Solar power, however, is a free, renewable and abundant resource. Today solar energy is an inexpensive and innovative option for treating waste that is becoming more widespread and accepted.

Scientists, led by Professor Simon McQueen-Mason and Professor Neil Bruce at the University of York, have discovered a new enzyme that could prove an important step in the quest to turn waste, such as paper, scrap wood and straw, into liquid fuel.

There's an old camping trick, for people who don't want to bother getting a lantern: just stick a flashlight up against the bottom of a plastic pop bottle, turn the flashlight on, then bask in the bottle's glow.

Andrew Greenfield checks his home’s solar power output against consumption through his computer and mobile phone dozens of times each day.

A 9.5-MW power station that will be fired using coconut waste is to be developed in Thailand.

Last month the European Ocean Energy Association hosted its first conference outside Brussels at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh. It was a great event.

In their continuing efforts to increase the energy density of lithium-ion batteries, scientists have began looking at alternative materials for those batteries' electrodes – materials such as silicon.

VTT Technological Research Centre of Finland (VTT) coordinates a new European project, which focuses on studying anaerobic digestion (AD) of organic waste and developing its control.

Using new silicon carbide (SiC) diodes, Siemens and its research partners have succeeded in increasing the power of frequency converters by almost ten percent.

Vietnam has produced the first line of solar batteries that meet international standards, offering consumers quality and affordable alternatives that cost 20-30 percent less than imported batteries.

The Asia Development Bank (ADB) has recently released the “Energy Outlook for Asia and the Pacific” Report suggesting regional nations enhance cross-border power exchanges to meet the booming demand for power, which is set to outpace the rest of the world in the next two decades.

Florida Power & Light’s Office of Clean Energy (Juno Beach, FL, U.S.) on October 1st, 2013, announced funding for a range of solar power installations and educating customers on solar energy.

Nineteen teams of students from the United States and Europe unveiled their designs for solar-powered, energy-efficient homes at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Solar Decathlon 2013, which began on October 3rd, 2013 in Irvine, California.

The world's largest solar-powered boat has docked on the banks of the Seine River, its final port of call after a three-month voyage across the Atlantic Ocean to study how the Gulf Stream and climate change could influence each other.

Last year, photovoltaic solar power in Italy accounted for some 5.6% of the total energy mix produced, and the number is only increasing.

The Ho Chi Minh City Energy Conservation Center launched the support program to perform energy audit and establish the energy management system for 50 local businesses.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Indonesia ’s Government will build a cross-border power transmission line to bring cleaner and greener electricity to 8,000 households in the country’s West Kalimantan province.

Vietnam and Timor Leste have agreed to enhance ties in politics, economics-trade-investment, agriculture-forestry-fisheries, energy, information-communications, and education and training.

Cooperation in energy, especially oil and gas, plays an extremely important role in the developing strategic partnership between Vietnam and Russia , Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has said.

Design, engine fixed, car’s frame made, etc, all were done by these students. After several months, the three “made in Vietnam” cars have been completed and ready to take part in the “saving energy racing” with other countries.

Fresh details emerge of controversial government report into the economic impact of energy infrastructure

With plenty of sun-drenched, wide open spaces, Australia is an obvious place for large-scale solar power plants.

Four turbines at the Smøla wind farm in Norway are to have one rotor blade painted black to see whether increasing the visual contrast of the turbine against its background might help to reduce bird strikes.

In July 2013, Ho Chi Minh City Power Corporation managed to save over 288.94 million kWh of electricity, accounting for 2.83% of the commercial electricity, reaching 79.6% of the target in the year 2013, and increasing by 2.35% as compared to the same period last year.

The 10th National Conference on Nuclear Science and Technology kicked off in the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau on August 15 to discuss orientations for the use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes in Vietnam.

Seven-year-old Nguyen Anh Nhan has become an unlikely poster boy for the electricity-saving cause.