Sustainable World Capital (SWC) là một Tập đoàn tài chính xuyên quốc gia, với hoạt động chủ yếu là tập trung vào việc gây quỹ đầu tư cũng như hỗ trợ các doanh nghiệp nghiên cứu và phát triển công nghệ sạch (cleantech). Tổ chức này mới đây đã đưa ra đánh giá và liệt kê danh sách “những quốc gia phát triển công nghệ sạch hàng đầu trên thế giới”.

Statistics from the Ethiopian Ministry of Mines and Energy (MoME) indicate that the country spends about Ethiopian Birr 10 billion (US$800 million) annually to import petroleum products for domestic consumption. The figure, according to the MoME represents more than 90 percent of Ethiopia’s earnings from foreign trade each year. Were the country to tap some of its renewable energy potential, the energy independence it would achieve as a result, would be a boon to the economy.

As the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico wraps up its final day, discussions continue over some crucial issues such as the need to simultaneously reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and provide the world with more energy. While no one expects major progress towards a comprehensive binding treaty, Mexican officials say they do see progress in some areas and that the conference is providing an opportunity for many governments and environmental organizations to share ideas and forge agreements of their own.

Tax credits for ethanol and other biofuels were among issues under debate for a sweeping tax bill, Democratic senators said on Tuesday, with ethanol subsidies due to expire in three weeks. "There are provisions not yet included which I think are important" said Max Baucus, chairman of the Senate's tax-writing committee. Asked about a possible 36-cent a gallon tax credit for ethanol, Baucus said, "I don't know yet."

The UK Government today publishes its Energy Bill, which lays out the details of how the proposed Green Deal will work to make energy efficiency available to all. The bill confirms that businesses as well as homes will be able to participate in the Green Deal, when it starts in 2012.

Since unit 1 went into operation in October 2008, A Vuong hydropower plant (with the capacity of 210 MW) has produced nearly 1.8 billion kWh, equivalent to the revenue of about VND 1,150 billion. According to Mr Nguyen Tram, General Director of A Vuong Hydropower JSC, thanks to the advantage of using high water columns, the mobilization of the capacity of A Vuong hydropower plant and the generation of power based on the height of water columns will be very effective.

This is one of the three biofuel factories that PetroVietnam is planning to build, with the total capacity of 300,000 kilolitres per year. That plant is being built in Binh Phuoc province, with the total investment of about 10 billion yen (USD 122 million), of which Itochu holds the largest share of 40%. As planned, the plant will be put into operation in 2012, with the capacity of 100,000 kilolitres of bioethanol.

The Ho Chi Minh City Power Corporation (EVN HCMC) said that in the past five years, they launched many campaigns to promote efficient use of electricity. As a result, the families of all EVN HCMC staff members have been committed to saving 10 percent of power consumption at home. In response to the appeal of the Ho Chi Minh City Women’s Union, 100,000 households have been committed to saving power.

It is nearly one years Phan Xuan Tai family in Tan Lap Village, Cam Thanh Bac Commune, Cam Lam District, Khanh Hoa Province have not been worried about electricity and fuel costs for daily life and raising 120 pigs because they have been using biogas for every daily activities. If there were not the project on biogas sponsored by the Dutch Government, they would have to pay at least VND200,000 for electricity and fuel costs.

Công ty mẹ của Doosan Vina là Công ty công nghiệp nặng và xây dựng Doosan đã ký hợp đồng trị giá 1,3 tỷ USD xây dựng nhà máy điện Mông Dương tại tỉnh Quảng Ninh - nơi có tiềm năng về nguồn tài nguyên than và vùng biển nước sâu thuận lợi cho giao thông đường biển.

A day after Energy Secretary Steven Chu's "Sputnik speech," in which he warned that China was investing billions in renewable energy while American politicians bickered over small-potatoes stimulus spending on green technology, a report from Ernst & Young released Tuesday confirmed Asia's ascendancy.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said a fund it established to develop large capacity solar projects will increase the renewable energy resource to 3GW by mid-2013 in the Asia and Pacific region. Haruhiko Kuroda, president of ADB, said governments in Asia and the Pacific should invest in solar energy to help ensure their growth is environmentally sustainable.

Hai doanh nghiệp đầu tiên đã được vay vốn nhằm đổi mới công nghệ, TKNL với số tiền lên tới 4 triệu USD trong khuôn khổ dự án tín dụng xanh, ký kết giữa Techcombank và Công ty Tài chính quốc tế (IFC). Dự án tín dụng xanh đã mở ra hướng đi mới cho các doanh nghiệp vừa và nhỏ Việt Nam trước bài toán tìm nguồn vốn nhằm đổi mới công nghệ TKNL hướng đến SXSH, nhất là khi Luật Sử dụng năng lượng TK & HQ sắp có hiệu lực.

Bên cạnh nhà máy này, hội nghị Cơ sở vật chất Nghiên cứu năng lượng tại Brussels (Bỉ) cũng thông qua lò nghiên cứu phản ứng hạt nhân tại Bỉ và khu vực nghiên cứu năng lượng gió tại Đan Mạch. Tất cả đều là một phần của bản quy hoạch mới nhất của Hội nghị Chiến lược Châu Âu về Cơ sở hạ tầng nghiên cứu (ESFRI) được dự kiến sẽ xuất bản trước cuối năm nay.

The report calls for a permitting process that's friendlier to offshore wind power, establishment of priority zones for offshore wind, more research on offshore wind technologies, and efforts to promote quality jobs, especially in manufacturing, that would result from that industry.

On the second day of his two-day state visit to Malaysia, President Lee Myung-bak held a one-on-one meeting with his Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak, on Friday. During the summit the two leaders reviewed and reflected on the 50 years of diplomatic ties and discussed measures to promote cooperation in a wide range of sectors including green technology, nuclear power generation and the joint exploration of markets in third countries.

Tập đoàn lọc hóa dầu lớn nhất châu Á China Petrochemical Corp. (Sinopec) của Trung Quốc vừa nhất trí mua lại chi nhánh dầu khí tại Argentina của đối tác Mỹ Occidental Petroleum, với giá 2,45 tỷ USD. Thương vụ này là bằng chứng mới nhất cho thấy “cơn khát” những tài sản trong lĩnh vực năng lượng của nền kinh tế tăng trưởng mạnh nhất thế giới còn chưa được giải tỏa.

On November 19th, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, with the assistance of German Government through the Organization of German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) and the German Energy Agency, put into use the grid connected solar system on the rooftop of the headquarters. The system will save approximately VND 12 million per year for electricity. Using electricity from renewable energy sources is considered the radical solution for the increasing energy demand in Vietnam.

Reducing energy consumption through more efficient buildings, power plants and vehicles is still the most cost-effective way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but projects are often hampered by unclear policies from governments, said speakers at a business forum on the sidelines of the U.N. climate conference.

Turkish Energy Minister, Taner Yildiz, welcomed the recent progress in Turkey’s first nuclear power plant project that will be built by Russia and underscored Ankara’s determination to develop nuclear energy through foreign partnerships. Yildiz told reporters that Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev, signed the inter-governmental agreement, which was recently ratified by both houses of the Russian parliament.