Wide use for LED as costs set to drop 80%
By Zhu Shenshen |
January 22, 2010, Friday
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THE costs of solid state lighting, such as LED (light emitting diode), will be cut by 80 percent within three to five years and this will help the green and environment-friendly technology to be applied more widely, industry officials said yesterday.
The next generation of lighting, based on advanced semiconductor technology, reduces energy consumption and environmental pollution. It saves energy used in lamps by 70 to 80 percent. It is used in telecommunications equipment, street lamps, automobiles and medical equipment, among others, experts said.
The cost of the chips used in LED will be cut by 30- 50 percent annually, which makes the technology more practical, said Li Gang, general manager of Shanghai-based Rainbow Optoelectronics.
"The LED is expected to grow very strongly in the lighting sector," said Tang Guoqing, vice director of the Shanghai Optoelectronics Trade Association, at a conference to promote the Green Lighting China exhibition to be held in Shanghai in April.
He said more than 70 percent of the lighting to be used in the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai will adopt LED technology.
The cost of this technology will be cut 20 percent off the current level within three to five years, which makes it a practical green technology that could be used in homes, said Ruan Jun, vice secretary of China Solid State Lighting Alliance, at the same conference.
Top lighting firms such as Philips, Osram and Astri will attend the exhibition.
Osram provides LED lighting in Shanghai's tunnels and for the World Expo.
The next generation of lighting, based on advanced semiconductor technology, reduces energy consumption and environmental pollution. It saves energy used in lamps by 70 to 80 percent. It is used in telecommunications equipment, street lamps, automobiles and medical equipment, among others, experts said.
The cost of the chips used in LED will be cut by 30- 50 percent annually, which makes the technology more practical, said Li Gang, general manager of Shanghai-based Rainbow Optoelectronics.
"The LED is expected to grow very strongly in the lighting sector," said Tang Guoqing, vice director of the Shanghai Optoelectronics Trade Association, at a conference to promote the Green Lighting China exhibition to be held in Shanghai in April.
He said more than 70 percent of the lighting to be used in the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai will adopt LED technology.
The cost of this technology will be cut 20 percent off the current level within three to five years, which makes it a practical green technology that could be used in homes, said Ruan Jun, vice secretary of China Solid State Lighting Alliance, at the same conference.
Top lighting firms such as Philips, Osram and Astri will attend the exhibition.
Osram provides LED lighting in Shanghai's tunnels and for the World Expo.
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