Taiwan uses LED lights to replace traffic lights

Taiwanese authorities said on September 28 that they have replaced more than 690,000 traffic lights across the island in a project to save enough electricity to supply more than 60,000 households.

According to the Taiwan Energy Department, according to the NT $ 550 million (about 18 million USD) project carried out in 2009, traditional light bulbs have been replaced by technology using light-emitting diodes ( LED).

LEDs only consume one-tenth the power of conventional electric bulbs, which means that the above project saved an estimated 247 million kWh, enough to supply 67,700 families in Taiwan. Loan.

Officials Kao Shu-fang of the Taiwan Department of Energy told AFP : 'LED traffic lights not only save energy but are also safer because they are brighter and easier to see.'

In light of this success, Taiwan's Ministry of Economy has planned to implement a more ambitious project, aiming to replace 800,000 mercury vapor street lamps and power-saving ones in the next five years. .

It is expected that the Taiwanese government will have to spend NT $ 18 billion for this project.