326 thousand sets of the entire set of mercury street lamps for 3 years for 2 billion 800 million LED lights

In order to save energy and help the industry, Ministry of economy of Taiwan Energy Bureau said yesterday, by the government and Taiwan invested 2 billion 800 million yuan (NT, the same below), three years to replace distribution in Taiwan 326 thousand mercury lamp lights for LED lamp (bulb and lamp); after the completion of estimates, can save electricity up to 143 million street of electricity every year, and drive the output value of nearly 4 billion 500 million yuan.

New 326 thousand LED street lights how much power? Energy secretary Ou Jiarui said, every year can reduce 87 thousand and 500 tons of carbon dioxide emissions, carbon adsorption capacity equivalent to two hundred and twenty-five Daan Forest Park.

Ou Jiarui said, LED lamp power-saving products conform to the trend of the times, long service life, but also the mercury free environmental protection features; in addition, the lamp luminous efficiency LED lamp mercury lamp, the highest to lowest, the Energy Bureau will promote the three projects, to create "economic and environmental protection".

The first project will be subsidized by 588 million yuan, the number of street lamps for less provincial cities: Keelung, Hsinchu and Chiayi, the replacement of the 53 thousand mercury lamps, scheduled to start this year.

The other two schemes respectively by the central distribution tax allocated 2 billion yuan, the energy research and development fund 180 million yuan, respectively, to replace Taiwan five, eleven counties in 250 thousand and 23 thousand mercury lamp lights; remote areas and Islands mercury vapor lamp. The project is expected to be completed by the end of this year, the implementation of the next year to complete.

The energy bureau pointed out that the LED street lamp and lamp bulb replacement, but does not change the settings after deducting the cost of subsidies; and the insufficient part of the LED Street into by the local government to change after the "save electricity" annual payment bidder, will not increase the burden of the local government; at the same time, the Ministry of economic affairs will also require LED street vendors warranty five years, local governments can also save the water Silver Street maintenance cost.

According to the statistical data of Taiwan Energy Bureau, Taiwan street about 1 million 570 thousand light, the 12 thousand and 100 LED street lamp, the ratio of less than one percent; the mercury lamp is about 820 thousand units, more than half of the rest; including high pressure sodium lamp, metal halide lamps and fluorescent lamps.

Why not take a whole street lamps for environmental protection and efficient LED street lamp?

Ou Jiarui explained that due to the current price of LED street is still high, with the specification is still continuing to improve, so the government will step by step; this plan will be the first to eliminate inefficient, highly polluting mercury street lamp.