2 years invested 1 billion 100 million yuan in Taiwan area LED street lamp

The Executive Yuan Jiang Yi Hua in Taiwan today (14) days approved "mercury lamp, the plan is expected in the next two years to invest 5 billion 490 million yuan (NT, the same below, equivalent to approximately RMB 1 billion 97 million yuan), to assist the local government at the end of 2016 will be under the jurisdiction of 692 thousand mercury vapor street lamp replacement for LED street, after the completion of Taiwan area will become the world's first fully eliminated mercury lamp area. The estimated annual saving of up to 640 million degrees, and can alleviate the financial burden on local governments, estimated annual savings of 1 billion 100 million yuan (about 220 million yuan) of electricity and 346 million yuan (about 69 million 160 thousand yuan) maintenance fees, 5 years warranty period, the local government can save total fiscal expenditure amounted to 7 billion 230 million yuan (about 1 billion 445 million yuan).

Executive Yuan spokesman Sun Liqun said, to accelerate the development of LED lighting Optoelectronic Industries in Taiwan area, and expand the energy saving and carbon reduction, since the beginning of 2008 to promote the plan for LED traffic lights, the Taiwan area promotion for the world's second full use of LED traffic lights area; the same year first for standard LED lamp (CNS15233), and began to promote LED street lamp demonstration program.

The Executive Yuan said that in addition to the above government funding to promote the establishment of LED street lamp, while the mandatory regulations will prohibit the use of mercury street lights, to reach the goal of the entire area of mercury street sunset. Taiwan area LED road performance significantly improved average luminous efficiency more than 100lm/W, is about three times more than the mercury lamp, and the life of up to 6 years, more than three times the mercury lamp with mercury lamp life, to replace the traditional advantage.

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