Japan made landmark progress in 2013 in methane hydrate development -- carrying out the world's maiden offshore production test and later confirming the existence of "substantial" structures containing shallow methane in the Sea of Japan in ...
Tags: Methane Hydrates, Chemicals
Top Azerbaijani,EU and US officials and members of the Shah Deniz consortium gathered in Baku on Tuesday to celebrate a major milestone in the development of a new energy corridor that will connect Caspian natural gas to Europe and provide ...
Tags: Top Azerbaijani, EU, Shah Deniz consortium, energy corridor
Ionova Technologies, Inc. reports that its zinc-ion-based ZIP-Cap asymmetric ultracapacitor is expected to provide a 25-fold reduction in build cost and a 5-fold increase in energy densityA figure of merit usually expressed in Joules per ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, electrical circuits
The US Department of Energy (DoE) has announced over $7m in funding for projects that bring cost-effective, advanced hydrogen and fuel cell technologies online faster. This investment will be used for four projects in Georgia, Kansas, ...
Tags: Fuel Cell Technologies, Auto Parts
The US Department of Energy announced $150 million in tax credits with Cree and Osram Sylvania winning awards for expansion of US-based manufacturing, while Philips Lighting and Toshiba announce new LED retrofit lamps. Cree and Osram ...
Tags: LED, LED Lighting, Retrofit lamps, lamps
While SSL experts regularly project the demise of the lightbulb form, the popularity of stories focused on LED-based lamps with our readers make it clear that today it remains a very hot topic, outpacing even packaged LED stories. As 2013 ...
The US Department of Energy (DoE) has announced $150m in clean energy tax credits to build US capabilities in clean energy manufacturing. This move is expected to strengthen the development of technologies to fuel efficient vehicles. ...
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced a solid-state lighting (SSL) R&D funding opportunity 'Solid-State Lighting Advanced Technologies R&D – 2014' (DE-FOA-0000973). A total of up to $10m in funding is directed toward all ...
The 2014 SSL R&D funding opportunities apply to LEDs and OLEDs across the three previously defined sectors of core technology research, product development, and US manufacturing. The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the ...
ChromaLit Linear remote phosphor optics appear white in the off state and enable LED-based linear lighting systems that can produce 2000 lm per foot in CCTs ranging from 3000K to 5000K. Intematix has introduced the ChromaLit Linear remote ...
Tags: LED, SSL, technology
ArcelorMittal was recognized by the US Department of Energy this week for its leadership in the Better Buildings, Better Plants Program, which supports the Obama administration's target to increase energy productivity in the US by 2030. ...
Tags: US, energy, Arcelormittal, energy productivity, energy efficiency
The 2014 grant opportunities include search for novel solutions in LED-based luminaires and lamps, SSL enabling materials and components, and system-level sensors and software. The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced funding ...
Tags: LED-based luminaires, LED lamps
Driven by increasing demands to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, automakers worldwide are in a race to find new ways for improving the fuel efficiency of passenger cars and trucks. Along with more aerodynamic designs and incremental ...
Tags: greenhouse gas, plastics compounds, energy
Fisker Automotive has officially filed for bankruptcy on the back of the Californian car maker’s sale to investment group Hybrid Technology. After several attempts to rescue the company, Fisker filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on ...
Tags: Fisker, automotive, file, bankruptcy
Boeing subsidiary Spectrolab Inc of Sylmar, CA, USA has raised its world record for energy conversion efficiency in a ground-based solar cell without solar concentration from 37.8% (set in April) to 38.8%, as verified by the US Department ...