Gov’t research to focus on energy-saving products

The selected sectors cover industrial applications of light-emitting diode (LED) opto-electronic lighting, air conditioning, and energy, information and communication technology, Lin said at the end of the first-day session of the 2007 Strategic Review Board (SRB) meeting sponsored by the Executive Yuan’s Science and Technology Advisory Group.

Through these efforts, Lin said the government hopes to raise the energy efficiency of these products by 33 percent in 22 years.

Group officials indicated that Taiwan’s annual output in the LED lighting sector would reach NT$93 billion by 2010, representing a global market share of 14 percent. The output is expected to increase to NT$540 billion by 2015, they anticipated.

In terms of energy-saving efficiency, LED products are assessed as saving the equivalent of up to 138,000 kiloliters of oil by 2010, and the equivalent of up to 1.04 million kiloliters of oil by 2015, said the officials, who also noted that production of incandescent lightbulbs would be completely forbidden by 2012.

In the meantime, traditional lightbulbs used in government and administration offices will be replaced over time with energy-saving lightbulbs, he went on, adding that public and traffic lights would also be upgraded.

Last year, more than 27 million incandescent lightbulbs were sold on the local market, equal to 1.04 billion kilowatt-hour of electric consumption.

“A 100W energy-saving light bulb is brighter, wastes less energy, and lasts longer than a 300W incandescent lightbulb,” said Billy Chang, director of Sheng Kuwn Technology Co, Ltd., who added that buyers would rapidly get a return on their investment.

As for the air-conditioner industry, Taiwan’s annual output value for small- and medium-sized air conditioners has reached NT$22 billion, according to the group, which also pointed out that Taiwan’s production of key parts for air conditioners, including compressors, ranks fourth in the world.

With upgraded technologies boosting energy efficiencies, the industry expects to help save up to the equivalent of 1.33 million kiloliters of oil by 2015, the Executive Yuan technology advisors said, estimating that the sector will also create an annual production value of NT$126 billion in 2015, with 64 percent of the output being exported.

In the sectors of energy, information and communication technology, the group anticipates an annual output of NT$31.2 billion by 2010 and NT$105 billion by 2015.

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