Bridgelux Inc. has raised $60 million in a Series E round of venture capital funding. They would use the money to accelerate R&D in key areas including GaN-on-Silicon development and LED chip-on-board packaging. "Craton Equity Partners is a top growth-stage investor in clean tech, and we welcome their support as we work to expand the market for solid state solutions for general lighting - which we expect to triple this year to over $3 billion," said Bill Watkins, Bridgelux's CEO, in a statement issued by Craton....

Kyma’s  new n+ GaN substrate product line will boast a bulk resistivity specification of  < 0.02 Ω -cm, which is two orders of magnitude lower in resistivity than Kyma’s previously offered n-type GaN. What’s more, Kyma has successfully produced n+ bulk GaN wafers with measured carrier concentrations of up to 6 x 1018cm-3and corresponding bulk resistivities of < 0.005 Ω –cm.  The firm’s n-type GaN product is still being offered and, for distinction, is being relabelled as n- GaN (“nminus” GaN). I...

Lumenpulse Inc. , a leading innovator and manufacturer of high performance, architectural LED-based lighting solutions for commercial, institutional, and urban environments, today released a customer case study focused on a project for the Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center in Gilbert, AZ. Lumenpulse fixtures were used to illuminate a 60-foot high, metal tower over the soon-to-be main entrance of the facility, to create the ‘Lantern of Hope’. The center, due to officially open in September 2011, set a design goal of transforming the metal tower structure into ...

More than 100 new manufacturing jobs are one step closer to Bettendorf. That's as a developer plans to create an LED lighting plant. Doug Borgeson, BEM Lighthouse Development, decided to reverse the trend that companies went overseas. The company found Bettendorf by way of Finland and Florida. It plans a $10 million project to create nearly 140 jobs in Bettendorf. Jobs, which could have gone to China, will instead pay local employees nearly $17 an hour. The project comes at a time when Iowa is looking to grow manufacturing jobs. Replacing corn with constr...

Cree revealed a new LED light bulb that boasts the same output as a 75-watt incandescent bulb while consuming about one tenth of the electricity. The bulb produces 152 lumens, producing around 1,300 lumens using Cree’s new “TrueWhite” technology, exceeds the performance goals set by the U.S. Department of Energy’s L Prize competition. They could reduce energy usage in the United States by 16.5 percent. Cree did not indicate how much the new light bulb would cost. In general, LED lighting is still much too expensive for typical consumers ...

Korea, Japan, and China appear to have the solutions to see steady and positive proliferation of LED lighting products, key price points could trigger real commercial demand. “The rapid increase in the market for LEDs used in various applications such as notebook backlights and automobile headlights is spurring heavy capital investments by LED makers”, noted Robert Castellano, president of The Information Network. “LEDs are creating a niche market for conventional suppliers of semiconductor processing tools and a lucrative market for MOCVD suppl...

Recently, Cree has revealed a new XLamp XT-E Royal Blue LED, which is optimized for use in remote-phosphor lighting and other applications with similar requirements. XLamp XT-E Royal Blue LED Cree says its new XLamp XT-E LED delivers the industry’s tightest wavelength bins to simplify remote-phosphor designs and lower system costs. What’s more, Cree is announcing a remote-phosphor-component patent licensing program, providing access to Cree’s pioneering remote-phosphor patents. The program is to drive the LED lighting revolu...

Hyderabad-based MIC Electronics Ltd, a manufacturer of LED lighting and display systems, is reportedly set to enter the fast-growing LED lighting retail segment. According to reports, the company would take a call on pan-India retail plans in its board meet scheduled to be held on August 5, and the company would initially focus on the southern market. Reports quoted CMD MV Ramana Rao as saying that, “We are currently utilising Rs. 50 crore worth of production. The new expansion is going as scheduled and will take a year from now to go for mass production...

Beacon Products, a division of Hubbell Lighting, a market leader in innovative lighting technology, design, and manufacturing for over 120 years, has recently completed a LED outdoor lighting fixture retrofit project for the City of Carmel, Indiana. Turned to Bradenton, FL based Beacon Products for guidance and ultimately the installation of its LED Retrofit Kit with Direct V Optics in all 800 of its downtown decorative post top lighting fixtures. After evaluating the options, including a test installation, it was determined that employing Beacon Products LE...

More electrical contractors are publicizing their knowledge of LED to offer new lighting options. With 60 to 80 percent of electrical contractors now directly influencing or specifying lighting brands, a creative blend of traditional lighting with fast-emerging LEDs solves lighting challenges and meets green requirements. According to John Maisel, publisher, Electrical Contractor by the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA), 40 percent of our readers’ lighting projects are design/build. They educate how to bring value to their customers. MS E...

