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Sardinian Water Services Company Abbanoa SpA Has Awarded ACCIONA Agua a Design

Oct 19, 2012

Sardinian water services company Abbanoa SpA has awarded ACCIONA Agua a design, build and commissioning contract for the island's Siniscola drinking water treatment plant (DWTP). The new DWTP will meet the drinking water needs of up to 170 ...

Tags: Abbanoa SpA, ACCIONA Agua, DWTP

Philips Has a Very Extensive Portfolio of LED- and SSL-Related Patents

Oct 19, 2012

As we have reported several times in LEDs Magazine, Philips has a very extensive portfolio of LED- and SSL-related patents that it makes available, for a licensing fee, via its ''LED-based luminaires and retrofit bulbs'' licensing program. ...

Tags: Philips, LED licensing program, Attracts More Licensees

FSC Will Coordinate with Securities Firms and Securities Financing Companies

Oct 19, 2012

Taipei, Oct. 19, 2012 (CENS)--In view of the shrinking trading volume of the Taiwanese stock market, the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) will coordinate with securities firms and securities financing companies to cut the lending ...

Tags: Taiwanese stock market, FSC, financing firms, Chinese economy

Smartphone Population Tops 1 Billion in Q3/2012

Oct 18, 2012

18 October 2012 Smartphone population tops 1 billion in Q3/2012 The number of smartphones in use worldwide surpassed the 1 billion-unit mark for the first time ever in the third-quarter 2012,according to the report'Global Smartphone ...

Tags: Smartphone, population, Nokia

The Market for Street Lighting Is in a Period of Dramatic Transformation

Oct 18, 2012

The market for street lighting is in a period of dramatic transformation.New lamp options have recently become available for street lights,most notably light-emitting diodes(LEDs),and the advent of networked systems for central monitoring ...

Tags: LED lamps, street lihting, Smart

90% Brits Will Be Rationing Their Energy Use This Winter to Swerve The Price Hikes

Oct 18, 2012

Almost nine out of every ten Brits will be rationing their energy use this winter in an attempt to swerve the much-publicised price hikes introduced by a number of the Big Six energy suppliers. According to new research undertaken by ...

Tags: energy, householders, energy suppliers, heating

TSMC Has Set up Complete Manufacturing Eco System for Apple's Application-Specific IC

Oct 18, 2012

Taipei,Oct.18,2012--Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.(TSMC)has set up complete manufacturing eco system for Apple's application-specific IC(ASIC)contracts,in which Intel Corp.is also reportedly interested,according to Taiwan's industry ...

Tags: TSMC, Apple, ASIC order, chips

Growing Amount of Foreign Capital Has Flown Into The Gretai Securities Market

Oct 18, 2012

Taipei,Oct.18,2012--With the centralized stock market continuing to be plagued by low trading volume,growing amount of foreign capital has flown into the GreTai Securities Market(over-the-counter market),as the share of foreign holdings of ...

Tags: OTC share, Taipei, stock market, investor

21st Century Light Space Modulator Will Be Displayed at South Bank

Oct 18, 2012

The 18th October will mark the unveiling of Jason Bruges's eagerly anticipated interactive project 21st Century Light Space Modulator. It will be displayed under Hungerford Bridge, on London's South Bank. Designed by Jason Bruges Studio ...

Tags: Light Space Modulator, Modulator, Hungerford Bridge, Jason Bruges Studio

Solar Cell Makers Keep Their Lowest Quotes at Around US$0.35/Watt in Mid-October

Oct 17, 2012

Lowest solar cell price remains at US$0.35/watt in mid-October Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Wednesday 17 October 2012]Taiwan-based solar cell makers have been keeping their lowest quotes at around US$0.35/watt in ...

Tags: solar cell, Taiwan, JA Solar, NASDAQ

This Is NanoMarkets Report on Development of Materials Used in OLED Lighting Applications

Oct 17, 2012

This is NanoMarkets latest report on the commercial development of materials used in OLED lighting applications.In the report,they review the key technical and commercial developments of the past year and provide granular,eight-year volume ...

Tags: OLED lighting, NanoMarkets, material

Saint-Gobain Operated a CIGS PV Module Manufacturing Facility in Saudi Arabia

Oct 17, 2012

17 October 2012 Saint-Gobain signs MOU to build and operate a CIGS PV module manufacturing facility in Saudi Arabia Saint-Gobain of Courbevoie,France(which designs,makes and distributes building materials and electronic ...

Tags: Saint-Gobain, CIGS PV module, Saudi Arabia, Renewable Energy

Sanitation Commission to Grant The Variance Regarding PPG's Discharge of Mercury

Oct 16, 2012

The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission granted a conditional variance to PPG Industries'Natrium facility Oct.11.The commission voted unanimously to grant the variance regarding PPG's discharge of mercury. The impact of the ...

Tags: Ohio, water sanitation, PPG, mercury reduction

Taiwan's Cellphone Component Makers Struggled in The Traditional Peak Season

Oct 15, 2012

Taipei,Oct.15,2012--Taiwan's cellphone component makers struggled in the traditional peak season as Merry Electronics Co.Ltd.'s revenues in September only reached NT$585 million(US$19.5 million),far lower than market prediction of NT$700 ...

Tags: Twaiwan, cellphone component, peak season

Non-Fit Business Model to Pave Way for Grid Parity Nuying Huang

Oct 15, 2012

Commentary:Non-FIT business model to pave way for grid parity Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Monday 15 October 2012]The continuous feed-in-tariff(FIT)cuts by Europe's governments and increasing trade barriers have been pushing ...

Tags: China, solar industry, new business model, grid parity