The Investment Law 2014 officially takes effect on July 1st, 2015. The Law states that 13 industrial groups will receive investment incentives. These manufacturing industries include clean energy, renewable energy, manufacturing of 30% value added products or energy-saving products.

A Singaporean designer has invented an eco-friendly alternative to plastic coffee pods.

June 25, 2015, in Hanoi, the signing ceremony was held for cooperation agreement between the Embassy of Denmark and three banks: Techcombank, BIDV and SCB. These are lenders to participate in the Green Investment Facility (GIF) program under the Low Carbon Transition in Energy Efficiency Project (LCEE Project).

To ensure sufficient supply of electricity for daily life and production, the Electricity of Huong Khe, Ha Tinh has implemented several programs to practice power savings in a positive way. Electricity of Huong Khe organized communication campaign in the villages and residential areas bringing with it the 4 rules of righteousness: "Right moment - Right place - Right way and Right necessity", by hanging banners of messages of power saving in the offices and densely populated areas.

Ha Giang province has reserves of major mineral resources, attracting many businesses to invest in mining and mineral processing. This industry brings great economic efficiency, increases revenues and contributes to poverty alleviation, job creation, and income improvement for local people.

Powered by solar energy, Dokk1 is a modern structure designed by schmidt hammer lassen and built as part of the Urban Mediaspace project in Aarhus, Denmark.

The US is investing $55 million (£34.65m) in combined heat and power (CHP) and biomass projects.

The DDFlyTrain research project, conducted by Ricardo, Artemis Intelligent Power (a group company of Mitsubishi Heavy) and Bombardier Transportation, (earlier post) has projects a fuel savings of around 10% based on the use of high speed flywheel brake recovery technology retrofitted to Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) rolling stock. This order of saving means that the technology has a potential return on investment (ROI) of inside five years.

In Germany's capital, where recycling is an art form and organic markets are sprouting up everywhere, saving energy is becoming serious business. It's something city authorities want to encourage.

Electricity demand hit 14.96 billion kilowatt-hours in May as households and businesses turned up air-conditioning to beat a heat wave that has enveloped the country since early last month.

A Viet Nam Business Forum (VBF)'s report revealed that FDI companies have not been worrying about increasing power prices as much as about unstable supply. The Government can increase the electricity tariff of enterprises that consume more power while ensuring adequate supply.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai agreed to implement the project to supply electricity to 22,617 ethnic households in the northern mountainous Son La Province.

Ninh Thuan Provincial People's Committee has just issued a written request to the Ministry of Industry and Trade to propose Wind Power Project, namely LandVille in Ninh Thuan (Hanbaram), as an additional item in wind power development planning for Ninh Thuan toward 2020, with Vision to 2030.

In the period 2015-2016, the Project Management Unit reveals that LCEE will continue to realize the planned activities. In particular, the Project Management Unit will consider and identify the selection criteria for technology demonstration and determine on the solutions, technologies for investments into energy efficiency.

Located in Amsterdam, The Edge is considered to be the most sustainable building in the world - it’s been awarded the highest score ever recorded under BREEAM’s new construction certification scheme.

The Powerhouse Kjørbo in Oslo, Norway was nominated in 2014 for the Norwegian Technology Award for its outstanding energy performance.

The US Energy Department has announced a new centre to boost private sector investment in projects aimed at tackling climate change.

E.ON has awarded a contract for a 400MW wind project located off the south coast of England.

Mitsubishi Electric has completed installing a 6.2MW solar power plant in northern Japan.

The first utility-scale solar power plant in East Africa is now open in Rwanda. Built in the shape of the African continent, the solar farm is expected to generate enough power to supply 15,000 homes and boost Rwanda’s electricity generation capacity by 6%.