Posts tagged “Green Energy”
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.
Raleigh's Convention Center roof soon to be site for a solar farm
The City has leased space on the roof of the massive downtown structure for the construction of solar panels by private firms. They in turn will sell power to Progress Energy.
Raleigh's growing skyline, Civic Center at right
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
Future City regional finals focus on alternative energy
North Carolina middle school students will compete for chance at national honors in the annual Future City Regional Finals competition on Saturday at the Talley Student Center at N.C. State University.
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.
$600M wind power project in northeastern NC put on hold
Iberdrola Renewables says construction won't begin because there are no agreements to buy electricity from its Desert Wind Energy project near Elizabeth City. The company no longer expects to meet its earlier completion target next year.
Chip demand woes, not just LEDs, trigger Cree stock downgrade
Morgan Stanley analyst Joshua Paradise reduced his rating for the stock to "Equal Weight" from "Overweight," saying the weak economy may slow adoption of pricier LED lights. He's alson concerned about falling chip sales.