FZLED, maker of high-performance LED lighting products, today reveals a stunning new range of 22-Watt LED Spotlights featuring cutting edge long-lifetime high power Cree LEDs. The PAR38-03 series is a simple money-saving plug-and-play replacement for inefficient traditional lights in E27/E26 sockets. Options include both switch dimmable and non-dimmable versions, with a clear or frosted lens. FZLED's PAR38-03 series is the clear lighting choice for all interior locations with a choice of both a warm white (FZL-PAR38-03-WW-22) and a cool white (F...

LUXEON Rebel LEDs were recognized with in Paris, France with the Electron D’Or award from ElectroniqueS. Thirteen innovative products in different categories were recognized for excellence. With new combinations of correlated color temperature (CCT) and color rendering (CRI) for white LEDs as well as a broadening of the color portfolio, LUXEON Rebel LEDs are uniquely positioned to meet the needs of the lighting community. Complete information about the LUXEON Rebel portfolio, the award winning LUXEON A and LUXEON S illum...

Panasonic Electric Works is to display its “ECOOL” high thermal conductive glass composite circuit board materials at the LED Tech Korea2011 (August 17-19, 2011). From the commencement of sales in April 2009, “ECOOL” has continuously expanded the sales for use in high thermal radiation circuit board applications including LED lighting and backlights. Now we intend to actively engage in global sales promotions of ECOOL products with the particular aim of accelerating sales in overseas markets, by starting to display at these exhibitions...

Verbatim is set to showcase its two categories of LED lighting products, one for professional installers and the other for retail at this year's IFA, being held from the 2nd to the 7th of September 2011 in Berlin. The new professional range includes products with high specifications including built-in temperature control systems, very good dimming compatibility and a highly-efficient heat sink design.   The range includes PAR16, PAR30, PAR38, AR111, MR16, R63, Classic A and Classic B.  Packed in convenient boxes (single and multipacks) to mini...

LED Eco Lights has made a deal to supply its recently-launched GoodlightTM range LED lighting for all new and existing Pets Corner stores throughout the UK. Pets Corner is a chain of premium quality pet stores occupying key niche locations nationwide. Currently, it operates 63 stores based in garden centres, supermarkets and owned sites. The company plans to achieve 200 stores and has scheduled openings of up to 15 stores each year. All new stores will be fitted with GoodlightTM LED lamps as part of the company’s wider green objectives which include bu...

Reportedly,networking researchers come from the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz Institute HHI in Berlin, Germany, have used LED lighting to distribute Full HD movies to notebooks, smartphones and other devices, in a system that could join WiFi and PowerLine networks in shuttling high-speed data around the home and office. The optical WLAN co-opts white LEDs used for regular illumination to transmit data at up to 100 Mbit/s, by flickering it more rapidly than the human eye can see. The lighting units – which rely on norma...

Continued Innovation Results in Lamp That Delivers More than 1,300 Lumens at 152 Lumens Per Watt Full Deployment of Lighting this Efficient Could Reduce U.S. Energy Consumption by 16.5%, Equivalent to 1987 Levels Demonstrating the future of lighting, Cree,Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) today unveiled a concept LED light bulb from its lighting research and development team. Redefining what is possible with high-performance LED lighting, the lamp delivers more than 1,300 lumens at 152 lumens per watt (LPW) using Cree TrueWhite® Technology. Cree'...

Currently, LED lighting company enLighten Australia has harvested two awards at the NSW Green Globe Awards,marking home-grown technology has a place in Australia’s sustainable future. The company won both the Energy Award (Energy, Water and Waste Excellence Awards category) as well as the Environmental Innovation Award (Excellence in Leadership and Innovation category) with its recently launched multi-function LED light, the “Chamaeleon”, which is capable of delivering 93 percent energy savings. The Chamaeleon is a multi-function lig...

Irvine, Calif.-based US Lighting Tech has been selected as the commercial lighting provider for the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay and the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) campuses. For the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay, USLT installed the company’s patented Jersey Series Induction Streetlights and its Parker Shoebox Fixture parking lot lights, which offer multiple advantages over traditional High Intensity Discharge  systems. The UCLA campus also chose USLT’s Jersey Series Induction Streetlig...

Newly, Patlite has designed its new VE series LED display, which is boasted as a lean manufacturing tool for achieving ‘Kaizen’ on the factory floor. The new LED display is a simple, economical system for reducing down time and eliminating waste by keeping all of your production line in step for maximum output efficiency. Two models (1” or 4” character height) are available providing 3 lines of display showing goals, targets, progress, balance, and efficiency, as well as overall or piece-by piece times. 3 programmable DC24V outputs are provided...

