Korea national push LED lighting energy saving strategy

Under the encouragement of the policy, South Korea's LED lighting industry has been developing rapidly, with large iron and steel manufacturers led by Pohang iron and Steel Group, with advantages in oil refining and communications SK group also said to be involved in the market. Through large-scale investment in large enterprises, such as the South Korean short time LED chip manufacturing and other upstream supply chain jumped to second place in the world. South Korea has replaced the LED lighting construction (picture from treehugger).

South Korea's lack of resources, making energy conservation has become one of the national strategy of Korea, with significant energy saving and environmental protection significance of the LED industry by the South Korean government attaches great importance to. South Korea's Ministry of industry and Trade Resources announced on July 16th, South Korea will permanently stop imports from January 1, 2014, the production of low efficiency incandescent bulbs. Through large-scale investment in large enterprises, such as the South Korean short time LED chip manufacturing and other upstream supply chain jumped to second place in the world.

South Korea has replaced LED lighting building (photo from treehugger) the final group not only become the main production and operation of the backbone of foreign trade, and technology development, the introduction of foreign capital, the core strength of collecting information.

Engaged in LED lighting business in South Korea's companies have about 900, Samsung Electronics (belonging to LED lighting appliances division), LGInnotech, Seoul and other three world-class semiconductor manufacturers, has entered the world's top five revenue LED.

South Korea's next goal is to strive to 2020 in the global LED industry ranked first. In order to achieve the popularity of LED lighting from the source, South Korea as early as 2008 to make the decision to gradually abolish incandescent bulbs. At present, there are still about 30 million incandescent bulbs are still in use, energy saving potential, but also to speed up the replacement of energy-saving LED lighting products. It is reported that about 8000 of South Korea's public buildings around the use of incandescent bulbs will be replaced by about 99%.