While disposal of sharps (used needles and syringes) at hospitals and other large healthcare facilities is highly regulated, medical waste disposal by the ten million people who self-inject at home for diabetes and other conditions is largely unregulated. The health risks and resulting economic costs of improper sharps disposal are immense, from needles and syringes washing up on beaches and possibly creating needlesticks, to needlestick injuries that can expose sanitation and other workers to infection risk.

The project is following up on a pre-feasibility study conducted by the Clinton Climate Initiative. Fluor’s task is to develop a conceptual master plan to be unveiled at the South African Solar Park Investors Conference (Oct. 28 and 29), which will be held in the Northern Cape Province.

Trong cuộc trao đổi với tờ The Gleaner, ông Nigel Logan, Giám đốc quản lí nhóm hoạt động tại PCJ nói rằng quyết định lắp đặt hệ thống đèn sử dụng năng lượng hiệu quả tại trường đại học Jamaica đã đáp ứng được yêu cầu của hiệu trưởng Ruel Reid khi ông đang tìm kiếm sự hỗ trợ trong việc giảm chi phí năng lượng ngày càng tăng cao tại trường.

Results from EECA's energy audit programme show that on average, companies can shave 20% off their energy use and costs - 10% at little or no cost and a further 10% with a simple payback of less than five years. Typically, for every dollar invested in an energy audit, $7.50 of energy savings are identified.

Leave it to larger-than-life Texas to lead the U.S. into a new energy future. While the state is most closely associated with oil, it has also been an early pioneer of wind power, and is beginning to embrace solar energy along with armloads of new green jobs. Now the San Antonio Water System has set the national bar high in the sewage-to-biogas field, by becoming the first water district to hook a biogas facility up to a commercial gas pipeline.

First announced in 2006, the facility represents an investment commitment of $1 billion and opens up extensive new opportunities for economic development in Vietnam. The facility is the largest assembly and test factory in Intel’s global manufacturing network, with a total area of 46,000 square meters, equal to the size of 5 ½ football fields. Production commenced in the middle of this year, starting with production of chipsets for laptops and mobile devices for Intel customers worldwide.

With the second largest tidal range in the world, about 50 feet, the Severn estuary has been eyed for years as a potential energy source, particularly as the appetite for sustainable energy sources has been growing over the last few years. The U.K. has pledged to have 40 percent of its electricity generated from renewable sources by 2020 to meet European Union requirements.

At three feet (11 meters) tall, the SunCatcher is almost four times bigger than the world’s largest biological flower, the Sumatran titan arum. It has parabolic petals that appear virtually flat, like those of a buttercup. The device is made up of 40 mirrors, tightly arranged into a 3,400-square-foot (315-square-meter) dish that, like a real flower, angles toward the sun.

Báo cáo Năng lượng gió toàn cầu 2010 (GWEO 2010) chỉ ra lượng gió có vai trò then chốt trong việc đáp ứng đủ nhu cầu năng lượng thế giới ngày một tăng cao và tiến tới mục tiêu giảm đáng kể lượng phát thải khí nhà kính. Theo dự tính, tới năm 2010, công suất điện từ năng lượng gió sẽ đạt 1000 GW, giúp giảm 1,5 tỉ tấn CO2 mỗi năm, chiếm 50 – 75% tổng mức độ giảm thiểu phát thải khí mà các nước công nghiệp hóa đã thông qua tại cam kết Copenhagen tới năm 2020. năm 2030, sẽ có khoảng 34 tỉ tấn CO2 được cắt giảm nhờ công suất 2300GW điện từ phong năng.

Vietnam wants to further promote cooperation with Japan, the country’s top partner, in the spirit of strategic partnership for mutual benefit, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. At a reception for former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and the Japanese parliamentarian delegation in Hanoi on Oct. 25, PM Dung suggested that both countries should join efforts to expand trade and investment to match with their potential.

After participating in the GE Ecomagination Challenge and winning $50,000, Scott Brusaw and his wife Julie Brusaw are much more optimistic in what concerns their Solar Roadways project, which aims to make the road produce electricity through embedded solar panels.

DOE encourages the growth of these programs nationwide by selecting exemplary programs to receive Green Power Leadership Awards. This year's winners include 3Degrees, Bonneville Environmental Foundation, SolarCity and SunRun – recognized by DOE as the Non-Utility Green Power Suppliers of the Year – and La Plata Electric Association and Portland General Electric – recognized as the Utility Green Power Programs of the Year.

A workshop was held recently by a gas engine research team of the Da Nang University with support of Toyota Motor Vietnam (TMV) through the Go Green Program to assess the results of the implementation of the second stage of the project titled “Small-scaled Electricity Production from Biogas” in some provinces of central Vietnam.

5300 điểm nạp điện cho ô tô đang được lắp đặt tại Michigan như một bước đi đầu tiên trong ngành công nghiệp ô tô điện trên toàn nước Mỹ. 1500 đại lý ô tô Chevolet trên khắp nước Mỹ cũng bắt đầu lắp đặt những những thiểt bị nạp điện nhằm phục vụ lượng khách hàng đang ngày càng tăng lên của xe chạy điện. Hãng General Motors cũng tuyên bố sẽ lắp đặt 350 điểm nạp điện khắp Michigan, trước mắt để phục vụ cho nhân viên của hãng.

The consortium, which includes Oak Ridge National Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of California-Davis, The Dow Chemical Company, Honeywell and General Electric, will receive $12.5 million from the US Government, matched by at least $12.5 million from the partners, and $25 million from Chinese counterparts over the next five years.

A Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle seen here October 7 charging at a solar-powered charging station in Detroit, Michigan. More than 5,300 charging stations will be installed in Michigan as the birthplace of the US auto industry prepares for the introduction of electric cars.

Municipal governments looking to tap into New Jersey’s cost-saving energy audit or “Direct Install” programs can get the assistance they need under a shared services program unveiled by the Burlington County Freeholders in cooperation with the county Bridge Commission.

Ngày 25/10, Thủ tướng Chính phủ ký Quyết định số 1960/QĐ-TTg, phê duyệt Hiệp định về hợp tác trong lĩnh vực năng lượng Việt Nam-Argentina đã được hai bên ký ngày 16/4/2010 tại Argentina.

South Yorkshire is the greenest part of Yorkshire, according to The Energy Saving Trust. The Trust says that since April people in South Yorkshire have installed more renewable energy systems than the rest of the region put together. There are now a total of 426 installations in the county - most of them in Sheffield, followed by Rotherham, Barnsley, and then Doncaster. That compares with 199 installations in West Yorkshire, 78 in North Yorkshire and 40 in the Humber.

In these difficult economic times for Island contractors and associated trades, builders have adapted. From grand, expensive, multi-year construction jobs, some have changed pace to accept small-scale renovations or additions. Some who have been the lead builders on big projects have taken work as subcontractors. Some have turned to specialization, including specialization in energy conservation and renewable energy techniques.