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Published Tue, Feb 09, 2010 05:07 AM
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Alaska city to use LEDs on streets

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STAFF WRITER MARY CORNATZER

Cree's lighting is about to get perhaps its biggest test: illuminating streets in the "Land of the Midnight Sun."

The Durham company, which makes LED lighting, has signed up Valdez, Alaska, as a customer. The city will convert its 343 streetlights to LEDs.

We're being a little loose using the "midnight sun" moniker for Valdez. The city, which has a population of 4,353, is in South Central Alaska - on the tip of Prince William Sound - so it sees more daylight than other Alaskan cities. But Cree's light emitting diodes will be tested by the area's freezing temps.

Financial details weren't disclosed, but Cree has been rapidly signing up cities for LED street lighting. Its municipal customers include Raleigh and Chapel Hill, as well as Austin, Texas; Danville, Va.; and Boston in this country. Its global customers include cities in China, South Korea and Italy.

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