LED lighting replacements will be popular worldwide from 2013-2015 with Asian countries including China, Japan, and Taiwan acting most aggressively, the report said.
LEDinside estimated that along with the government’s subsidy in 2013, Guangdong is expected to achieve 0.3 million installations, becoming the fastest growing regional market of LED outdoor lighting.
In other emerging countries such as Thailand, Russia, Latin America and Africa, considerable streetlight replacements will also be installed in 2014.
However, installation of LED streetlight replacements will gradually slow down in 2015, and the number of worldwide LED streetlight replacements and newly installed LED streetlights will be maintained at approximately 10 million/year.
Cities in the US and Canada including San Diego, Seattle, and Los Angeles have successively launched LED streetlight replacement projects in the second half of 2012.
Fierce competition in the market has resulted in a further decrease in product price. Though large manufacturers contribute for majority of shipments, a few new manufacturers are still entering the market.
Local manufacturers such as Cooper Lighting, Cree, and GE Lighting have also successively introduced new product lines in order to meet different application demands. International manufacturers in Europe are in the same direction.
With a budget of 2 billion NTD, the LED street light energy saving project launched by Taiwan’s Bureau of Energy is expected to replace 250,000 streetlights with LED streetlights from 2013-2014.
Although competitive market price has resulted in a low bidding price, with maintenance and warranty costs, manufacturers may not be able to gain much profit. They may, however, still bring in revenue. Bidding winner, such as Leotek Electronics, Everlight Electronics, Delta Electronics, and Leadray Energy Co. are expected to benefit the most.
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