Posts tagged “Cleantech”
Wake Forest-based PowerSecure lands $15M in LED light orders
Three retailers place orders for a variety of light-emitting diode products to replace fluorescent fixtures and bulbs.
ABB, which has U.S. HQ in Cary, to buy Tennessee firm
ABB, a market leader for industrial motors, described the deal as part of a strategy that boosts its market presence in North America, and said the price of $72 a share is a 24-percent premium over Thomas & Betts' closing stock price on Jan. 27
ABB workers position semiconductors
Cree misses Street on revenues, earnings; shares tumble 7 percent
The Durham-based light emitting diodes and chip technology firm reports revenues under analysts' expectations. Earnings miss by a penny. CEO says "business environment remains challenging."
CIA investment arm pours more money into solar tech firm Semprius
The Durham-based firm secures more money from In-Q-Tel and a new investor. Duke Energy Renewables executive is also is named to the firm's board.
The Semprius process
Sensus CEO can tout smart grid from comforts of home
The Wake Forest residence of Peter Mainz, the chief executive at the global provider of technology and services for utility firms, is the latest to be added to Wake Electric Membership Corporation's growing smart grid.
Sensus CEO Peter Mainz now has a smart meter.
Clean energy investment hits record $260B in 2011
U.S. leads the way with solar power investments surging 36 percent. Spending in the U.S. rose by a third to $55.9 billion, surpassing the 1 percent gain in China to $47.4 billion.
GSK exec: Respiratory drug results were not disappointing
Chief Financial Officer says Relovair is part of a pipeline, "not just one product in isolation."
Raleigh firm's technology to power I-40/85 recharging station
Praxis Technologies is providing two electric vehicle recharging stations at interstate rest areas with funding from a state grant.
A Praxis charging station
All eyes on German renewable energy efforts
A village of 37 gray homes and farm buildings clustered along the main road in a wind-swept corner of rural eastern Germany seems an unlikely place for a revolution.
New dye from NCSU raises solar-cell efficiency
A new "sensitizer" developed at N.C. State University collects more ambient and solar light energy than anything on the market now for use in dye-sensitized solar cells.
Google to finance solar panel systems for homes
The search giant will provide $75 million to build 3,000 residential solar electricity systems across the country. Google will own the panels, and get paid over time by customers who purchase the electricity the panels produce.
Sensus forms one organization for North American business
The company also names some new executives as it gears for growth in the smart meter markets.
New Cree LED light bulb exceeds government goals
The bulb, which is a "concept lamp," produces more light using far less power than a standard 75 watt incandescent bulb, the Durham-based company says.
Cree's latest LED light bulb
Florida-based firm eyes two locations in Triad for $1.4B solar plant
National Solar Power of Melbourne, Fla., has named the North Carolina county among seven finalists for its $1.4 billion solar project. Other contenders are in Georgia and Florida.
High-tech battery firm to add 250 workers, gets $2.8M in state incentives
Celgard, which is based in Charlotte, will invest $105 million to expand its production plant in Concord.
