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Inovus Solar installs on-grid solar LED area lights 25 Jul
Solar panels integrated on LED area-light poles feed power onto the grid during daytime peak electrical usage to compound the energy savings of SSL technology.

LG Innotek walks-the-walk with huge LED production plant 25 Jul
LG Innotek has installed over 10,000 LED luminaires throughout its LED manufacturing complex in Paju, Korea.

GE Lighting to acquire leading driver maker Lightech 25 Jul
GE Lighting will acquire Lightech, a leading manufacturer of LED drivers, for an undisclosed sum.

Can LED lamps beat the products they replace? 22 Jul
Panelists at the US DOE SSL Workshop discussed a Caliper study on LED replacement lamps purchased at retail, which found the LED lamps generally did not meet the performance of the benchmark lamps.

Outdoor Lighting: Tempe vetoes LEDs, chooses induction street lights 21 Jul
US Lighting Tech announced that it will supply the city of Tempe, Arizona with 1000 induction street lights after the city decided LEDs weren’t a good match for the desert temperature extremes.

GE funds and licenses Nuventix’s cooling technology 20 Jul
GE joined other existing investors to complete a $10 million investment in Nuventix, while also licensing its technology.

LED Business News: Philips, Osram, EMerge Alliance, InfiniLED, Zett Optics 20 Jul
Philips has reported its quarterly results, Osram has become a stock corporation, EMerge Alliance has announced seven new members, InfiniLED has launched, and Zett Optics has acquired the major assets of Lite-Licht.

Solar LED-lighting consortium releases introductory recommended practices 19 Jul
The Consortium for Solar Lighting that formed back in April has released an introductory recommended practices document for outdoor LED-based SSL applications.

LED Patent News: LG and Samsung file lawsuits against Osram (update) 19 Jul
LG is seeking to prevent the importation of Osram LED products into Korea, while the ITC has agreed to investigate Osram’s complaints against both LG and Samsung. Meanwhile, Samsung LED has filed lawsuits in the US against Osram, and Nichia has filed a lawsuit against a DIY retailer in Germany.

Strategies in Light 2012 issues call for papers 18 Jul
Strategies in Light 2012 Advisory Board is now accepting abstracts for the conference, which will take place in Santa Clara, CA on February 7-9, 2012.

ESI announces LED scribing, testing, and packaging systems 18 Jul
At the Semicon West trade show, ESI announced a scribing system that maximizes LED light output, a packaging system that utilizes a laser to drill vias in the die, and a tester than can handle 48,000 LEDs per hour.

ProPhotonix Ltd raises cash, targets new LED markets 18 Jul
Although best known for machine-vision products, ProPhotonix Ltd is looking to expand into other markets, such as medical and illumination, after raising cash from the sale of shares.

US DOE makes LED reliability recommendations 15 Jul
The LED industry has no accepted protocol for measuring and characterizing luminaire lifetime, but a new guideline from SSL Quality Advocates considers the key issues.

US House votes down incandescent bulb-ban bill 13 Jul
The US House of Representatives failed to pass the “Better Use of Light Bulbs Act,” which aimed to repeal the 2007 legislation that will mandate more-efficient replacements for 100W lamps, such as LED-based lamps, beginning next year.

LED street lights saving serious cash in Seattle 13 Jul
The city of Seattle has installed thousands of LED street lights and is reaping the benefits in terms of hundreds of thousands of dollars of savings.

Crystal LED ring-lights illuminate Ferrari World fountains 13 Jul
Crystal has supplied unique fixtures, which combine the LED lights and water nozzle into a single component, to the water feature at the entrance to Ferrari World on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi.

Zumtobel designs dynamic LED façade for huge Korean shopping mall 12 Jul
The Galleria Centercity shopping mall in Cheonan, Korea is wrapped in 22,000 programmable LED luminaires, creating a dynamic façade that covers 12,600-square-meters.

Aixtron plans China training center, introduces new MOCVD reactor 08 Jul
Aixtron and SINANO signed an agreement to open a training center in Suzhou Industrial Park, China, while Aixtron has also introduced its largest MOCVD reactor to date.

Journal explores optics research in LEDs for lighting 07 Jul
Designed to highlight recent breakthroughs in LEDs, a special journal issue focuses on methods for improving luminous efficiency while delivering superior color quality.

Obelux to install high-intensity LED obstacle lighting on 327m-high mast 06 Jul
A high-intensity LED lighting system will replace xenon lights in an aviation obstacle application in Tiirismaa, Finland.

LED drivers and light sensors enable compelling displays 05 Jul
TAOS has released light and proximity sensors while Supertex and iWatt have launched new drivers to enable compelling LED-backlit displays.

IMEC and Siltronic partner for GaN-on-Si LEDs 02 Jul
With a 5-year goal of manufacturing nitride-based LEDs on large-diameter silicon substrates, Siltronic has joined IMEC's gallium-nitride-on-silicon program.

GE plans to submit 60W-equivalent LED lamp for DOE’s L Prize 01 Jul
GE Lighting and Cree have collaborated to develop a 60W-equivalent lamp with conventional looks that will be submitted to the DOE L Prize competition.

Nitride Solutions raises $1.8 million to produce AlN substrates 01 Jul
A developer of aluminum nitride substrates, Nitride Solutions, will use $1.8 million in financing to optimize its substrate manufacturing technology and begin manufacturing and sales this year.