Lithium ion batteries power everything these days from smartphones to electric cars. They’ve been a great advance in portable power storage. On the downside, their spread also makes a big contribution to electronic waste dumps often found in developing countries.

No one, not even the world’s largest coal-mining company, will escape from the impending solar energy revolution in India. The Indian government-owned company has announced its latest initiative to expand solar power infrastructure.

Với dự án nhà máy điện hạt nhân Ninh Thuận 1, tài liệu khả thi đã được Rosatom bàn giao cho chủ đầu tư, và đang được EVN nghiên cứu, sau đó trình hội đồng thẩm định nhà nước. Sau khi được thẩm định và phê duyệt, Rosatom sẽ đưa vào thiết kế và thực hiện.

Many of us are guilty of making token gestures toward saving energy but a lot of us aren't even getting these efforts right.

A new experimental “smart town” based especially around the technologies of solar energy and battery storage is being developed in Japan by Panasonic Corporation (along with other public and private partners), based on recent reports.

Để bảo đảm cung ứng điện từ nay đến cuối năm, EVN đang chỉ đạo các đơn vị bám sát kế hoạch và đẩy nhanh tiến độ đầu tư, thi công xây dựng các dự án nguồn và lưới điện với tổng giá trị giải ngân ước đạt 91.756 tỷ đồng.

Để giảm bớt sự phụ thuộc vào khí đốt nhập khẩu từ Nga, một nhà máy tại Ivankiv, gần thủ đô Kiev đã áp dụng một phương pháp mới để sản xuất điện từ gỗ và rác thải.

Tập đoàn Điện lực Việt Nam (EVN) cho biết, trong 11 tháng của năm 2014, sản lượng điện tiết kiệm điện đạt gần 2,6 kWh, tương đương 2,23% điện thương phẩm, bằng 118, 83% kế hoạch của năm.

Building-integrated solar photovoltaic modules are fast catching up in the rapidly evolving construction business where emphasis on energy efficiency and self-reliance are becoming increasingly popular.

It’s been dubbed by its makers an Uber for energy experts – a reference to the app which revolutionised the way people order taxis.

Scientists estimate that 20 percent of all the world’s energy is spent on light, especially on illuminating towns and cities. Even in a technologically advanced country like Denmark, many of the street lamps are antiquated and energy inefficient.

The German Government has revealed a new national plan to save more energy for homes and businesses across the country.

“The introduction of solar as the scheme’s first renewable energy product is a fantastic addition to Warm Up North’s range of energy efficiency solutions that will allow even more households to save energy and money.

Every shower, you’ll save enough electricity to power a 60-watt light bulb for eight hours, or a 20-watt LED for 24 hours. Every year, you’ll save the amount of water it takes to wash more than 70 loads of laundry.

To encourage agencies, organizations and people to widely use energy saving devices and solutions, Tien Giang province has built many pilot models, supported energy saving solutions in various areas such as office lighting, public lighting, households, and application in intensive crops.

More than 14 energy conservation and 40 industrial promotion centers have been established in the whole country in order to promote saving and using energy efficiently by direct consulting for business. However, until now, half of them have only played propagandizing roles.

The Victorian Labor Party has sought to underline its renewable energy credentials by vowing to help the town of Newstead, near Bendigo, to become 100 per cent renewable energy by 2017, and become the state’s first “solar town”.

With the number of Internet connected devices rapidly increasing, researchers from Melbourne are starting a new research program to reduce energy consumption of such devices.

It converts about 200,000 litres of feedstock and 1,200 tonnes of residues per day. The power generation unit produces enough electricity to supply about 8% of the factory’s total power requirement, which, in turn, saves about £100,000 every year.

According to the EPA, using recycled aluminum only uses 5% of the energy and emissions that are needed to extract new aluminum.