The UN global climate negotiations in Paris starting Monday are likely to drive further investment in renewable energy, prompt a switch to electrification in heating and transport and further curb coal-fired power, Swiss bank UBS said in a ...
Tags: coal-fired power, decarbonized economy, wind, solar
An Electric Reliability Council of Texas report released Tuesday shows the independent system operator expects the supply of electricity to be tighter in summer 2016 than it did in the May version of the report. ERCOT's Capacity, Demand ...
Tags: ERCOT, wind power, solar, CDR
The NYMEX January natural gas futures contract rebounded Monday from Friday's selloff to settle at $2.235/MMBtu, up 2.3 cents. The January contract dropped 8.7 cents Friday to settle at $2.212/MMBtu on the contract's first day in the ...
Tags: Gas, natural gas market, weather
Recently a US startup company named MOLT launched a crowdsourcing project for its latest product on Kickstarter. The product is called Mstick, a user- friendly LED light bar that suits everyone’s daily use, according to the campaign ...
Across America, businesses are looking for new ways to bring customers into their doors. People aren't driving as much as they used to, and they aren't spending as much as they used to, and that's making competition among small and ...
Tags: LED Display, LED signs, Chipshow
Researchers based in USA have been studying performance improvements in aluminium gallium nitride (AlGaN) ultraviolet (UV) avalanche photodiodes (APDs) gained from using free-standing gallium nitride substrates instead of gallium nitride on ...
Tags: AlGaN, Ultraviolet photodetectors, HVPE
These days, one of the keys to having a successful business is getting the most bang for your buck. From the smallest one-man shop to the largest multi-national, we're all looking to get the most return from our business investments. In an ...
Tags: LED Displays, digital outdoor sign, Chipshow
The Japanese government intends to phase out the country’s incandescent light bulbs and fluorescent tubes by 2020, and convert all lights to LEDs, reported Asahi Shinbun. The policy was formulated ahead of the 21st Conference of the ...
Tags: LED lamps, light bulbs, fluorescent tubes
German furnishing brand Thonet, whose iconic designs have had considerable influence on the furniture industry for nearly 200 years, has announced key changes to the distribution of its product range in Great Britain and Ireland. Sales in ...
Tags: Thonet, furniture industry
MatalanDirect.com has added rugs, blinds and curtains to the site, marking an expansion into five product categories in five months. Shane Quigley, CEO of MatalanDirect.com, comments: "Growing from bathrooms into five product categories ...
Tags: MatalanDirect.com, rugs, curtains
2016 is looking to be the year of soybeans. Chris Hurt, Purdue University agricultural economist, is predicting corn acreage to be 1.5% to 2% lower and soybean acreage to be around 2% higher for the Midwest’s 2016 growing season. With ...
US-based packaged foods company Pinnacle Foods has entered into an agreement to acquire Boulder Brands for $975m, in a move that signifies the former’s expansion into health and wellness segments. The acquisition is expected to ...
Tags: Pinnacle Foods, refrigerated foods
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the sale of a type of genetically modified (GM) salmon within America. ‘AquAdvantage’ GM salmon was developed by an US company called AquaBounty Technologies who altered ...
Leading biscuit brand Arnott’s has paid the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) $51,000 in penalties after five infringement notices were issued against the company in relation to a marketing claim for its Shapes ...
Dancer-choreographer Hou Ying instructs young dancers at a rehearsal of her production Tu Tu in Beijing. [Photo by Feng Yongbin/China Daily] At a late-afternoon rehearsal in a vast studio at Hou Ying Dance Theater on Beijing's outskirts, ...
Tags: Dancer, Color, Human Movement