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W.W. Grainger Inc., Lake Forest, Ill., will now stock solid-state
lighting systems from Albeo
Technologies Inc., Boulder, Colo. Grainger will offer Albeo's
C-Series high-bay, linear, GarageLED, Talea under cabinet-LED, T8 LED
Troffer and T8 LED Conversion Kit lighting systems. The products will be
available through Grainger's national branch network and www.grainger.com, and will also be
featured in the company's 2010 catalog.
"Our customers are telling us they're looking for help making their
facilities more sustainable and energy efficient," said Fred Costello,
Grainger's vice president, product management. "Albeo's LED lighting
systems are an excellent example of the types of products that
businesses and institutions can employ to do business in an
environmentally responsible manner, while also taking cost out of their
operations."
The U.S. Department of Energy recently gave Albeo a prestigious Next
Generation Luminaire award, recognizing the company's C-Series High Bay
as the first market-ready LED high bay lighting solution. Albeo has
received recognition from NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
and DOE's Lighting for Tomorrow program.
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 Acme C3 Powerwise Transformers are 30% better in
efficiency performance than standard TP1 transformers making them
perfect for LEED installations and upgrading older transformers that are
even more inefficient. Thanks to a more efficient core and higher-grade
electrical steel that minimizes losses, these energy-efficient units
exceed the requirements of the U.S. Department of Energy Candidate
Standard Level (CSL) 3 performance standard. Visit www.acmepowerdist.com/C3 for
more information.
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One of the more intriguing players on the solar stage finally
unveiled a bit more of its plans to dominate the solar market. Backed by
a group of high-profile investors that includes Google co-founders
Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Nanosolar, San Jose, Calif., first
tantalized solar enthusiasts in 2006 with a glimpse of its innovative
thin-film photovoltaic cells, which could be printed with a proprietary
ink on inexpensive metal foil.
The company has offered few details on its progress and has spent the
past few years quietly refining the technology. Nanosolar recently
stepped out of the shadows into the solar spotlight with two
announcements: that it had begun mass production of its Nanosolar
Utility Panel, which it promotes as the industry’s first solar
electricity panel specifically designed and developed for utility-scale
solar power system deployment; and that it had smashed several records
for converting sunlight into electricity.
According to the company’s blog, www.nanosolar.com, a
fully-automated factory near Berlin in Luckenwalde, Germany, can produce
the panels at a rate of one every ten seconds, or an annual capacity of
640MW when operated 24x7. "Production is presently set at approximately
one MW per month," said a posting from Martin Roscheisen, CEO (picytured
here)on the blog. "As Nanosolar’s customers attain project financing
from commercial banks for the new panel product, the company will
increase its monthly production rate to deliver on its contractual
customer commitments totaling $4.1 billion to date."
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Molex Inc. is now marketing its Transcend Lighting Series of LED
lighting products exclusively through Leviton Manufacturing Co. in North
America. The LEDs are small, interchangeable modules that address some
of the barriers to widespread adoption of LED technology, including
precise heat and current management and the necessary optical design for
superior illumination. The unique, sustainable format allows electrical
and lighting contractors on residential and commercial sites to use
Transcend LED lights in existing fixtures –- from decorative wall
sconces to recessed cans and track lights –- all while meeting code
requirements.
"The lighting market lacked a full service integrator that answered the
needs of electrical and lighting contractors in the residential and
commercial construction markets," said Mike Picini, Molex's vice
president of solid state lighting. "We developed the Transcend Lighting
Series for the LED marketplace to enable more rapid adoption and greater
acceptance of LED lighting. The new series is plug-and-play and meets
current and possible future building code requirements, including Title
24, making it easier for electrical and lighting contractors to take
full advantage of LED technology."
For more information Click here.
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The world’s largest offshore wind farm began producing power last
week for 200,000 Danish homes. DONG Energy, a European energy company
installed the 91 wind turbines and one transformer platform
approximately 19 miles off the west coast of Jutland Denmark on the
North Sea. The capacity of the wind farm, called Horns Rev 2, is 209
megawatts. For more information click
here.
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Vu1 Corp., Seattle, has publicly unveiled its new Electron
Stimulated Luminescence (ESL) lighting technology in a new YouTube video. The
eight-minute video features a demonstration of ESL, side-by-side feature
comparison with CFLs and LEDs, and interviews with lighting and energy
industry experts. The compay’s first lamp has a rated life of 6,000
hours and will be marketed as a replacement for a 65W incandescent bulb.
Vu1 says the new lamp offers better color than either LEDs or CFLs and
address the mercury disposal challenges with CFLs and the color shifting
problems with some LEDs. Answers to FAQs on the new lamps are available
on the company’s blog at u1corp.blogspot.com For more
information on Vu1 visit www.vu1.com
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The City of Los Angeles approved LEDway streetlights from BetaLED,
a division of Ruud Lighting, Racine, Wis., to replace modern cobrahead
fixtures in local and residential neighborhoods as part of the green
streetlight program. The city’s plan includes retrofitting a total of
140,000 high-pressure sodium (HPS) luminaires to LED technology over the
next five years. It’s estimated the LED streetlights will reduce the
city’s energy usage by 40 percent and lower carbon-dioxide emissions
by 40,500 tons per year, the equivalent of taking 6,700 cars off the
road. The city will save approximately $10 million annually from a
combination of reduced energy usage and lower maintenance costs.
Learn more here.
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A recent article in
Forbes says First Solar's two-gigawatt solar installation in the
Chinese region of Inner Mongolia will be the biggest in the world,
Forbes says when completed in 2019, the solar field (roughly the
area of Manhattan) will generate as much electricity as two nuclear
reactors or three coal-fired power plants, enough to power 3 million
Chinese homes.
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LED lighting manufacturer Cree Inc., Durham, N.C., said its public
offering of common stock, which closed Wednesday, plus its
underwriters’ exercise of their full allotment of additional shares,
brought the company $434.1 million. In a market environment where risk
avoidance has been the norm for more than a year, it seems investors are
looking at solid-state lighting as a stable growth technology. Cree
plans to use the proceeds “for anticipated capital expenditures of
approximately $150 million in fiscal year 2010 and additional future
capital expenditure needs with the remainder being used for general
corporate purposes, including working capital and potential strategic
investments.” For more information click
here.
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September 24-25, 2009
Selling Energy Solutions: A Hands-on Workshop for Distributors on How
to Sell Green
Hilton Chicago O’Hare; National Association of
Electrical Distributors (NAED) Registration
info
October 19-22
Solar Power 2009
San Jose, Calif. Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA), 866-229-2386,
www.solarpowerconference.com
October 21-22, 2009
Changing the Landscape of Existing Buildings; New
York;
McGraw-Hill Construction; (800) 371-3238; Event Info
October 29
ChicaGoGREEN
Chicago; Electric Association of Chicago, 630-305-3050, www.eachicago.org
Nov. 11-13, 2009
GreenBuild International Conference and Expo
U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), Washington, D.C., 800-795-1747, info@greenbuildexpo.org; www.greenbuildexpo.org;
November 17, 2009
Green Retrofit Conference, Chicago; sponsored by McGraw-Hill
Construction, American Institute of Architects and U.S. Green Building
Council;(800)371-3238; Registration
info
Have an event for the Green Events section? E-mail it to jim.lucy@penton.com
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