"Extremely encouraging" is how National Lighting Bureau Executive Director John Bachner characterized second-quarter 2013 performance of the NEMA Lighting Systems Index (LSI), which posted its strongest showing since the third quarter of ...
Tags: Lights, Lighting, Lighting Systems
Sunpartner Technologies and 3M have announced an agreement to collaborate in product development and technical solutions. The two companies are developing a sustainable wireless transparent micro component that will charge devices while ...
“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
The overall petroleum demand in the United States rose in September in tandem with a gradually improving economy, said the American Petroleum Institute (API) in a report released Friday. The total petroleum deliveries, a measure of ...
Tags: petroleum, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Semprius Inc of Durham, NC, USA, which designs and makes high-concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) solar modules, has raised its own world record for mass-produced photovoltaic module efficiency from 33.9% (announced in January 2012) to 35.5% ...
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General Motors is set to collaborate with the US Army in a joint development of hydrogen fuel cell technologies for use in future vehicles. The agreement, which will see GM expand its existing collaboration with the US Army Tank ...
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Researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Florida-based Chemergy Inc plan to demonstrate a bioenergy technology that converts wastewater treatment plant byproducts into hydrogen gas to produce electricity. The ...
Voith is investing into the future of small hydro and celebrates two significant milestones in the further development of this sector: K?ssler, a subsidiary of the Voith Group, is expanding its location in Sankt Georgen am Steinfeld, ...
An osmotic microbial fuel cell (OsMFC) containing a forward-osmosis membrane, is hydraulically coupled with a microbial desalination cell (MDC) with ion-exchange membranes, for greatly improved desalination efficiency. It also achieves more ...
Tags: Microbial Fuel Cell, Cell, Electrical, Electronics
Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) is looking for "the next wave of innovative cleantech entrepreneurs" through its SD Tech Fund, which is open for applications starting now, August 28, through to October 16, 2013. The ...
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In response to current climate changes, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) is heading measures to promote green energy low carbon production development in government branches such as the Ministry of Industry and ...
Tags: Energy Subsidy Reform, Lighting
The overall petroleum demand in the United States jumped in July to the highest level in three years, said a leading industry group in a report released Thursday. The total petroleum deliveries, a measure of demand, rose 1.7 percent in ...
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World Water Works, Inc., a leading designer and manufacturer of wastewater treatment solutions, has invested in Aquanos Energy, Ltd, an Israel-based company that designed a patent-pending algae-based wastewater treatment process for ...
The most powerful generator-turbine unit ever built by Voith has entered service in the Chinese hydropower plant Xiluodu on the Jinsha River. After a successful 72-hour test run, Voith handed over the first of a total of three such machines ...
Tags: generator-turbine, Processing Machinery, Industrial Equipment
You've probably heard the claim that solar panels take more energy to make than they generate. That's a pretty crushing thing to hear if you've just hired an electrician to install a fancy new solar system in the belief that you're doing ...
Tags: Solar Panels, Construction, Decoration