Quintana Roo’s Estate Governor Félix González Canto has declared to install 25,507 GE’s Evolve™ LED street lights in the municipality of Othón P. Blanco at the 16th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

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Thermal Technology, a leading manufacturer of high temperature furnace systems and crystal growth equipment, announced the commercial availability of their 90 kg Kyropoulos sapphire crystal grower.  Several systems are currently in use at a customer’s facility producing 250mm diameter by 400mm long crystals grown in the Kyropoulos method.  The newly designed model K1 Kyropoulos Crystal Grower is suitable for LED substrate production.  The tool's short cycle time makes it the most productive grower commerc

Philips has released the Cinema 21:9, Full HD 3D LED Pro TV with Ambilight in India. The TV features the Perfect Pixel HD engine and LED Pro, which is designed to go with the 21:9 movie format, 2,560 x 1,080 resolution, 400Hz & Perfect Natural Motion for ultra-smooth Full HD movies & Philips Net TV with Wi-Fi that allows users to wirelessly enjoy the online world.  

Lighting Science Group will sponsor support the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon 2011, which demands the 20 participating collage teams to bring out their own designs to construct and control the solar-powered houses that need to be attractive and should generate solar energy efficiently and cost-effectively. The winner will be the team that presents an appealing, affordable with distinctive design to generate maximum power with utmost efficiency.

LG has shown off the 72-inch LZ9700 LED TV, which is considered as the world’s biggest 3D full LED TV. It measures in at 59 inches wide and 40 inches tall. with LG's smart technologies, it allow users to access information online by using the contents cube feature.   Additionally, users can access YouTube and Google's Picasa and get further connectivity with a smart Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) function.

40 New LED Parking Lot and Pathway Lights Save Massachusetts Dealership up to 86% in Energy Costs; Maintenance Free for 5 Years

With the development of 3D, local vendors in china have been actively developing more competitive high-end products, and LED-backlit LCD TVs revenues were expected to exceed CCFL-backlit models revenues during the New Year sales in 2011.

LEDs are energy-saving, but it comes to face a problem that they don't burn hot enough to melt away snow. Currently, Green Bay of America is trying a new way to keep its LED traffic signals free of snow. The city has installed bubble-shaped shields and vented visors on the LED lights at Walnut and Monroe streets downtown. when snow blows on the round covers it can't build up on the light.

The LCD monitor market in China in 2010 was expected to reach 30 million, and LED-backlit models were expected to account for 25% of the market at the end of 2010 due to strong demand. Chimei was reported that it emphasized to develop the China market and aimed for revenues from overseas markets to reach 30% of total revenues in 2011, together with Foxconn Electronics’ channel retailers.

Recently, LG’s LED lighting and Plasma Lighting System (PLS) products has received official certifications from European, Chinese, Japanese and Korean governments for energy efficiency, quality, safety and eco-friendliness. Based on these certifications, LG will kick off a global roll-out of its newest green business initiative as a total lighting solution provider.

Lattice Power Corporation announced a $55.5 million new financing led by IFC, a member of the World Bank Group. The signing ceremony was held at China World Hotel in Beijing on December 8th, 2010. Mr. Junqing Chen, Acting Mayor of Nanchang, Mr. Xiantang Meng, National Development and Reform Commission deputy director of high-tech industry, Mr. Hyun-Chan Cho, Country Manager of China & Mongolia of IFC, Mr. Alex Pan, Managing Director of GSR Ventures, and Mr. Sonny Wu, Chairman and CEO of Lattice Power attended the ceremony.

Chinese venture capital firm ,WI Harper Group, announced that SemiLEDs made its 5.3 million shares of initial public offering on the Nasdaq Global Market exchange with the ticker symbol of LEDS. SemiLEDs’ initial public offering was priced at $17 each, and increased 52% in value on opening day. SemiLEDs posted a profit of $10.8 million for the year ending August 31, 2010 based on $35.8 million in revenue.

A grand opening ceremony was held for Cree Huizhou Solid State Lighting Co., Ltd. at the Huizhou Zhongkai High-tech Industrial Development Zone in Huizhou City, Guangdong Province. Government officials including Huang Ye Bin, Huizhou Municipal Party Secretary and Andrew Gately, U.S. Consulate General in Guangzhou attended the ceremony. Charles (Chuck) M.

Qnuru™ has cooperated with Balise Auto Group, one of the largest retailers of new and used automobiles in New England, to install LED lighting throughout its newly constructed West Springfield, Massachusetts Lexus dealership.

SAP, the provider of business software(*) and a sustainability pioneer, has chose Redwood Systems’s products to maximize the performance and functionality of SAP Labs U.S.’s LED installation in Palo Alto, Calif. It’s reported that SAP’s strong commitment to sustainability drives their plans to adopt 337 LED fixtures in Palo Alto for combined gains in performance, quality, longevity and efficiency.

