According to EnergyTrend, demand for PV self-consumption continues to increase in Europe due to decreased feed in tariffs and increased electricity price and surcharge fees for grid-connection. Moreover, the installation area of roof-top ...
Tags: PV Makers, Monocrystalline Market
“Extremely encouraging” is how National Lighting Bureau Executive Director John Bachner characterized 2Q13 performance of the NEMA Lighting Systems Index (LSI), which posted its strongest showing since the 3Q08. “The ...
Tags: Lighting Systems, miniature lamps
North American lighting leader OSRAM SYLVANIA has joined with Lowe's to debut the ULTRA SE™ LED Family of reflector bulbs with sunset effects, incandescent-like dimming available in stores. Available in R20, BR30 and BR40 types, ...
Tags: LED Lightbulb, Lighting
Ledzworld announced today that the company recently secured an order for hundreds of thousands of lamps from a major European ODM customer. “At Ledzworld we are dedicated to developing products that exceed our customers’ ...
Tags: Ledzworld, European Project Order
Bridgelux today announced the company has been named in the annual San Francisco Business Times 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies in the Bay Area list. The San Francisco Business Times recognizes private companies, and their ...
Tags: Bridgelux, GaN-on-Silicon
Changhong displayed China's first curved LED TV at their digital home booth themed "where imagination takes flight" at the High-Tech & Science Expo that took place in Sichuan, China on October 15, 2013. Last month at the Internationale ...
Tags: Curved LED TV, Changhong
Fairchild Semiconductor, a leading global supplier of power semiconductors, announced that it will voluntarily transfer its stock exchange listing from The New York Stock Exchange to the NASDAQ Global Select Market on October 31, 2013. The ...
When asked about his views for the LED industry in the next few years, B.J. Lee Epistar chairman said during an interview at LEDforum 2013 that he expects to see steady revenue growth for the company and the continual restructure of the LED ...
Tags: LED industry, Industry Trends
Harvard Engineering development and manufacture of LED drivers and control products for the lighting industry, has received blanket UL safety approval for any LED light engine. The approval means that Harvard (and the company’s ...
Tags: LED drivers, UL Approval
Prices for sapphire, due to potential extended use in smartphones, are expected to increase 10-15% in the first or second quarter of 2014, Taiwan-based makers cited Russia-based sapphire maker Monocrystal as indicating. Following use to ...
Tags: Sapphire, smartphone rear cameras
Global markets boasted 51,000MW of wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) power generation capacity installed in 2012, and while some variable generation markets may slow or stall, there is no doubt that wind and solar markets will continue to ...
Georgia Power announced today the newest addition to its portfolio of energy efficiency programs – instant savings of 20-50 percent on ENERGY STAR® Certified LEDs at participating The Home Depot stores throughout the state. ...
Tags: LED Lighting, Georgia Power
Chinese scientist might have just opened doors for a technology revolution by claiming to have successfully connected four computers to the internet through the use of a one-watt LED bulb, according to a report by Xinhua News. Scientists ...
The increased demand for sapphire substrates in non LED applications including for smartphone camera lens caps plus home button covers, the supply and demand situation has had a turnaround. Sapphire substrate used in smartphones will take ...
Tags: Monocrystal, LED applications
Fotodiox, a manufacturer and distributor of high-quality photography and videography accessories, has announced the availability of its next generation LED light panels; the Fotodiox LED-312D, LED-312DS, and LED-1024AL. The new LED lights ...