The demand for electricity of Ba Ria – Vung Tau (BR - VT) averages more than 7 million kWh, but the allocated output is only 6 million kWh. Thus, the power cut frequency in the province since the beginning of April has been “every two days”, 1.5 times higher than the same period in 2009, which has dramatically affected all aspects of life.

In a market-friendly scenario, Nanosolar claims to be able to produce electricity at 5-6 cents/kilowatt hour almost as cheap as power from coal and at about one-third the cost of other solar power. Nanosolar claims: Nanosolar claims mass production of solar power will now become feasible with their differently manufactured solar panels.

A wave energy generator which was launched off the New South Wales south coast in March, has sunk in rough seas. The 170-tonne structure had been providing electricity to the grid from 150 metres offshore at Port Kembla. But it broke free from its pylons on Friday afternoon and sank on Saturday.

In April 2010, Hai Phong is distributed only 7.75 million kWh per day, while it will consume between 9-10 million kWh per day to meet all its demands. Unlike many provinces and cities which often have power cut in the hot dry season, Hai Phong is still light. Most people in the city don’t have to face power outage. This was because Hai Phong Electricity has creatively issued "quotas" for electricity.

“This decade is crucial for effective policies to enable the development of solar electricity,” IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka said. “Long-term oriented, predictable solar-specific incentives are needed to sustain early deployment and bring both technologies to competitiveness in the most suitable locations and times.”

You plug the appliances into the sensors, and the sensors into your home’s wall sockets. The sensors then relay each appliance’s electricity consumption to an Internet-connected router, via Zigbee, the RF standard crafted for appliances and other devices around the home. You can then view a graphical and numerical chart that shows how much that Vornado air purifier is costing.

The heat of more than 38oC results in a sudden rise in electricity demand, and overloaded system. HCMC Power Company has been forced to implement an emergency power saving plan, part of which is to offer VND200,000 as reward for any households saving electricity by 6% in May and June.

Another popular and effective method to save energy in Ho Chi Minh City is using solar energy instead of electricity. Ho Chi Minh City authorities are providing every household with VND1 million to adopt solar energy.

Thuật ngữ “Feed-in Tariffs “ (FiT) có từ những năm 70 của thế kỷ trước, khi nói đến phát triển năng lượng tái tạo (NLTT). Thuật ngữ này đã được dùng ở châu Âu, Hoa Kỳ và hiện nay trên toàn thế giới. Về nguồn gốc ngữ nghĩa của FiT là từ tiếng Đức “Stromeinspeisungsgesetz (StrEG)” là luật cung cấp điện vào lưới điện của nước Đức, ban hành năm 1991 và được Anh ngữ hoá thành “electricity feed law” (luật bán điện vào lưới) và tiếp theo là sự ra đời của “feed-in tariffs”.

Latest figures from SP Services show that the average household electricity consumption per month from January to April this year was about 430kWh, 1% lower compared with the same period last year.

Hệ thống tiết kiệm điện năng Cosmotor (CESS – Cosmotor Electricity Saving System) của tập đoàn Cosmotor đã tạo ra một kỷ nguyên mới trong việc tiết kiệm điện năng. Lần đầu tiên trên thế giới, một công nghệ tiết kiệm điện năng dựa trên nguyên lý cải thiện hiệu suất điện năng đã được đưa ra.