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Snohomish County is pledging to cut energy use at its facilities by 10 percent as part of a Snohomish County PUD’s “Energy Challenge” campaign. The county is joining more than 150 local businesses and nearly 3,000 residential utility customers who have vowed to make comparable energy cuts. The goal is to save money and cut greenhouse gases, while reducing overall demand on the PUD’s energy supply.

CMU aims to save more than $600,000 over the next two years by reopening a gas turbine at the Central Energy Facility. The gas turbine was installed in 1991, but was shut down in 2002 because it was not economically efficient, said Steve Lawrence, associate vice president of Facilities

While some members of Congress seem to think that spending federal dollars on local projects is a bad thing, hundreds of farmers and rural business owners are eagerly taking the opportunity to improve their operations through federal clean energy loans and grants totalling more than $30 million. The funds, administered through the U.S. Department of Agriculture, will pay for 516 projects that install renewable energy equipment and improve energy efficiency at agricultural operations.

This thought constantly runs through the mind of Casey Lauer, director of energy and environment at K-State. It is a topic that is becoming debated more and more, and Lauer is one of many people on campus trying to figure out how the university can save money through decreased energy use. In Forum Hall in the K-State Student Union on Monday, Lauer and others spoke on the topic of energy consevation.

Smart metering solutions will allow the introduction of time-based tariffs and provide consumers with information about their electricity use in real time. But installing the equipment in each household will do nothing unless consumers are given adequate information about how to make use of them.

French glass and construction material manufacturer Saint-Gobain has announced an $80 million investment in SAGE Electrochromics to make energy saving glass. The partnership will focus on making electronically tintable ‘dynamic glass’ affordable for the mass market.

On November 12, the Specialized Science and Technology Council of Soc Trang Province held a meeting to assess the draft of a project aiming to build an improved model of biogas plants to generate power for use by livestock breeding farms in Chau Thanh District. This project is presided over by the Soc Trang Center for Science and Technology Application and headed by engineer Duong Hoang Van, the deputy director of the center’s Technical Department.

PetroVietnam Gas Corporation (PV Gas), the biggest liquid gas supplier in Vietnam intends to sell 15-20 percent of its shares to foreign investors to earn US$600 million. Chitrapongse Kwangsukstith, the chairman of PTT International Company Limited, a member of PTT Corporation in Thailand, said that his company pays a special attention to buying share of PV Gas.

Trong khi một số thành viên Quốc hội nghĩ rằng việc sử dụng đồng đôla vào các dự án địa phương là một điều xấu, thì có đến hàng trăm nông dân và các chủ doanh nghiệp ở nông thôn đang rất háo hức nắm lấy cơ hội để củng cố hoạt động sản xuất của họ thông qua các khoản vay và trợ cấp năng lượng sạch với tổng giá trị hơn 30 triệu đôla. Các quỹ nằm dưới sự quản lí của Bộ Nông nghiệp Mỹ (USDA) sẽ phải chi trả cho 516 dự án lắp đặt trang thiết bị năng lượng tái tạo và củng cố hiệu quả năng lượng trong hoạt động sản xuất nông nghiệp.

Theo báo New York Times, tại châu Âu và Mỹ, than dường như đã qua thời hoàng kim khi sản lượng tiêu thụ giảm mạnh từ 5 năm trước, một phần do suy thoái kinh tế, một phần do những quy định khắc khe của luật môi trường, cũng như phụ thuộc vào khí tự nhiên và năng lượng tái tạo. Trong khi đó, tại các cảng biển ở Mỹ, Canada, Australia, Indonesia, Colombia và Nam Phi, tàu xếp hàng “ăn” than để đưa sang châu Á gần như làm việc liên tục.

Today Osram Sylvania, a North American lighting manufacturer, announced that it will be commercially producing an LED light bulb designed to replace a 60-watt incandescent bulb. Millions of 60-watt incandescent bulbs are currently sold each year, but according to the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, these light bulbs must be phased out by 2014.

EnerNoc EfficiencySmart Energy Management Software cuts energy costs by 15% without undertaking any efficiency projects. EnerNoc, a well-established efficiency software company, released a new line of energy management software yesterday that the company's Senior Vice President of Marketing and Sales, Gregg Dixon, claims can help companies cut their energy costs by 15% without undertaking any efficiency projects.

Dự án sản xuất thực nghiệm dầu diesel sinh học từ mỡ cá tra đã được VHC và Success Nexus triển khai từ tháng 06/2010 và đến nay đã sản xuất thành công những lít dầu Diesel sinh học đầu tiên để tiến hành thực nghiệm. Trước mắt, hai bên sẽ tiến hành thử nghiệm trong vòng 6 tháng và tung ra thị trường ngay sau đó.

The year of 2010 is considered an important year in the development of Petro Vietnam in particular and of the entire petroleum industry in general.Besides ensuring the completion of the production plan of the year, the Company is also facing challenges in implementing targets in the final year of the five year plan 2006-2010 with volatile external conditions.

"Ho Chi Minh City currently has partnerships with many localities of the Russian Federation; many cooperative programs and projects between the two sides have been deployed in both Vietnam and Russia. The city always needs the support and cooperation from Russia and Russian localities, especially in the areas in which Russia is one of the leading countries such as science, technology, energy, oil and gas ..." - Mr. Le Minh Tri stressed and expressed the hope that cooperation between the two sides would become increasingly practical and efficient.

Compressed natural gas technology first appeared in Vietnam with the introduction of CNG natural gas plant in Phu My I Industrial Zone, Tan Thanh district, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, which began operation in late August 2008. In Nay 2010, to limit environmental pollution and reduce climate change, for the clean and green environment, Vietnam Oil and Gas Group of issued Resolution No. 2958/NQ-DKVN approving the conversion and use of CNG fuel for cars of all members of the group in the areas of HCM city and Ba Ria-Vung Tau (about 600 vehicles).

According to information from the British Embassy, from November 22th to 26th, a trade mission of the Energy Industries Corporation of the UK (EIC) will come to Vietnam to explore investment opportunities in the oil industry. In HCM city, representatives of companies will have meeting with PetroVietnam and companies which were already established and operating in Vietnam market such as Chevron, Conoco Phillips, JVPC and Worley Parsons. The delegation will also visit and work with companies operating in the field of oil and gas in Vung Tau.

Các nhà ngoại giao phương Tây cho biết, đề nghị đã bị trì hoãn thiết lập một ngân hàng nhiên liệu hạt nhân này với vốn đầu tư lên đến 150 triệu USD do Cơ quan Năng lượng nguyên tử quốc tế (IAEA) quản lý, các quốc gia có thể sử dụng đến nếu nguồn cung cấp thường xuyên của họ bị cắt, vẫn còn đang được thảo luận.

Thanks to a $3 million federal stimulus grant given to the Utah Energy Program, solar panels will be installed in every school district in the state, at 73 Utah schools in all. Students will be able to track online how many kilowatt hours of energy their solar photovoltaic arrays generate, and teachers at the schools will receive training to teach students about solar, wind and geothermal technologies.