The Clashindarroch wind farm, located in Aberdeenshire, has 18 turbines with a total capacity of 36.9MW – enough energy to power more than 27,000 houses.

The newly-formed Association for Decentralised Energy aims to create “a strong singular voice for the UK’s decentralised energy sector.

The Investment Law 2014 officially takes effect on July 1st, 2015. The Law states that 13 industrial groups will receive investment incentives. These manufacturing industries include clean energy, renewable energy, manufacturing of 30% value added products or energy-saving products.

Starting in August 2015, the Training Center will run its commissioning training with the first course for energy auditors, supported by the Japanese energy experts.

Swedish furniture giant IKEA, with its 350+ stores and 150,000 employees around the world, has been taking steps to be a better citizen of the Earth, including selling solar panels in some stores and making a big wind power investment near Chicago.

Jersey City officials are aiming to make city buildings more energy-efficient by implementing energy audits every three years, the city announced yesterday.

Sustainable Energy Days will be held in Moldova on June 15-21 within the European Union Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW).

From using renewable energy to cutting back on emissions, five cities across the globe are leading the way when it comes to implementing sustainable initiatives.

Asia accounted 60% of the global progress on energy access and renewables during 210-212.

A London-based bank has launched a manual to boost energy efficiency and renewable energy in Belarus.

June 25, 2015, in Hanoi, the signing ceremony was held for cooperation agreement between the Embassy of Denmark and three banks: Techcombank, BIDV and SCB. These are lenders to participate in the Green Investment Facility (GIF) program under the Low Carbon Transition in Energy Efficiency Project (LCEE Project).

Vietnam may increase the attractiveness of foreign investment by developing green energy sources. It is just so confirmed by many participants at the meeting on Europe - Vietnam Free Trade Agreement organized by the European Business Association in Vietnam.

Ha Giang province has reserves of major mineral resources, attracting many businesses to invest in mining and mineral processing. This industry brings great economic efficiency, increases revenues and contributes to poverty alleviation, job creation, and income improvement for local people.

Powered by solar energy, Dokk1 is a modern structure designed by schmidt hammer lassen and built as part of the Urban Mediaspace project in Aarhus, Denmark.

The US is investing $55 million (£34.65m) in combined heat and power (CHP) and biomass projects.

£5 million of funding will be invested in energy efficient LED lighting throughout the UK.

The DDFlyTrain research project, conducted by Ricardo, Artemis Intelligent Power (a group company of Mitsubishi Heavy) and Bombardier Transportation, (earlier post) has projects a fuel savings of around 10% based on the use of high speed flywheel brake recovery technology retrofitted to Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) rolling stock. This order of saving means that the technology has a potential return on investment (ROI) of inside five years.

In Germany's capital, where recycling is an art form and organic markets are sprouting up everywhere, saving energy is becoming serious business. It's something city authorities want to encourage.

Vietnam was leading in this area, while its ASEAN counterparts still lagged behind in renewable generation capacity.

The findings from a survey in 300 hotels, buildings in the southern region, conducted by HCM city Center of Energy Conservation show that the top energy consuming factor is the air-conditioning system (65%), followed by hot water system, accounting for over 15% of the total energy consumption.