The station's 1/4 street lights will be changed to LED

According to Taiwan media reports, Taiwan's "Ministry of Economic Energy Bureau said yesterday, Taiwan is currently a total of nearly one million mercury vapor lamps, next year there will be 1/4 replaced by energy-saving LED lights, a year can save 2 billion 400 million yuan (NT, the same below), nearly 24 million of the maintenance costs of electricity.

According to reports, "Energy Bureau official pointed out that mercury lamp every six months to change the bulb, LED lamp life of up to five years, with a 100 watt LED lamp 250 Watt mercury lamp compared with the traditional, high energy saving rate of 60%. In addition to the advantages of energy saving, LED road lighting quality is better, do not contain mercury. Officials said the Taiwan authorities have been locked in Keelung, Hsinchu, Chiayi three provinces and cities as LED street model city, is expected to be completed within three years.

It is understood that the day before the Executive Yuan has approved 2 billion yuan of tax planning, let all 16 governments apply for a set number of LED lights, will be in accordance with the "mercury lamp percentage distribution, due to the large number, do not rule out the use of" performance guarantee mode ", which is only part of the amount of government subsidies, by the local government save the electricity to make up the cost of the device.

In addition, remote areas of Islands, including Penghu, Kinmen and Lianjiang County, "energy" will also be the year budgeted cost of replacement.