Lifetime will limit the potential for Belectric’s Konarka acquisition
Solar project developer Belectric (client registration required) has acquired the European operation of Konarka (client registration required), the bankrupt bulk heterojunction (BHJ) organic...
View ArticleDaikin acquires Goodman to become the world’s largest HVAC system manufacturer
On August 29, Daikin Industries, a Japanese multinational air conditioner (A/C) manufacturing company, announced its acquisition of 100% of the stock of Goodman Global, the second largest HVAC products...
View ArticleThermal Management is a Critical Need and Innovation Opportunity to Drive...
Cost is the name of the game with LEDs, but most of the time, the focus is entirely on the package. Significant opportunities for cost reduction lie in materials and technology innovation in the...
View ArticleState Grid divests assets with an eye to foreign growth
In a notable move, the State Grid Energy Develop Corporation (SGEDC), a subsidiary of State Grid, has been 100% acquired by China Shenhua Group, China’s largest coal producer. Founded in April 2008,...
View ArticleHutchinson Water Acquires Kinrot Ventures
Israel-based venture capital firm and technology incubator Kinrot Ventures (client registration required) recently announced it was acquired by the Hong Kong-based engineering firm Hutchinson Water....
View ArticleConductive Inks and Pastes are Set to Grow, but Incumbents, not Innovation,...
Much of the promise of printed electronics is in the potential to manufacture devices through low-cost, high-throughput manufacturing. However, in order to realize this potential, suitable materials...
View ArticleAcuity and SunOptics release integrated daylighting-LED lighting system
On December 4, Acuity Brands released its LightFlex system for suspended ceiling applications. The system consists of prismatic daylighting skylight from SunOptics, connected to a light tube coated...
View ArticleHangzhou First PV Material puts incumbent encapsulant suppliers under pressure
Hangzhou First PV Material produces ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) films and flouropolymer back sheets and is located in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China. Hangzhou First PV Material has more than 500...
View ArticleLike watching grass grow? The slow evolution of the hydrogen economy’s $3...
Politicians, economists, and environmentalists have dreamt of a hydrogen economy for decades, where hydrogen fuel cells provide a significant portion of our power demand for stationary and transport...
View ArticleConcentrated Solar Power for Enhanced Oil Recovery Needs to Face Realities
Glasspoint Solar, a technology provider that has developed a solar thermal system used for enhanced oil recovery (EOR), recently closed a $26 million series B financing round. Royal Dutch Shell was the...
View ArticleChinese Player Pilots a New Process for Ceramic Metal Composite Production
Recently, the world’s largest apparatus for combustion synthesis under high gravity successfully passed its pilot production in the Dalian Huayuankou Economy Development Zone. The high-gravity device...
View ArticleThe Path to Performance-Driven Profits in China’s Construction Materials Market
China’s construction industry has represented a cornerstone of the country’s economic growth in recent years. While such growth cannot go on in perpetuity, new drivers, regulations, and constraints are...
View ArticleTrial by fire: Boeing should have chosen a safer type of lithium-ion battery...
Potential cost savings and more demanding electrical loads are pushing airliners towards smaller, lighter batteries. However, as Boeing is now learning, new lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries must be...
View ArticleProduction Tax Credit Extension in the U.S. a Win For Wind, But of Little...
Amidst fiscal cliffs and financial ruin, the U.S. Congress found the time to extend the production tax credit (PTC) for new wind power installations that begin or are “under construction” by December...
View ArticleTackling Great Expectations: Electric and Flex-Fuel Vehicle Forecasts Cut by...
U.S. government ambitions for 1 million all-electric vehicles (EVs) on American roads by 2015 have long been at odds with Lux Research forecasts, and with reality in general. Even by 2020, we still...
View ArticleChina’s Rural Health Care Market Value Readies to Exceed the Mega-Cities
China is bifurcated into two distinct health care and biopharmaceutical markets. The urban market is rapidly growing due to young people migrating to cities in search of jobs and government policy...
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Rolling in the Dough: Formulation and Delivery Developers Continue to Attract...
Formulation and delivery continues to hold strong in early 2013. Despite our previous doubts over the viability of RNA-based therapeutics due to difficulties associated with delivery, and several big...
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Policy Outlook: Changes in Germany, Hope in the U.S.
While Germany is set to announce an incentive for energy storage (client registration required) in the coming weeks, the country is also trying to solve the problem of rising costs that resulted from...
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CIGS Positioned for the Biggest PV COGS Reduction by 2017, but CdTe Remains...
Today’s solar module production capacity is nearly twice the demand, resulting in significant overcapacity and growing inventories. To compete, manufacturers have dropped prices to record lows, often...
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Steven Chu steps down at U.S. Department of Energy, leaving a mixed legacy
Last week brought the widely expected news that Steven Chu will be stepping down as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Chu has been a hero to scientists and clean energy advocates, but...
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