In recent years several new markets have opened up for solar photovoltaic (PV) consumer products, particularly for lighting, handset charging, and power for small DC appliances. Known as pico solar, solar home systems, or solar PV ...
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Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the third edition of a report, Climate Change Indicators in the United States. The report pulls together observed data on key measures of our environment, including U.S. and ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that the City of Los Angeles will be one of 171 communities nationwide receiving brownfields funding to clean and redevelop contaminated properties, boost local economies and ...
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Several western Pennsylvania communities will share in a nationwide total of $67 million in brownfields funding announced today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to support cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated properties. ...
LG Chem announces to strategically drop the price of OLED light panels from third quarter of 2014. The market price was set at $600/Klm or above, depending on order quantities. Today, LG Chem suggests a new price of $200/Klm. LG Chem offers ...
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Driven by the fanfare over (and overestimation of) the LCD display market, the LED front-end equipment market experienced an unprecedented investment cycle in 2010-2011. The market surge was driven mostly by MOCVD reactor shipments to new ...
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China-based polysilicon and solar wafer maker LDK Solar has obtained syndicated loans of CNY2 billion (US$321 million) from 11 local banks to ease its financial troubles, according to a report. State-run China Development Bank arranged ...
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China-based solar-grade monocrystalline silicon wafer maker Xi'an LONGi Silicon Materials has been expanding its production capacity. The company said it had 1.6GWp in annual capacity as of year-end 2013, and it will reach 2.3GWp by ...
China-based Yingli Green Energy Holding, the world's largest PV module maker, will invest CNY8 billion (US$1.28 billion) to establish an operational center and a PV power-generating station with capacity of 1GWp in Xi'an, northwestern ...
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Out of sapphire substrate non-LED applications, mobile devices have shown the strongest demand. Sapphire substrate non-LED applications are projected to reach a 32% share in 2014, with mobile device applications taking a 21% share, ...
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The smart lighting market is expected to reach US$56.05 billion (£33.23 billion) by 2020, according to a new report. The research published this month from MarketsandMarkets claims the market will grow by 15.8 per cent ...
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LaMar Lighting Company introduces the first high bay luminaire to its line of LED fixtures. HBL 1 is engineered to deliver high performance and a long-life, cost-effective solution in retail, warehouse, industrial and other high-ceiling ...
The smart lighting industry involves the use of lighting control systems that deliver correct amount of light when needed. It deals with the technology where lights can automatically perform various operations at set times or under set ...
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The outcome of proposals for 215 ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) farms in the UK, with capacities in excess of 5MW, are now being re-evaluated, according to Solarbuzz. This re-evaluation follows new, and unexpected, proposals from ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 has reached an agreement with Nally and Hamilton Enterprises, Inc. (Nally), for filling streams at two coal mining sites in Kentucky in violation of the Clean Water Act (CWA). Under ...
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