Reportedly, GE Lighting has prepared to roll out a series of GE Energy Smart(R) LED incandescent replacement bulbs in next 16 months . The 13-watt GE Energy Smart LED, a dimmable 60-watt incandescent replacement bulb,will come first in this November. GE's 9-watt LED--a 40-watt incandescent replacement bulb and the world's first incandescent-shaped LED bulb to earn an ENERGY STAR rating--adds GE's outstanding dimming capability at the same time the 13-watt LED 60-watt replacement arrives on the scene. GE's dimmable 75-watt...

Reportedly, Thane, Kolkata and Haldia, the three cities of India ,have joined The Climate Group’s global LED project to replace existing streetlights with longer-lasting, high-efficiency LEDs. Thane arranges to install 314 LED streetlights, Kolkata expects to install 273 LED streetlights as part of a pilot program, and Haldia plans to put up 290 LED lamps. Asides from that, other Indian communities are also taking actions to promote the adoption of cleaner, more efficient lighting. Delhi has worked with India’s Bureau of Energy Efficiency (B...

Recently, Bridgelux is announced to receive $60 million in venture capital -- funding ,aiming to bolster the East Bay cleantech company's quest to develop cheaper LED. According to the company, silicon-based production could slash the cost of LEDs by 75 percent. Therefore, instead of producing LEDs on more expensive sapphire surfaces, it hopes to use the cash to develop LEDs on silicon surfaces. The company's products include LED chips that deliver electrical impulses to activate a light bulb or other lighting device. Currently, it has raised $180 million...

Future Lighting Solutions and Philips Lumileds are pleased to announce free seminars throughout Asia, with overviews and demonstrations of illumination grade LEDs. These seminars will provide attendees with hands on demonstrations, and a chance to observe first hand the benefits and cost savings of these revolutionary innovations in lighting technology. Featured will be the new LUXEON A and LUXEON S, which have been hot tested and provide customers with “Freedom From Binning”. “The 2011 LUXEON RoadShow presentations are a great way...

Lumiotec announced it will start selling two OLED lamps in September 1st - in Japan, Europe and other countries. The first one is the Hanger - a portable lamp that comes in several colors (red, white, yellow, blue, yellow-green, pink, purple and silver) and has a really cool design:   The Hanger uses Lumiotec's 14.5x14.5 Square white OLED panels. The OLED features a color temperature of 4,900K, maximum luminance of 2,700cd/m2 and it consumes 9.5W. The price of the Hanger (including the controller, dimmer switch and AC/DC adapter) is ¥35,000 (or a...

HongKong based LED screen manufacturer Lighthouse Technologies has introduced VideoBlades™ 12, a revolutionary large-scale LED display. Combining  with the technology from Lighthouse and Pix2o,VideoBlades™ 12 features a 12.5mm pixel pitch, modular LED screen that delivers superb image quality both indoors and outdoors. The new product comes in two formats, SkyRoll™ and GroundRoll™ which can deployed by rolling up or down from its patented rotating structure, just like a window shade. The modular format allows for the seamless forma...

Recently,the city of Cape Town has undertaken a LED lighting retrofit project at Cape Town Stadium to respond complaints about the wastefulness involved in fully illuminating the stadium. At a demonstration, the stadium’s lights were switched off with only the new LED lighting, plane warning lights and the fire escape routes being lit. Mayoral committee member for tourism Grant Pascoe said “This has given us a chance to look at other strategic assets such as the City Hall and the Good Hope Centre to retrofit with these lights as well and save money whi...

Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI; “Company”), a market leader in innovative energy-efficient lighting and control solutions, is pleased to announce that it has supported a major lighting renovation project at Virginia Commonwealth University (“VCU" and the “University”) in its Office of Special Services for Students/Testing Center and Division for Health Science Diversity. The Company’s award winning Lithonia Lighting® RTLED™ luminaire was the primary fixture used in the project. The RTLED is a hig...

Reportedly, Dialight has received a Federal Supply Schedule contract from the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA),enabling federal government agencies to buy Dialight’s US-manufactured LED fixtures for industrial lighting and streetlight applications . Initially, Dialight’s industry leading indoor and outdoor LED lighting fixtures will be listed on Schedule 56: Buildings and Building Materials/Industrial Services and Supplies, which includes energy-saving supplies and related services. Dialight’s contract number is GS-07F-0664X,...

Digi-Key recently has launched TE’s innovative solid-state lighting solution,known as  the NEVALO SSL system , designed for LED lighting fixtures. The NEVALO system features over 60 LED Light Modules options, ranging from 300-to-3400 lumens, in form factors for popular lighting applications; optics in total internal reflection and reflector styles; drivers with constant current output, dimming-control capabilities and temperature monitoring; and a new ribbon-based, four-wire configuration wiring system that is physically keyed and colour coded for po...