LED manufacturers had an especially tough year in 2015. Despite rising LED lighting market demands, and large scale replacements of traditional luminaires, the oversupply situation in the market has caused average sales price (ASP) of LEDs ...
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Can you consider light as a product, ready to pick up from the shelf and take home? You can't touch or hold it, but being able to use it whenever needed has been vital to the progress of humanity. Light sources have progressed from candles ...
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When asked whether he had envisioned the impact that his revolutionary blue LED would have in years to come, new Nobel physics laureate Shuji Nakamura’s answer was in typically modest and candid. “No!” he replied in a ...
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LED maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has filed complaints with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) and the US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin against Feit Electric Company Inc and its Asian supplier Unity Opto ...
Anvil Semiconductors Ltd of Coventry, UK and the Cambridge Centre for GaN (part of University of Cambridge’s Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy) have grown cubic GaN on 3C-SiC on silicon wafers by metal-organic chemical ...
Tags: green LEDs, silicon wafers, Electrical
Annual shipments of LEDs for residential applications are expected to grow from 81 million in 2014 to more than 1.1 billion by 2023, according to a report ‘Residential Energy Efficient Lighting and Lighting Controls’ from ...
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A tiny ray of blue that revolutionized the lighting industry continues to tantalize investors looking to capitalize on the rise of new technology. On Tuesday, the Nobel Prize was awarded to three scientists for their invention of a blue ...
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Prices for LEDs have come down dramatically, and the market for LED luminaires and lamps is set to explode in the residential segment as prices continue to fall, efficacy improves, and new use cases for lighting develop. Accompanying the ...
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New VG Series Combines High-Performance Optical System, Architectural Design and Low Initial Cost in One Revolutionary Luminaire DURHAM, NC -- Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) introduces the VG Series Parking Garage Luminaire, demonstrating Cree's ...
In the boom of LED lighting, IKEA, the world's largest furniture retailer, will also expand the sales range of LED lighting product to support the promotion of efficient lighting products. Steve Howard, the Chief Sustainability Officer of ...
Ground-Breaking XSPR Street Light Uses 65 Percent Less Energy While Delivering Better Light Quality and Rapid Payback DURHAM, NC -- Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) announces an industry-changing technology breakthrough for the LED street ...
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Renovated Supermarket Showcases Merchandise with Better Light, Improved Efficiency and Continued Savings DURHAM, NC -- Bashas’, a family-owned and operated grocery retailer in the western United States, recently installed ...
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As people know, Cree introduced The Biggest Thing Since the Light Bulb just only four months ago, now Cree announces the Cree LED BR30 Flood Light. The ground-breaking flood light leverages the same technical breakthroughs that made the ...
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XSP IP66 Delivers Improved Performance and Payback on New and Retrofit Installations DURHAM, NC -- Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) introduces XSP IP66 LED Street Luminaires that are optimized for European and other global environmental ...
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Philips partnered with the Netherlands Football Association (KNVB) to propose a new solar-powered LED lighting concept, which will benefit at least 26 communities spread across Ghana. At the Accra stop of Philips’ pan-African Cape ...