetic tiles and solar panels to charge up to 14 smartphones at a time, and provides free WiFi access and an emergency phone.

Ngày 18-9, tại Hà Nội, trong khuôn khổ Hội nghị và Triển lãm “Trải nghiệm Năng lượng Xanh và Hiệu quả 2014”, Tập đoàn Schneider Electric khởi động cuộc thi “Giải pháp xanh cho thành phố 2015” (Go Green in the city 2015).

Trong 5 tuần diễn ra cuộc thi, Ban tổ chức đã nhận được hơn 400 bài dự thi với nhiều thể loại phong phú như bài viết, thơ, ảnh, video đến từ hơn 200 tác giả. Nhiều bài dự thi được Hội đồng giám khảo đánh giá cao về chất lượng và nội dung.

The European Union said it was looking for consultants to evaluate how consistent bloc-wide renewable energy targets are with national legislative measures.

Các nhà nghiên cứu đến từ Trường Cao đẳng Kỹ thuật Bourns thuộc Trường Đại học California ở Riverside cho biết công cụ định vị xe mà họ tạo ra có thể cắt giảm sự sử dụng năng lượng của xe điện đến 51%.

Theo ông Nguyễn Minh Thông, Đại diện tổ chức Fairventures Worldwide (CHLB Đức), phát triển công trình xanh tại Việt Nam vẫn còn tương đối chậm so với các nước trên thế giới. Những lầm tưởng về khái niệm công trình xanh cùng chi phí xây dựng đang là những rào cản cho việc phát triển các công trình này tại Việt Nam.

Vietnam National Coal-Mineral Industries Holding Corporation Limited (VINACOMIN) is using technological and technical solutions, intensifying management in order to minimize coal loss.

Sweden is well ahead of all countries in successfully designing and implementing urban the waste-to-energy (WtE) plan, a process of generating heat and/or electricity from incineration of waste.

The turbines have outperformed company projections in four of the six months since operation began. At their highest output, the turbines provided 16.26 percent of the plant’s power requirements for the month of April.

Solar power has made incredible progress here in the U.S. According to a new report from Environment America. In the last 10 years, solar panel capacity has increased more than 120-fold. In just 2011 to 2013 alone, solar power has tripled.

Around two-thirds of energy efficiency potential will be unrealised between now and 2035 under existing policies, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).

The Energy Agreement for Sustainable Growth, concluded by the government with employers, trade unions, environmental organisations and others, contains provisions on energy conservation, boosting energy from renewable sources and job creation.

In the quest for another renewable energy source that can potentially provide a constant source of carbon-free power, researchers at UC Berkeley are working on extracting the energy of ocean waves, and looking to use a hydraulic seafloor 'carpet' to harvest and convert it to usable energy.

NASA and the DOE have set up a crowdsourcing campaign to find the best ideas for harnessing wave energy for producing electricity and they're offering up some great tools.