Analysts at the consultancy company IHS are predicting that the switch to solid-state lighting will cut global electricity demand for general illumination by a remarkable 24 per cent by 2020. According to the firm’s lighting ...
More than 13 GW of solar power generating capacity is now in place across the US, after 2013 witnessed a record 4.8 GW of installations, including some 2.8 GW in utility-scale projects. The explosive growth figures come from GTM ...
Tags: Photovoltaics, solar power, Electricity
Given the right policy frameworks and technology developments, solar technologies could be generating more than a quarter of the world’s electricity by 2050. That potential scenario, which would see solar overtake wind, ...
Tags: IEA, Solar, Electricity Generation
New predictions from Greentech Media’s market research division (GTM Research) suggest that solar photovoltaics will account for half of all the new electricity-generating capacity added globally over the next five years – and ...
Tags: PV industry, global PV demand, PV market
China will adjust its income distribution system and narrow the income gap in the next five years, a document from the Communist Party of China (CPC) said Tuesday. China's aims to "significantly" increase the wages of the low-income ...
Chevron on Friday revised slightly lower an earlier future production target due to prolonged but uncertain lower oil prices, while at the same slashing its capital spending for 2016 by 25% compared to this year. The company now sees ...
Tags: Chevron, oil prices, shale oil
Scientists have confirmed that those following a low-fat diet will not experience greater long-term weight-loss than those following a higher-fat diet. With the findings coming from the analysis of 6, 800 adult diets, lead author, Dr ...
In 2014, the development situation of China’s foreign trade was complex and severe. In January-April, the country suffered “double falls” of import and export which had not appeared for many years. The Central Government ...
Seoul, June 1 (Xinhua)-Chinese Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng and the Korean Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Yoon Sang-jick respectively represented the governments of the two countries and officially signed the Free Trade ...
Tags: China-Korea FTA, goods trade, service trade
People’s Bank of China published the statement on improving the quotation of the middle exchange rate of RMB against the U.S. dollar on August 11. RMB depreciates against US dollars almost 4.6% in 4 days. This is the biased correction ...
Tags: foreign trade situation, rate of RMB against the U.S.dollar
Roy Morgan Research has found that one-third of the Australian population buy at least one chocolate bar in an average four week period. Supermarkets are by far the country’s favourite place to purchase chocolate bars with almost ...
Tags: Chocolate, Cadbury bars, Supermarkets
Tridonic Jennersdorf GmbH, a subsidiary of Tridonic GmbH & Co KG, Dornbirn and therefore part of the Zumtobel Group, has signed a licence agreement with Medion AG, Germany covering the use of silicate-based white LEDs. Medion is a ...
Tags: Tridonic, White LEDs, Licence Agreement, Medion AG
Greenled Oy , the leading Finnish manufacturer and supplier of all-inclusive LED lighting solutions, has won the contract to supply street lighting for the City of Helsinki. The request for tenders emphasized energy efficiency, high quality ...
Taiwan recorded total export value of US$22.54 billion for September 2015, decreasing 5.8% on month and 14.6% on year, while the corresponding total import value of US$17.30 billion fell 13.4% on month and 24.4% on year, according to the ...
Tags: Electronics, Taiwan Exports
Ancient classics provide lessons that are still relevant today Dressed in the style of the Han Dynasty that ruled China 1,800 years ago, 6-year-old Chen Quanjin is chanting ancient Chinese classics with several other children about the ...
Tags: Traditional Roots, Dizigui