French company Luxener has specialised in LEDs since 2004. An aerospace technology spin-off, its light-emitting diodes have won over major groups and institutions, including Bouygues, Spie, Eiffage and the French National Assembly. With sales of around €1m in 2009, the firm is determined not to rest on its laurels and is planning to set up its own factory in the next few years....

According to the GSM Association, some 3.4 billion mobile phones are currently in use worldwide. Most of these are purchased in rich countries and just 7 percent are recycled. Founded in 2002, Fonebak is the leading mobile phone recycling company in Europe. For just a few euros, the company buys up handsets, which it then recycles and resells....

Superconductor technology is about to revolutionize the energy world. The material waiting to create such a paradigm shift in the energy market is a coated high temperature superconductor (HTS) developed by German firm Theva Thin Film Technology GmbH....

As surprising as it may seem, a number of scientists have already tried to recycle organic waste, but to little or no avail. However, researchers at University of Borås, Sweden have developed a groundbreaking citrus waste recycling process to produce limon (a bacterial agent), pectin, biogas and ethanol from valuable fruit and vegetable peel....

Lighting consumes approximately 20 to 22 percent of electricity consumed in the United States and a substantial portion is lost because traditional bulbs generate more heat than light. Lumiette is thinking beyond the bulb, and has developed a compact Flat Panel Lamp (FPL) that consumes 75 percent less energy than the incandescent bulb, lasts five times longer than the compact fluorescent lamp, is one-tenth the cost of LEDs, and is suitable for a range of commercial, industrial, and residential applications. ...