In recognition of the invaluable benefits to be reaped by investing in energy-efficient lighting, the North West Fund for Energy and Environment has chosen to channel three-quarters of a million pounds worth of capital into a ...
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Taiwan's Bureau of Energy has invited the Australian Solar Council and representatives from large-size engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) firms to join an investment conference in Taipei from March 19-21, 2013. The Taiwan ...
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The Peak District National Park Authority wants to shed light on the best sites and designs for solar panels, particularly for owners of historic buildings. The Authority, which welcomes renewable energy devices that do not harm the ...
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Microsoft is building a data center next to a Wyoming landfill in order to use its methane gas to power the facility. Apple now uses a massive 100-acre solar energy farm to power its Maiden, N.C., data center. And Google has placed data ...
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On 26 February at the 2013 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain (1–5pm at the Barcelona Mandarin Oriental), Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA, which makes gallium nitride (GaN) RF components, and fabless semiconductor firm Eta Devices ...
Tags: Cree, Eta, Record-Efficiency Power Amplifier, Mobile Base-Stations
UK-based sugar products manufacturer Ragus has opened a new plant at Slough Trading Estate, Berkshire, which will produce specialist sugars. The company noted that the facility is equipped with advanced equipment for efficient drying, ...
The RAF has had LED lighting installed in one of the helicopter hangars at RAF Benson in Oxfordshire as a way of saving energy and providing a better working environment. RAF Benson is home to two-thirds of the RAF's support helicopter ...
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PriDE, a joint venture between Interserve and SSE Contracting that performs real-estate management and provides construction services, has installed SSL hangar lighting at RAF Benson in Oxfordshire, UK in order to save energy and provide a ...
Tags: LED lighting, lighting, solid state lighting
An array of new LED streetlights is to be installed in the Northamptonshire town of Towcester, it has been announced. Northamptonshire County Council will begin work in October this year that will see brand new facilities put in place ...
The findings of a study by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have highlighted the huge benefits that can be reaped by making a switch to energy-efficient lighting. Using Africa as a case study, the report notes that if Kenya ...
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The first beneficiary of a new scheme aimed at helping communities save energy and reduce their carbon emissions has been announced by the Bath & North East Somerset Council. Energy Efficient Widcombe has become the first recipient Local ...
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To reduce carbon emissions, Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs has begun promoting an LED street lamp replacement project. The plan originally was scheduled to switch 250,000 units of mercury street lamps to LED lamps in 2012 and to ...
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Energy.gov reported that senior Advisor in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Mr Gil Sperling joined local officials and company representatives for the ribbon cutting ceremony and tour of the ArcelorMittal steel ...
Harvard Engineering has won a Queen's Award in the Enterprise category for their wireless street light management system, LeafNut. The system helps local councils in the UK cut energy usage and reduce carbon emissions, enabling local ...
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The 12th Five-Year Plan announced by China's government indicates targets of the semiconductor lighting industry before 2015. China's government has set up two subsidy programs.One is to subsidize LED firms and products through ...