LED street lamp market took off cost competitive advantage

LED lighting applications in 2008 will enter the hair in light years, the advantage of energy saving and our government policies, China's LED street market will grow rapidly, Taiwan Everlight chairman Ye Yinfu said, although LED still expensive than the high-pressure sodium lamp 3 times, but the overall power consumption and maintenance cost and other factors, after 2 years in use, the total cost is equal to almost LED lamp and high-pressure sodium.

At present, LED is mainly used for backlight and lighting in 2 major areas, PIDA value, LED lighting will become the next wave of optoelectronic products with high growth, which will be the first gun LED lamp drive LED started lighting applications, estimated in 2008 the global LED lamps will reach a market size of $1 billion 400 million, of which about 560 million of China's mainland street in 2008, the new market for dollars, about 500 thousand LED street lamp, the market has become an important pioneer of LED street, is expected to 3 years after the European market will gradually open.

LED lighting market growth potential from the promotion of environmental awareness, with LED light-emitting efficiency and price decline, LED light source will replace the traditional light source, as the next generation of new light source. Government environmental policy will lead to increased LED lighting, for example Australia in 2010 banned the sale and disable the traditional incandescent bulbs, the Taiwan public sector is expected to begin in 2009 to stop the use of incandescent light bulbs, so the industry estimates, from 2006~2010 high power LED lighting applications in the average annual compound growth rate of 75.2%.

Billion light that the total cost of the LED lamp has become increasingly competitive, with LED lights and 8 meters high pressure sodium lamp, high pressure sodium lamp power consumption of about 250 watts, LED only 60 watts, the service life of the parts, high pressure sodium lamp with an average of about 4000 hours, but the LED can be up to 50 thousand hours.

Despite the high pressure sodium lamp price is only about 6000 yuan, compared to the LED for the cost of 20 thousand yuan is still relatively cheap, but after 2 years in use, in addition to the total cost and maintenance cost calculation, and the cost of LED high pressure sodium lamp, the long term cost of LED Street lamp will be better than the current high-pressure sodium lamp.