Taiwan by the end of 2012 will stop the use of incandescent bulbs, the full introduction of LED power-saving lighting

Ministry Taiwan Energy Bureau said on the 19, Taiwan will begin phasing out the lighting application of incandescent lamp, and the LED lighting applications with energy efficiency to replace the import, and from the first public sector began to ban incandescent bulbs, is expected to 09 years at the end of season Q1 will complete lighting replacement operation since 2010, and will be gradually discontinued incandescent lamp. By the end of 2012, Taiwan will stop using incandescent bulbs.

"The Ministry of economic affairs, bureau of energy" in "the Executive Yuan 07 years industrial technology strategy conference, announced the phasing out incandescent lamp, incandescent lamp and pointed out that the global energy consumption gradually eliminated, the European Union, Australia, Canada and California in the United States have announced the elimination period, will complete the incandescent lamps goal in the future 3 to 5 years, Taiwan will be from the public sector to import, no longer use incandescent lamps in the replacement of lighting equipment, full use of energy-efficient light bulbs or lamp LED.

According to the Energy Bureau statistics, sales of incandescent lamps last year, about 20 million 750 thousand, this year is still maintained at 20 million, the annual electricity consumption of about 1 billion 40 million degrees. In the future if the full replacement for LED lighting, the island will save 41% of electricity consumption per year. Taiwan will be priority from the public sector to ban incandescent bulbs, and the rest is home, private industries, including hotels, hospitals, supermarkets, etc. will also be banned.

"Energy" forecast, 2012 LED lighting will achieve a large number of commercial goals, not only Taiwan province traffic will gradually replace LED for next year from other buildings, including mercury lamp, landscape lighting and non main road street, will also be at the end of 2025 the full replacement of LED lighting energy saving.

In fact, according to the plan, the next 3 years will be the remaining 430 thousand traffic lights are replaced with LED, and Taiwan also has 1 million 350 thousand lights and LED lights have to switch to plan, estimate next year will be launched using LED street lamp demonstration road.

Source: Lean news