The world's first low-carbon, battery-powered passenger ferries are being built on the banks of the Clyde. Described as the first seagoing hybrid ferries in the world, the two small roll-on roll-off ferries will carry holidaymakers, islanders and vehicles across the waters around Skye and the Inner Hebrides.

Thus, the rate of power loss has reduced over the years. In 1997, power loss of medium voltage grid of the whole company was 10.35%, was 4.24% in 2010 and decreased to 3.66% in the first 6 months of 2011. Calculating by the current electric prices, with 1% of power loss reduced, Bac Ninh Power Company saves VND 10.5 billion for the State.

In recent times, many enterprises in Quang Ngai have effortfully improved equipment and technologies to improve product quality and save energy, especially electricity.

The Export-Import Bank of the US has agreed on a credit package worth US$1 billion for a wind power development programme in the Mekong River Delta between 2011 and 2015.

Work began yesterday on building a dam across the Song Bac River for a hydropower plant in northern Ha Giang Province's Quang Binh District.

The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) started construction of the VND33 trillion Mong Duong 1 Thermal Power Plant in the northern province of Quang Ninh on October 22.

Vietnam Development Bank (VDB) on Tuesday signed a credit agreement worth US$1 billion with Export-Import Bank of the U.S. to fund a major wind power development plan in the Mekong Delta in 2011-2015, said Nguyen Viet Cuong, general director of VDB’s Transaction Office 2.

Solar Ship says the aircraft's electric motor can either be powered solely by the energy provided by the on board batteries, or by the solar panels covering the wing - a feat already achieved by a conventional airplane design in the form of Solar Impulse.

The US Army has announced that it has formed a new Energy Initiatives Task Force that will assess renewable energy projects, vet potential suppliers and develop new technologies to support the Army's growing commitment to powering its bases and its missions with renewable energy.

A new material for solar cells -- a transparent conductor made of carbon nanotubes -- could revolutionize the way solar power is harvested, U.S. scientists say.

Pay as you go is a common way of paying for calls on your cellphone. Now the idea could help make solar power a more realistic option for families in Kenya and other African countries.

After 18 months of construction, the largest solar energy plant in Taiwan’s history is now fully operational in the southern city of Kaohsiung, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs Oct. 1.

Theo Bộ Các vấn đề kinh tế Đài Loan (MOEA), sau 18 tháng xây dựng, nhà máy năng lượng mặt trời lớn nhất trong lịch sử của Đài Loan đã được vận hành ở phía Nam thành phố Cao Hùng (Kaohsiung) từ ngày 1 tháng 10. Nhà máy này tốn 640 triệu Tân Đài tệ (tương đương 20,9 triệu USD) xây dựng và được trang bị hơn 16 nghìn tấm pin mặt trời. Theo MOEA, công ty Điện lực Đài Loan Taipower sẽ nắm quyền quản lí nhà máy.

Electricity of Vietnam Group (EVN) and Japan Atomic Power Company (JAPC) inked a contract in Hanoi on Sept. 28 to provide consultancy for the Ninh Thuan 2 nuclear power plant in Ninh Hai district of the central Ninh Thuan province.

The capital is set to experience power shortages of 15-20 per cent during the course of next year due to slow progress in the instalment of a power transmission line system and transformer stations.

Cuban and Vietnamese experts are working together to install new-type biogas producing tanks made from Polyester, which is expected to help local farmers in Cuba get an alternative source of electric power for daily life and production.

Phu Quoc Island District in the southern province of Kien Giang will receive more than VND9.16 trillion (US$436.2 million) to implement three power supply projects, said the Phu Quoc Investment and Development Management Board.

Nuclear energy is for not only developed countries but also developing countries like Vietnam which can implement and apply nuclear energy in its economic development, said IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano.

In the first seven months of 2011, Dong Nai has saved 56 million kWh of electricity, 64% of the plan of the whole year which is 82 million kWh. In addition to the efforts of Dong Nai Power Co., Ltd, the enthusiastic response, sympathy and sharing of all parts of the society also have to be mentioned.

A solution to which the power sector attaches special attention to overcome power shortages is to promote energy saving programs. In particular, power saving solutions in industrial factories, which are considered to have the largest saving potential, are of great importance.