On October 01, 2015 in Hanoi, Vietnam Energy Association held the first tenure of Entire country representatives Conference (term 2015-2020) to establish the Medium and Small Hydropower Association - Green Energy.

In order to implement efficiently the National Target Programme for economical and efficient use of energy in 2015, Industrial and Trade Promotion Center of Ha Giang Province implemented the project “Construction of pilot solar-powered illumination model at Square 26-03, Ha Giang City”.

In order to boost the investment in wind power in countries of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), Multilateral Trade Policy Department (Ministry of Industry and Trade) in collaboration with APEC Secretariat held the “APEC Workshop on public-private partnership for wind energy development” on September 24-25, 2015.

Responding to the "National Target Program on Economical and Efficient Use of Energy", for two days September 28 and 29, 2015, Electricity of Yen Lac in collaboration with Yen Lac district Office of Education and Training and two primary schools of Kim Ngoc (Binh Dinh commune) and Pham Cong Binh (Dong Van commune) organized the extracurricular operation "Primary Schools join hands to save electricity" in 2015.

Vietnam has huge potential of renewable energy sources, widely distributed across the country, with nearly 3,400km of coastline to provide potential wind energy resources, estimated at 500 -1000 kWh/m2 per year.

Newly installed heating and hot water systems are now required to display an energy efficiency label rating under new EU legislation.

Vietnam Journalists' Association and the Ministry of Industry and Trade have officially announced 32 works winning the nationwide journalism award "Communicating to raise awareness of Economical and Efficient Use of Energy 2014".

On September 25, 2015, the General Directorate (Ministry of Industry and Trade) in collaboration with Hai Phong Industry and Trade Department held a conference on training in “Implementation of inspection under the Law on Economical and Efficient Energy for Industry and Trade Departments in the Northern provinces”.

On September 22, 2015, Long An Power Company in collaboration with Long An Department of Industry and Trade held a workshop on economical and efficient use of energy in industrial production.

Aquion Energy, một công ty trực thuộc đại học Carnegie Mellon đã tung ra thị trường mẫu pin dự trữ năng lượng mới dùng trong việc điều hành các mạng lưới điện quy mô nhỏ, hay còn được gọi là "mạng lưới vi mô”, mạng lưới có khả năng hoạt động độc lập với mạng lưới điện quốc gia.

On September 23, 2015, Thanh Xuan District People's Committee in collaboration with the Hanoi Center for Energy Conservation conducted a training "Energy savings in households" in Ha Dinh Ward.

On September 18, 2015, Provincial Youth Union of Binh Phuoc and Department of Industry and Trade hold a conference on evaluation and summary of the Scheme of meeting organization about propaganda of energy saving in areas of Binh Phuoc province.

Delhi is getting its first hydro-power plant, but it’s not harvesting the energy of running water in the traditional hydroelectric model, as this new system uses falling water from a treated sewage effluent pipe to spin its turbine.

GreenWood Forest Park in North Wales is set to save over £1m on its energy bills thanks to a newly installed ground-mounted solar array system.

Prime Minister has approved the list of Project “Promotion of use and operation of energy-efficient industrial boilers in Vietnam”, granted an aid given gratis by United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) from aid sources of Global Environment Facility (GEF).

From September 21st to September 25th 2015, a training course on “Energy Auditors” will be held by the Hanoi Energy Conservation Center (ECC Hanoi) – Hanoi Department of Energy and General Department of Energy – Ministry of Industry and Trade. This course, one of the activities in response to Vietnam National Energy Efficiency Programme, aims at raising the knowledge of Hanoi enterprises about energy audits.

INTENSE aims at transferring intelligent energy saving measures for municipal housing from “old” EU Member States to “new” Member States and Accession countries in Central and Eastern Europe.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) selected eight manufacturers to receive $100 million in contracts to develop and demonstrate technologies that reduce fuel consumption, emissions, and noise, under the second phase of its Continuous Lower Energy, Emissions, and Noise (CLEEN II) program.

Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has started demonstration tests of a new windshield for containerships, potentially reducing wind resistance, saving fuel and lowering carbon dioxide emissions.

New energy standards for home boilers entering into force this month are expected to take offline the equivalent of 47 Fukushima-type nuclear power stations in Europe by 2020, according to official EU data compiled by the European Environmental Bureau (EEB).