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TerraLUX Launches New LED Module for Solid-State Lighting Applications

TerraLUX, Inc. announced today the introduction of the first in a series of intelligent LED modules aimed at reducing the cost and complexity of bringing the benefits of solid-state lighting to existing general illumination applications.

11 May 2010

Air Liquide, Sixtron to Distribute Advanced Coating Materials for Solar Cell Producers

Air Liquide and Sixtron Advanced Materials today announced an exclusive partnership to promote and distribute advanced coating materials to crystalline silicon (“c-Si”) solar cell manufacturers worldwide. This innovative Silexium™ technology will enable crystalline solar panel producers – which today represent around 70% of all photovoltaic manufacturers – to improve the performance of their solar cells and reduce costs/Wp without significant up-front capital investment.

11 May 2010

LED Lighting Specialist for Retail Expands Operations in North America

Nualight Ltd., a leading manufacturer of light emitting diode (LED) lighting solutions to the global food retail sector, announced the expansion of its operations in North America. This will enable Nualight to accelerate its offering to US & Canadian food retailers, giving them a new choice when they want to upgrade their refrigerated cases with more vibrant and brighter displays.

11 May 2010

Linde’s Lighting Gases to be Featured at Lightfair International

Linde North America will feature its full range of gases for the lighting industry at the Lightfair International Conference and Exhibit to be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, May 12-14.

11 May 2010

SCE and ProLogis Partner on 250 MW Solar Panel Project

Southern California Edison (SCE) and ProLogis today announced they have reached agreement to place up to 40 percent of SCE’s massive 250 megawatt solar panel project on ProLogis distribution warehouse roofs in the Inland Empire region of Southern California.

11 May 2010

OSA’s Journal Highlights Breakthroughs in Polarization of Light

It has been known for many years that careful control of the polarization of light can impact optics and photonics technologies.

11 May 2010

New 3D Laser Printer to Facilitate Manufacturing of Microstructures

Dr. Yves Bellouard of the Department of Mechanical Engineering is coordinator of a new European project, Femtoprint, to be started this month. The goal is to design a convenient 3D laser printer that will print microstructures in glass. With this ‘femtoprinter’ the manufacture of microstructures would no longer be the exclusive realm of big enterprises.

11 May 2010

Cree Extends Warranty on LED Fixtures to Five Years

Cree, Inc., a market leader in LED lighting, announces it is extending the warranty on its entire family of fixture products to five years.

From WOLFSPEED, INC. 11 May 2010

Thin-Film PV Technology from Global Solar Powers CIGS Rooftop Installation in Italy

Global Solar Energy, a leading manufacturer of high-efficiency Copper Indium Gallium diSelenide (CIGS) solar material, today announced that its technology is powering the largest CIGS rooftop installation in the world.

11 May 2010

Apollo Solar Focuses on Developing Technologies for CdTe Thin Film Solar Panel Production

Apollo Solar Energy, Inc., a leading vertically integrated miner, refiner and producer of high purity tellurium (Te) and tellurium-based metals for the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry and specific segments of the electronic materials market worldwide, in the People's Republic of China, today announced the Company has filed a Form 8K, disclosing a slide presentation that Apollo Solar expects to use at future investor conferences, such as the China Rising Investment Conference on May 17, 2010 in New York.

11 May 2010

Next Generation WirelessHD Specification for HDTVs, Blu-Ray Disc Players

The WirelessHD™ Consortium, the first and largest 60 GHz initiative worldwide and the only wireless standard that provides wireless lossless A/V support, today announced immediate availability of the WirelessHD 1.1 specification announced this January at the Consumer Electronics Show.

11 May 2010