Katie Davis is to step down as managing director for NHS Informatics at the Department for Health. Davis will for a short while continue to support Tim Kelsey, who has taken the position of National Director for Patients and Information ...
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LED lighting: call for a coherent European vision 10 Jul 2012 Public consultation on adoption of solid-state lighting calls for more co-ordination at European level. Philips Lumiblade A public consultation on the European ...
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Athersys has received FDA orphan drug designation for its proprietary cell therapy, MultiStem, to treat Hurler's syndrome, also known as mucopolysaccharidosis type I or MPS-I. The orphan drug designation provides substantial potential ...
Renesas told a press conference in Tokyo yesterday that it will offer 5000 workers financial incentives to leave the company or take early retirement. The headcount reduction will save the company$539m a year. It is reported that the ...
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Sears Canada has become the latest customer of sustainability performance management software provider CloudApps. CloudApps will deploy its Sustainability Suite across Sears' portfolio, including 122 full-line stores, 48 Sears Home ...
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SAS sees semiconductor products account for 70%of total revenues Nuying Huang In a shareholders meeting on June 27,Taiwan-based semiconductor and solar wafer maker Sino-American Silicon(SAS)indicated the plans to increase production of ...
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Germany's April 1 solar incentive cuts were halted by the Bundesrat(Federal Council)for reviews.The review committee will announce its decision on June 27.Industry sources noted that demand in Germany has been healthy due to projects ...
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LED lighting manufacturer,Cree has launched a novel 4-inch CR4 LED downlight and a 6-inch downlight with a higher lumen output.The 6-inch CR6 downlight uses 87%lesser energy when compared to incandescent lighting and offers payback within ...
The leading metrics influencing solar industry supply and demand(,supply and mamodule productionrket-demand)are forecast to come to within 8%of the second-half market demand of 17.2GW,according to Solarbuzz.This follows two years of ...
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Despite product quality issues in some regions participating in the 21 Cities of 10,000 Lights program, demonstration projects in Guangdong Province proved successful. This stemmed from more rigorous technical requirements and standards ...
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HIGH POINT - A four-way battle for bedding supremacy is brewing in the highly competitive mattress arena. As reported last month, Serta has unseated longtime domestic champ Sealy and now ranks as the largest U.S. bedding producer in ...
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Global Initiative on Urban Resilience(GIUR)is a new effort designed to spur building and infrastructure development,create new investment opportunities and foster community action around the world.Partner organizations of the initiative ...
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Solarbuzz analyst says that high electricity consumption and limited space will see high-efficiency modules dominate market. Copper-plated solar Major new incentives for renewable energy in Japan are likely to favor installations ...
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Energy hungry markets are the new potential markets for the solar industry.China's solar market is being spurred by rising energy demand due to the rapid economic developments.Now,India and Japan(due to the March 11 earthquake in 2011)are ...
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Countries in Europe have been deducting solar incentives to try to control installations.Germany seeks to limit new installations to 2.5-3.5GW per year while Italy's aim is 1-2GW annually.The UK,which recently postponed incentive cuts to ...