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China Crack Down on Factories May Help Them Market to American Retailers

October 23, 2017November 22, 2017 by Ken Silverstein

The Chinese government is forcing factories there to take a bitter pill -- one that is difficult to swallow in the short term but over time, will give its industries a better chance to compete in the international economy.

Toshiba Ships Turbine for Net Power Supercritical CO2 Power Plant

November 7, 2016November 28, 2016 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Toshiba has shipped a 25-megawatt turbine that will be used in the world’s first supercritical oxy-combustion CO2 power cycle generation system that will capture and sequester CO2.

First Emissions-Free Fossil Fuel Power Plant Under Construction

March 9, 2016March 10, 2016 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

A power plant that will produce low-cost electricity with zero emissions is being built in La Porte, Texas. Net Power, a collaboration between Exelon Generation, CB&I, and 8 Rivers Capital, today said it has broken ground on the 50-megawatt demonstration plant, which it says it a “first-of-a-kind” power plant. The ... Read more »

Screening Tool Reduces Chemical Compliance Burden by 66%

November 3, 2015April 20, 2022 by Karen Henry

BOMcheck’s substance declarations and conflict minerals web database has published a new screening tool for the electrotechnical industry that reduces the time and cost of Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) compliance by 66 percent. BOMcheck is a centralized database that helps companies manage supply chain compliance with ... Read more »

Global Industrial and Commercial LED Market to Reach $166B by 2022

October 20, 2015April 1, 2022 by Karen Henry

The global industrial and commercial LED lighting market is expected to reach $165.91 billion by 2022, according to a new report by Grand View Research. That figure represents a more than a seven-fold increase from the market’s 2014 estimated value of $21.53 billion. A shift toward the implementation of energy ... Read more »

Toshiba Demos PV, Fuel-Cell, Battery, Hydrogen System

April 21, 2015 by Linda Hardesty

Toshiba is demonstrating operation of its H2One, an independent energy supply system based on renewable energy and use of hydrogen as a fuel for power generation. Toshiba installed the system at two locations in Kawasaki: the Kawasaki Marien public facility and Higashi-Ogishima-Naka Park in the Kawasaki Port area. H2One combines ... Read more »

IBM, Cisco Top Smart City Suppliers List

November 18, 2014April 13, 2022 by Karen Henry

IBM and Cisco have maintained their positions as the top two smart city vendors, according to a leaderboard report from Navigant Research. However, the competition in the market is becoming more serious as cities look to deepen their supplier relationships and plan for larger-scale programs and deployments. Schneider Electric, for ... Read more »

‘First-of-a-Kind’ Clean Power Plant Moves Forward

October 16, 2014October 15, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

NET Power says it has secured funding and agreements for its $140 million demonstration power plant, which it says produces no greenhouse gas emissions and includes full carbon capture without requiring expensive, efficiency-reducing carbon capture equipment. The company says the 50 MWt natural gas generation system is the first of ... Read more »

Toshiba Launches Energy-Saving Fiber Optic Transmission Modules

April 1, 2014September 1, 2022 by Linda Hardesty

Toshiba Corporation added four new fiber optic transmission modules to its TOSLINK line-up, which the company says are more energy efficient. Mass production will begin in April. Use of the optical transmission modules in industrial devices, control devices, wind and photovoltaic power generation systems will contribute to the realization of higher ... Read more »

Lithium-ion Battery Energy Storage Powers Remote Island

March 14, 2014September 1, 2022 by William Opalka

Toshiba delivered battery energy storage systems integrating the company’s SCiB lithium-ion secondary battery to Kyushu Electric Power for a demonstration project to expand introduction of renewable energy sources on remote islands. The systems have been installed in substations on Tanegashima Island and Amamioshima Island, in Kagoshima prefecture, and will be ... Read more »

Toshiba Scales Back LED Lighting Business in US

March 6, 2014August 2, 2019 by Linda Hardesty

Toshiba International Corporation of Houston, Texas, is discontinuing its LED Lighting Systems Division by March 31, 2014. The headquarters’ responsibility for Toshiba Lighting in the Americas will be transferred to Greenstar Lighting Products located in San Antonio, Texas. Greenstar is a Toshiba subsidiary. A Toshiba spokeswoman said, “Greenstar will become ... Read more »

Toshiba Intros LEDs to Replace HIDs in Outdoor Applications

November 25, 2013August 2, 2019 by Linda Hardesty

Toshiba International’s LED Lighting Systems division (TLS) released its new TLS-ATLS and TLS-ATLM LED area luminaires, which serve as a direct replacement for 70–400 watt HID luminaires. With a rated life of 100,000 hours, the ATL is suited for outside applications, including parking lots, circulation areas, walkways and roadways. Notable ... Read more »

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