AIXTRON AG has announced a new order for a Black Magic Plasma Enhanced CVD (PECVD) system from Graphenea SL, a start-up company based within the facilities of nanoGUNE in San Sebastian city, in the Basque region of Spain.  Graphenea’s focus is in developing graphene-based process technology for electronic devices.

A leader of Chimei noted, the total LCD TVs’ sales would be 1.18 million units in Taiwan in 2010, and it’s expected to over 1.25 million in 2011, with LED TVs having a 30-35% share. Chimei was expected to ship 175,000 LCD TVs in the Taiwan market in 2010, up 16% from 2009 .In 2011, the company planed to ship 200,000 units, with LED backlight models accounting for over 40% of total shipments and aiming to account for 20% share in the Taiwan market.

Taiwan-based Global Brands Manufacture (GBM) would set up a production base for the manufacture of PCB and PCB assembly (PCBA) locally, and recently it had signed an investment MOU with the government of Chongqing City, western China. GBM focused on the motherboard, notebook and HDD markets, and extended its market reach to automotive and LED lighting products.

SEMI noted that fab spending would increase about 18.3% in 2011 and about 9.5% in 2012, with the ongoing technology upgrades and continued capacity growth, especially in LED segment. In 2011, the spending on construction projects would decrease about 11% and in 2012 it would become much less due to a currently uncertain outlook for new fab construction starts. But it estimated that spending on fab equipment would rise 23% to about US$40 billion in 2011.

LCD monitor vendors noted that LED-backlit monitor sales had improved in the second half of 2010, with the price gap between LED and CCFL models narrowed and more LED sets were available. It’s estimated that in 4Q LED-backlit models’ sales would account for 50% of the total monitor sales in Taiwan.

LED chipmaker Epistar November revenues decreased to NT$1.663 billion (US$55.161 million), down 2.8% sequentially but up 26.4% from 2009. Revenues from January through November grew 60.16% on year to NT$18.327 million.

QD Vision, an MIT spinoff, has announced a display technology based on quantum dots, which can be easier to manufacture than OLEDs and it is even brighter and more energy-efficient. Quantum dots are nanometer-sized semiconducting crystals that can shine a bright, spectrally pure color when exposed to either light (photoluminescence) or electrical current (electroluminescence).

According to a report from China Daily, the mainland's first company Visionox which manufactures OLED panels and Tsinghua University have jointly made up a research team to develop a proprietary technology to prolong the life time of OLED.

California-based decorative furnishings company Light Energy Studio has designed a new Light Energy LED Cocktail Tables studded with different colour changing RGB LED Lighting to change the entire look of the room, especially when it is dark. The light effects can be controlled via controllers which come with each table. Different colour changing LEDs offer different illumination effects. It is available in a choice of black, white, or brushed aluminium finish.

Monocrystal, a leading manufacturer of electronic materials for LED and solar industries, announced availability of the company’s innovative ultra-large 10-inch C-plane epi-ready sapphire substrate. Monocrystal’s 10-inch sapphire substrate vs 2-inch sapphire substrate Source: Monocrystal

Reportedly, Epson has selected Cypress Semiconductor’s CapSense® capacitive touch solution to implement buttons and LED controls in its new Epson Artisan 725, Stylus Photo PX720WD, Stylus Photo TX720WD, and Stylus Photo PX660 multi-function printers. These printers have a unique control panel with LEDs that intuitively guide users through common tasks. They feature wireless and wired connectivity and automatic double-sided printing to save paper.

Acuity Brands has introduced the Lithonia Lighting® RTLED™ 2’x4’ and 1’x4’ luminaire models . The RTLED family of volumetric recessed luminaires, which are factory-enabled with Acuity Brands’ nLight™ intelligent controls interface, deliver high-quality ambient white light for general illumination applications while reducing energy consumption, maintenance costs and a building’s environmental footprint.

It’s reported that Coretronic entered the supply chain for the second generation iPad, and would supply BLUs to Chimei Innolux (CMI) and LG Display. But Coretronic had declined to comment. In the end of 1Q11, the second generation iPad was expected to hit the market and it’s estimated that suppliers in the supply chain started to ship in 1Q11.

US-based sapphire wafer manufacturer Rubicon Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: RBCN) was enjoying sapphire wafers for the LED market price increasing and was paying more attention to own production capacity. In 3Q10, Rubicon's overall revenue grew by 30% sequentially to $20.5 million. Only in the LED market alone, revenue was $19.4 million, up 39% compared with $14 million in 2Q.