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SOLAR DESALINATION - SPACE FOR AMERICAN MANUFACTURING IDEAS

07/07/2021

Solar Desalination Prize is a multi-stage prize competition designed to accelerate the development of low-cost desalination systems that use solar-thermal power to produce clean drinking water from saltwater. Each stage of the competition will have increasing prize amounts, totaling millions of dollars.

Diverting support and investments from fossil fuel to clean energy

04/07/2021

The fossil fuel industry enjoys a subsidy of 370 billion USD per year, while the renewable energy sector is just 100 billion USD. Since the beginning of the pandemic, G20+ countries pledged 52% of all public money committed to the energy sector to fossil fuels (222 billion USD) and only 3% to clean energy.

GRAB'S ELECTRIC CAR COMING SOON IN VIETNAM

03/07/2021

Recently, Grab said it has expanded its cooperation with Hyundai Motor to promote the application of electric cars in Southeast Asia, including Vietnam.

APPLICATION ESTIMATING THE AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY CONSUMED MONTHLY

02/07/2021

Recently, Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has officially launched a tool that can estimate the monthly electricity consumption of people in the situation of prolonged hot weather.

HOW CAN GREEN FINANCE FOSTER SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE AGE OF COVID-19?

28/06/2021

Currently, the Covid 19 pandemic poses a serious global threat but also an opportunity for a "great recovery". In particular, the development of green finance - financial instruments designed to promote environmental and social goals needs considerable attention in order to promote the green economy.

EVNSPC: Paying over VND 2,860 billion for rooftop solar power to customers

21/05/2021

Southern Power Corporation (EVNSPC) informed that it has paid the roof solar electricity bills for April 2021 to customers in 21 southern provinces and cities with the amount of VND 2,867 billion.

A strong-enough financial mechanism needed to attract customers to participate in the Demand Response Program

18/05/2021

Only when a strong-enough system of mechanisms and policies is established for ensuring interests of stakeholders - the users and suppliers of electricity - the DR market in Vietnam could develop.

Mekong River Delta: Replication of the model of solar power combined with agriculture

20/04/2021

To make the most of the land in the Mekong River Delta, an agricultural production model with solar power is being applied and replicated from enterprise to household scale.

WORKSHOP ANALYSES SUGAR MILLS' BUSINESS MODELS FOR THEIR BIOMASS PLANTS

14/04/2021

GIZ and the Electricity and Renewable Energy Authority (EREA) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) co-organised the workshop ’Analysis of alternatives business models for sugar mills to run their biomass plants’ on April 13 in Phu Yen.

Remarkable development in energy efficiency in the Asia region

21/01/2021

The Digital Small Energy Efficiency Group (DSEEG) programme at regional level, supported by German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), was organized by GIZ

Ceremony of the National Awardsof Highest energy efficiency products- 2020

22/12/2020

Attending the ceremony were Mr. Phuong Hoang Kim - Director of the Department of Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Development (DEESD, MOIT)

Workshop on energy management model for energy users in industrial sector

30/10/2020

On October 30, 2020 in Hanoi, the Vietnam Energy Conservation and Energy Efficiency Association (VECEA) held theworkshop "Model of energy management for energy users in industrial sector"

Saving energy in industry remains challenging

25/09/2020

Fossil energy in general and electricity production in particular are gradually exhausted, many experts believe that one of the most urgent solutions today is to promote efficient use of energy, especially in industries.