Nuventix, creator of SynJet thermal management technology, has been named an Innovation Award Winner for phase II of GEs $200 million open innovation challenge, recognizing products and ideas that improve energy efficiency in the home. As a

Intematix recently has received the San Francisco Business Times Cleantech Sustainability Award in the Lighting category which recognizing Intematix for its contribution to the LED industry through advanced phosphor materials that improve th

Rambus has developed an intellectual property (IP) portfolio called Pentelic to tap into LED lighting industry. Pentelic enables edge-lit light guides to provide both area and directional room lighting offices, schools and retail. According

VIZIO has announced to step into LED Lighting market with a collection of new, high performance, energy saving, LED bulb in Q4. The company partners with Epistar and Seoul Semiconductor for the new line of products. Donald Leo, Vice Presiden

Panasonic has supported its 1,652 solar panels and a new full-color, dual-sided LED video board at the famed Northern California Infineon Raceway for energy conservation. Manufactured by Panasonics Sanyo division, the high-efficiency solar p

Recently, Amersfoort-Netherlands based AkzoNobel , plans to enlarge its production capacity for its key products: trimethyl gallium (TMG) and trimethyl indium (TMI) to meet continued strong global demand for its High Purity MetalOrganics (HP

Cree recently has introduces a new seven 1200V Z-Rec silicon carbide (SiC) Schottky diodes to advance the adoption of silicon carbide power devices into mainstream power applications. Cree Z-Rec diodes feature zero reverse recovery, resultin

The city of Tulsa is installing new energy saving LED traffic signals to be a greener community. Reportedly, earlier this year, city workers have replaced more than a thousand traffic lights in the downtown area. The citys been gradually con

Samsung LED is reported to obtain the Energy Start certification which is an international yardstick of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of the United States as to the purchase of lighting equipment. According to the company, it is

The DOE continues to fund LED-based research in an initiative aimed at accelerating SSL adoption to both save energy and build an SSL technology and manufacturing base in the US.

Mitsubishi Electric utilizes OLEDs to build a 6m spherical display, while Panasonic has created the world’s largest HDTV using LEDs at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Samsung LED has filed an LED patent-infringement lawsuit against Osram Opto Semiconductors in Korea, after denying the infringement claims in Osram’s prior legal action. Meanwhile, Osram says it is relaxed about Samsung

Enhancing the Quality and Performance of LED Lighting is the theme of this year’s Strategies in Light Europe 2011 conference, which takes place in Milan, Italy.

National Semiconductor’s LM3466 driver targets LED-based street lights while Micrel targets architectural and landscape lighting applications with the MIC4801/4802.

SunSun Lighting has received $10 million in Series A financing from GSR Ventures, Formosa Epitaxy has placed a multi-unit order for Maxbright MOCVD systems, Dialight branches out into Japan, Lattice Power and ShineOn join forces on GaN-on-Si

Osram has reported an efficiency of 87 lm/W from a small OLED panel with a color temperature of around 4000K.