A new report finds that the market for light-emitting diodes (LEDs) is set to grow substantially in the next 10 years, surpassing even compact fluorescent lightbulbs as an energy-efficient lighting option. By 2020, LEDs will cover 46 percent of the $4.4 billion U.S. market for lamps in the commercial, industrial and outdoor stationary sectors, driven by the overall push toward … [Read more...]
Department of Energy announces $100 million for innovative research projects
At the inaugural ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced $100 million in Recovery Act funding will be made available to accelerate innovation in green technology, increase America’s competitiveness and create new jobs. Of the three technology focus areas destined to receive funding, one of interest to ElectronicsCooling readers involves … [Read more...]
en Route to a Greener Thermal Technology
It's no surprise. Power levels in the data center keep rising. In fact, the cost of powering the computers in the data center is beginning to exceed the cost of the computers themselves. The computer architects have responded by designing systems that use multi-core processors. These processors can use less energy to perform the same workload as their single-core brethren by … [Read more...]
