Cree, Inc (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, and Ningbo Liaoyuan Lighting Co., hosted the 2009 LED Lighting Fixture Promotion Conference last week in Guangzhou, China. The conference featured government officials and leaders from city street lamp management offices. Liaoyuan Lighting and Cree jointly exhibited several lighting products based on Cree’s LED technology, […]
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Leaders say momentum building on climate change
(AP) — Leaders of the Commonwealth countries called Saturday for a legally binding international agreement on climate change and a global fund with billions of dollars to help poor countries meet its mandates. The 53-nation meeting was the largest gathering of international leaders before next month’s global climate summit in Copenhagen. The leaders said a […]
NREL Uncovers Clean Energy Leaders State by State
Enlarge image California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger tours a solar panel installation on the roof of a Sam’s Club store in Glendora, Calif., earlier this year. California ranks first in the nation in generating renewable energy from non-hydroelectric sources, according to NREL’s 2009 State of the States report. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images An exclusive state-by-state analysis […]
Norway opens world’s first osmotic power plant
TOFTE, Norway (Reuters) – Norway opened on Tuesday the world’s first osmotic power plant, which produces emissions-free electricity by mixing fresh water and sea water through a special membrane. State-owned utility Statkraft’s prototype plant, which for now will produce a tiny 2-4 kilowatts of power or enough to run a coffee machine, will enable Statkraft […]
Hydrogen Milestone Advances Energy Independence
Big things often come in small packages. That’s certainly the case with the potential created by recent successes in hydrogen research at Idaho National Laboratory. Steve Herring, technical director of the High Temperature Electrolysis Nuclear Hydrogen Initiative, has a solid-oxide electrolysis cell no larger than a standard CD. However, the two electrodes and electrolyte that make […]
What Automotive Engineers are Missing When it Comes to Power Sources
The demand for better and more efficient power sources in the automotive industry has been a driving force behind research in battery technology, capacitor technology, and electronic power supply design. In order to utilize energy as efficiently as possible, automotive engineers began by reducing the gross weight of an automobile by replacing metal trim […]
Obama’s Climate Leadership Faces Test at G8 Forum
Editor’s Note: I’ll reiterate: we need to focus more on toxic chemicals than CO2 in the entire pollution debate. Evidence is mounting that the chemicals we are allowing to build up in our environment will hurt us far more in genetic damage and health problems than any damage climate change will do, even if things transpire […]
Cap and Trade Looms on the Horizon
The AP reports that “climate bill” proponents had agreed to concessions in an attempt to sway wary Democrats. In this case, “climate bill” refers to the “Cap and Trade” proposal sought by Barack Obama and activists for years. As an aside, I find it fascinating that, just as “climate change” has replaced “global warming” as the preferred […]
Gore: Congress must not bicker, act now on climate
(AP) WASHINGTON – Former Vice President Al Gore, a leading voice on climate change, urged lawmakers Friday to overcome partisan differences and pass legislation to curb greenhouse gases. Gore, who won a Nobel prize for his work on global warming, called the climate issue the most important ever before Congress. A Democratic bill limiting carbon dioxide and other pollution linked […]
ASU Develops World’s First Flexible Touchscreen Display
ASU Develops World’s First Flexible Touchscreen Display by Jason Lomberg, Technical Editor Arizona State University’s Flexible Display Center (FDC) recently unveiled the world’s first flexible touchscreen display. Developed in conjunction with E Ink Corporation and DuPont Teijin Films, the active matrix display is capable of real-time user input, and can send and receive information. The applications for such a […]