Indian households are rapidly adopting
LED bulbs in a bid to make their homes energy efficient. Energy
Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) distributed over
8 crore LED bulbs in a year across 125 cities in the country
under the Government of India’s UJALA (Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for
all) scheme. The milestone was achieved today afternoon. This achievement is reflective of the citizens’
contribution to becoming more energy efficient.
Efficient domestic lighting is one of
the largest contributors to energy savings globally. Distribution of 8 crore
LED bulbs – achieved over a period of 12 months - has led to daily savings
of over 2.84 crore kWh – savings capable of lighting over 20 lakh homes for 365
days. Alongside the savings in units, the country has also benefitted from
daily CO2 emission reduction of 23,000 tonnes.
Currently, the UJALA scheme
is fully operational in Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Uttar
Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry,
Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Uttrakhand. More states and UTs will be launching
the national programme shortly.
The UJALA scheme - being implemented by
Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) - has been widely accepted across
rural and urban areas of the country. The primary reason for this mass adoption
is the capability of LED bulbs to give consistent luminosity even in low
voltage, where incandescent and CFL bulbs usually fail. Also, the LED bulbs
distributed under the UJALA scheme is one third the market price and these
superior quality bulbs also come with a three-year free replacement warranty.
As of 18th March the state
wise distribution of LED bulbs are –
States
|
Distribution Numbers
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
51,98,831
|
Uttrakhand
|
20,35,770
|
Haryana
|
50
|
Delhi
|
60,06,744
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
91,70,140
|
Rajasthan
|
96,69,301
|
Bihar
|
1,45,817
|
Jharkhand
|
39,37,279
|
Chhattisgarh
|
8,17,512
|
Maharashtra
|
1,15,55,894
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
1,83,87,213
|
Karnataka
|
46,40,109
|
Puducherry
|
6,09,251
|
Kerala
|
55,99,139
|
BACKGROUND
Lighting sector accounts for about 20
per cent of the total consumption in India. Currently, most of the lighting
need in domestic and public lighting sector is met by inefficient,
conventional, incandescent bulbs.
The Government of India is committed to achieving
its target of replacing all the 77 crore inefficient bulbs in India with LEDs.
This will result in reduction of 20,000 MW load, energy savings of 100 billion
kWh and Green House Gas (GHG) reduction of 80 million tonnes every year. It is
estimated that this is equivalent to establishment of roughly 5 large format
thermal generation plants in the country. The country also stands to save Rs.
40,000 crore in electricity bills of consumers.
Consumers can visit www.delp.in
to locate the closest distribution kiosk to their place. Every person who
switches to LED bulbs will help lighting up someone’s home through the energy
savings.
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