Witnessing that people in salt-tolerant areas lack of fresh water, MSc Lam - Can Tho College of Economics and Technology and colleagues tried to make a simple distillation model using solar heat.

Germany’s Großmann Ingenieur Consult GmbH (GICON®) and the Vietnam Petroleum Institute (VPI) have identified cooperation sectors and forms, covering technologies, under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed on March 29.

Decarbonization is one of the keys to our sustainable society and drastic CO2 emission reduction by expanding the use of heat pumps is expected, accounting for 14% of Japan’s ambitious CO2 reduction target in 2050, according to Heat Pump & Thermal Storage Technology Center of Japan (HPTCJ)’s latest analysis (see the previous report).

Hanergy Holding Group Ltd. introduced four cars powered by solar panels as it seeks to expand the use of photovoltaic technology to products ranging from furniture to bags.

An innovative solar panel technology could turn raindrops into electric power, according to scientists in China.

This is the 8th instance held under the guidance of the Ministry of Industry and Trade and Hanoi City People's Committee.

The successful projects are expected to begin unveiling working prototypes by 2018 with a view to their technology being available for use in passenger cars from 2020.

The system is the first of its kind to use a technology called a reversible solid oxide fuel cell to store energy from renewable resources, such as wind and solar, to produce zero-emissions electricity.

New York State has announced the approval of a 10-year, $5bn Clean Energy Fund designed to accelerate the growth of clean technology in the state.

Researchers believe they have found the next way to cure winter blues – for electric vehicle battery technology.

Energy storage is a technology which can deliver stable solutions to the power system.

An ambitious IMO project to establish a global network of Maritime Technology Cooperation Centres in developing countries is to go ahead thanks to a €10 million funding contribution from the EC.

Five new projects to develop low carbon and energy efficient technologies in the automotive industry have been granted funding worth £75 million.

A team at Massachusetts Institute of Technology has developed a transparent film that could be applied to windows or clothing to store energy from sunlight, then later release it as heat.

The Seminar on "Current status, needs and orientation for management of database on economical and efficient use of energy in Building" has been organized by Science, Technology and Environment Department - MOC in the cooperation with United States Agency for International Development in Vietnam (Vietnam USAID) on January 7, 2016 in Hanoi.

The doors are soon opening for ASEAN’s largest international exhibition on energy saving products and technology from 19th – 22nd April, 2016.

A Canadian nuclear technology company has raised CAD$10 million (£4.8m) for a project.

According to NASA, US airlines could save up to 250 billion dollars between 2025 and 2050. It will all be thanks to green technology pioneered by the agency and industry partners, as part of NASA's Environmentally Responsible Aviation (ERA) project.

The London Heathrow Marriott hotel has successfully trialled a new pot-washing technology in its kitchens that has cut water use by almost 92% - potentially saving around two million litres of water a year.

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