2015 LED lighting penetration is expected to reach 40%

Over the past few years due to the impact of Japan's nuclear disaster, and high energy prices, the global green energy industry awareness rising again, related industries and return to growth track. In the past, however, more emphasis on the importance of open source, manufacturers have invested in the manufacturing and conversion efficiency of solar panels, but after years of efforts to improve the limited, has not been able to break through the bottleneck of 20% conversion efficiency. In this case, the focus gradually shifted to the massive savings LED power-saving efficiency, this trend in the second half of 2013 began to shape, is expected to bring up in 2014, the next 3 years, the growth of LED lighting outbreak.

The wave of LED industry long originated in the financial tsunami at the end of 2008, Samsung LED TV backlight thin, unexpectedly sold, opened a 18 month long growth cycle of LED tv.

LED thin TV penetration steadily rising from 3% in 2009 to 2011 of 38%. The world's LED share price has climbed to a high point, each company continuously out of production capacity.

But all this beautiful decline after reaching the zenith, a huge reversal in 2011. Mainland to promote the 12th Five-Year plan, the results of a large number of subsidies MOCVD machine, creating the world's largest continent, more than 1000 units of MOCVD machines. A large number of production capacity, so that the price of LED backlight collapse, LED has fallen from the frozen period, the entire industry from the second half of 2011 began to enter a long period of capacity adjustment until the end of last year.

Another reason for the LED industry to enter the capacity adjustment is the rise of the LED lighting industry deferred. Led to the ten city of ten thousand street lamp program failure reasons, in addition to the heat problem can not be solved, the bulb is not willing to support LED lighting is another main reason. The LED bulb was expensive, unable to attract the general consumer's favor, but also another reason can not be promoted.

A variety of reasons, which originally expected 2012 LED lighting will replace general lighting, add new momentum to the LED industry expectations, in 2012 to the first half of 2013, the original expansion of manufacturers are forced to enter production adjustment, LED industry a silence.

This piece of silence in the second half of 2013, was the first to jump into the United States CREE LED lighting break. In order to fill out the production capacity, Cree in mid 2013 officially entered the U.S. lighting market, the price of $9.97 to launch the 40 watts, with a price of $60 to replace the bulb. Such affordable prices in the lighting market has finally aroused ripples, triggering a huge response.

The second half of 2013, were set Cree in the United States sold more than 8 million sets of 3 in each of the profit, also actively reflected in Cree's earnings last year.

2013 fourth quarter, accounting for the proportion of total revenue accounted for Cree lighting business, from the previous year's 35 pulled up to $42%, revenue grew by 42% year on year, is the most amazing growth in the business sector of the 3. After the invasion of Cree lighting industry, lighting manufacturers have to follow up, expected 2014 LED lighting penetration rate increased from 8% to 15 to 20% in 2015, a chance came to 40%, for the LED industry to enhance the energy injection.