LED lighting contract energy management mechanism needs to be improved

LED lighting products, has its strong energy-saving effect and highly respected experts and government. However, its high price, but so many users flinch. In the 90s of last century, China began to introduce a new energy saving mechanism in developed countries - contract energy management model (EMC), this model has been to promote the bright prospects of LED lighting. But after a period of time to try, recently some experts said, as well imagine the mode of energy management contract in China's promotion is not, energy service companies are facing difficulties in financing, credit mechanism and financial and tax supporting the lack of a series of difficulties, the promotion of LED in the hope that the contract energy management is still difficult.

Contract energy management success rate of less than 10%

Vice chairman of Guangzhou Lighting Association Zhang Dongsheng told reporters, energy management contract (EnergyManagement Contracting, referred to as EMC) is used to reduce energy costs to pay for such investment cost of energy saving projects. This model originated in the 70s of last century, it can reduce the current operating costs, users use the future revenue for plant and equipment upgrades, improve energy efficiency.

It is understood that the contract energy management mode of cooperation is usually divided into two kinds: one is the annual savings in electricity, both in proportion by energy-saving into yearly return, until the completion of the contract amount, the execution of the contract period is long; two is the annual savings in electricity, full back to the LED company, until the contract amount so far. This model is faster, more favored by LED companies.

"Companies that offer LED services are also profitable if they are in the form of a contract energy management model. But the truth is not as smooth as imagined. Zhang Dongsheng told reporters that the current contract energy management success rate of only 5% - 10%. One of the private enterprises is relatively good promotion, state-owned enterprises are relatively difficult.

LED lighting products because of its high price, making it widely encountered in the process of bottlenecks. According to Zhang Dongsheng introduction, a 1.2 meter long light pipe, the need for the 278 chips, according to the chip maker Cree's offer, a piece of a piece of money, a lamp requires nearly $300. The ordinary energy-saving lamps as long as dozens of dollars.

Zhang Dongsheng said in an interview with reporters, although China's LED manufacturing capacity in the world accounted for 50%, but the profit is the lowest one ring. The core technology of LED production is abroad, which is the main factor affecting the price of products. Secondly, there are many factors such as high production cost and lack of national standards.

According to statistics, at present, China's enterprises engaged in LED has reached more than 2 thousand and 400. Unfortunately, the application of products and supporting enterprises accounted for the vast majority of more than 1 thousand and 700; followed by packaging enterprises, about 600; the least is in the extension of the enterprise growth, chip manufacturing, research units and production enterprises with a total of more than and 40.

Some companies because of the high cost of LED and lost the initiative to modify the application of LED. For this reason, contract energy management came into being, but its promotion is not optimistic.

Lack of credibility of enterprises led to lawsuits

"In fact, contract energy management is a way for both sides to make a profit. However, due to the lack of good faith in some enterprises, often lead to disputes, and even a lawsuit to court. This hinders the promotion of contract energy management to a certain extent. Zhou Ming, general manager of Shenzhen Qiming contract energy management company revealed in an interview with reporters.

He pointed out that because of the energy service company undertakes most of the risk in the profit when it needs to be a series of factors of funds, personnel costs are taken into account, but some enterprises deliberately delayed payment for various reasons do not even pay such a share of the profits, against the enthusiasm of energy service companies.

Due to the lack of independent third party assessment of energy saving projects, users and energy service companies to energy-saving effect vary, coupled with the lack of such service standards and other factors are restricting the promotion of energy management contract. He cited an example, some enterprises in the LED modification, but because of the lack of energy detection of the specific standard, the power consumption of fan, air conditioning and other electrical appliances are difficult to measure accurately, so that when the payment will be produced in the passing each other.

He also mentioned that a number of business customers in the contract to carry out cooperation in energy management, modify the line at random, build other electricity projects, resulting in energy saving effect is not obvious, the investment return of the energy company is also foreseeable.

Zhou Ming believes that in order to prevent the above situation, enterprises need to improve the integrity of. The government should also monitor in real time, and develop a number of mandatory regulatory constraints. Promote awareness of energy conservation, protect the interests of both sides, promote the use and promotion of LED.

Municipal Engineering, state-owned enterprises did not promote enthusiasm

Relatively speaking, contract energy management in private enterprises to promote easier, but in municipal engineering and state-owned enterprises in the more difficult. Zhou Ming said that due to financial problems, some state-owned enterprises did not promote the enthusiasm of LED.

According to the reporter, since 2009, China's Ministry of science and technology announced the 10 city of ten thousand LED lights since the plan, and soon received positive response from all over the country, and quickly evolved into the hundreds of thousands of LED lights in the city of 21. Despite the government's efforts to promote the transformation of the LED lighting market, but the situation is not optimistic.

Zhou Ming believes that the impact of LED promotion is a major reason for China's fiscal and tax allocation