Researchers at the University of Arkansas have designed integrated circuits that can survive at temperatures greater than 350°C (about 660°F). Funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF), their work could improve the ...
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Magna International in association with the Ford Motor Company has unveiled the new multi-material lightweight vehicle (MMLV) concept, which reduces the vehicle weight. Developed under a research and development project led by Magna and ...
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LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has introduced the OSQ Area LED luminaire, which is claimed to be the first LED area luminaire specifically designed and priced to replace the nearly 54 million outdated ...
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GDF Suez has signed a sales and purchase heads of agreement with Japanese utility Tohoku Electric Power to deliver 270,000 mt/year of LNG over a 20-year period starting in 2018 from the planned Cameron LNG plant in the US, the French ...
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The likely impact of LNG exports from North America on wholesale gas prices around the world may put a cap on US exports at roughly 6 Bcf/d, Mike Fulwood, a principal in Nexant's Global Gas practice, said Tuesday. During a briefing on LNG ...
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The US will set up its first strategic gasoline reserve, creating 1 million barrels of storage in the Northeast to protect against storms like Hurricane Sandy, which wreaked havoc on fuel supplies in the region, officials said Friday. But ...
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Semprius Inc of Durham, NC, USA, which designs and makes high-concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) solar modules, has manufactured the first four-junction, four-terminal stacked solar cell using its proprietary micro transfer printing process ...
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Mannington Commercial is a finalist for the Georgia Manufacturer of the Year award. The award is part of a Manufacturing Appreciation Week developed by the Georgia Department of Economic Development and the Technical College System of ...
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The US Department of Energy's National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) has conducted simulations showing that nanostructures half the width of a DNA strand could enhance the efficiency of LEDs. In particular, efficiency ...
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With US refineries expanding their capacity to process more domestic light oil in the coming years, the US Energy Information Administration on Tuesday said it expects refinery crude inputs to reach 15.52 million b/d this year and 15.61 ...
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First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services, has set a record for CdTe solar cell conversion ...
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As China is executing its ambitious shale gas development plans to reach 6.5 billion cubic meters (cm) by 2015, the US' experiences in the industry may offer a number of lessons for China, US and Chinese academics concluded in a conference ...
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The US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Texas at Austin have co-developed inexpensive material that has the potential to capture and convert solar energy — particularly from the bluer part ...
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ABB says that it is receiving $2.1m of the $70m grant over five years from the Advanced Manufacturing Office within the US Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) that is funding the new Next ...
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LED chip,lamp and lighting maker Cree Inc of Durham,NC,USA has demonstrated what it claims is the first 200 lumen-per-watt(LPW)LED concept luminaire(more than twice the efficiency of the best linear fluorescent luminaires). The latest US ...