How bamboo bioenergy can help power remote communities
Bioenergy has increased in popularity as a desirable form of energy over the past decade.[…]
Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2014
The competitiveness of renewable power generation technologies continued improving in 2013 and 2014, reaching historic levels.[…]
Energy-saving buildings offer banks new financial products
Nearly half of the world’s energy consumption is a result of cooling, heating and ventilating buildings, while construction work is responsible for more than half of the globe’s resources[…]
Vietnam needs $30 billion for green growth strategy to 2020
Vietnam needs up to $30 billion to carry out its Green Growth Strategy from now to 2020, of which 70% will not come from the State budget.
The money will[…]
Germany grants loan worth 200 mln euros for Vietnam’s energy sector
Germany has offered a loan worth 200 million euros for Vietnam’s energy sector during a recent visit by Dr. Friedrich Kitschelt, State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany, to Vietnam. Dr. Friedrich Kitschelt, State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany, poses for a […]
Green Growth on the Agenda for Vietnam PM’s Brussels Visit
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung shakes hands with Belgian officials after arriving at Brussels Military Airport on October 12. 2014. Photo credit: Vietnam News Agency Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung arrived in Belgium for the first leg of his week-long Europe visit on Sunday afternoon. The visit was made at the invitation of Belgian Prime Minister […]
Vietnam officials: Time for pangasius sector to focus on quality, not quantity
The balance between quality and quantity in the Vietnamese pangasius industry has not been right thus far, admitted deputy director general of the directorate of fisheries, Pham Anh Tuan. Producers have not done a good job either of ensuring standards in the race to expand, or of addressing the needs of the local market while […]
8 lessons from Egypt in building a cleaner chemicals industry
The technology is there to reduce the environmental impact of Egypt’s chemical sector, but finance and capacity are still lacking. The Nile River is Cairo’s main source of water but how clean is it when factories are discharging untreated effluent into its waters? Photograph: Dallas and John Heaton/Alamy In previous blogs, I have looked at […]
Vietnam aims for just four key industries
Viet Nam this week announced an action plan that maps out strategies to develop four key industries to raise the country’s competence in production and service supply. Tuna processing for export at Ba Hai Joint Stock Company in central Phu Yen Province. Viet Nam has announced an action plan to develop four key industries, including […]
Improving productivity in Myanmar’s garment factories
From 28th July to 15th August 2014, the German textile company ESGE conducted its third working visit with the SMART Myanmar team. Ms. Barbara Waeschle, garment technician from ESGE’s quality department, worked closely with the more than one dozen garment factories that are embracing the productivity and technical support offered by the SMART Myanmar project. During this […]
