Taiwan Switches to LED's

Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has budgeted NT$229 million (US$7.0 million) for the next three years starting in 2008 to change the traffic lights in all counties and cities in Taiwan to LED-based ones, according to the Chinese-language Central News Agency (CNA).

Taiwan's Bureau of Energy, under the MOEA, said Taiwan now has 350,000 traffic lights using LEDs as a lighting source, with the remaining 420,000 traffic lights to also use LED lighting in the next three years for a total savings in power consumption estimated to be 85%, CNA said.

After switching traffic signals to LEDs, MOEA will launch a NT$130 million plan to change street lamps at specific roads or areas to LED-based ones, CNA indicated.

 

I thought they already had LED's in place. Oh well good for them none the less.

 

it's still the conventional ones in my place....with add-on timer at most...

 

hmm.. that seems interesting.. thought it was so ppl can see better, but instead is save money.. of course

 

It's both, they are so much brighter especially in foggy weather And they also last longer as well as save energy, saving even more money.

 

LED's use less power and the light is brighter.. like wat yowie said..
i think over time they'll change it all to led. because if one breaks the light still works... so repairs would also be less.
i know torches are like that....

 

Kill 2 birds with one stone.

 

ooh yes...this is good news!!! it saves energy and it doesn't need much maintenance...at least..less than conventional lights.

it will indeed kill 2 birds with 1 stone, double savings!

 

its about time. finally something the Taiwanese government does something right.

 

Looks like a good move. It does last longer cause there are several LED bulbs in a single bulb, so if one breaks it wouldn't make of a difference