The global high-brightness LED market doubled last year, jumping from $5.6 billion in 2009 to $10.8 billion in 2010. That marks a 93 percent growth rate, according to Strategies Unlimited, an LED market research firm. LEDs are championed within cleantech as energy-efficient, longer-lasting lights. But their costs are still not completely cost-competitive, a factor in the heated debate over whether the U.S.
