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DOE Announces Philips As L Prize Winner

Posted by Soulskill on from the bright-ideas dept.

JStyle writes "The DOE has officially announced a winner of the L Prize, giving the award to Philips in the 60W Incandescent Bulb replacement category. The goal of the L Prize competition is to 'develop high-quality, high-efficiency solid-state lighting products to replace the common light bulb.' Philips' LED light bulb won using less than 10W of power while claiming a life of greater than 25,000 hours. The light bulb is set to go on sale as early as spring of 2012."

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  1. Re:Cost? by pushing-robot · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, light bulbs may be banned, but heaters are still OK.

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