Low carbon green drive LED lighting industry in Korea

South Korea is a resource poor country, about 97% of the energy dependence on imports, energy shortages and rising oil prices restrict the economic and social development of South korea. Energy saving has become one of Korea's most important national strategies. As a result, a significant energy saving and environmental protection of the LED industry has attracted much attention of the South Korean government. In 2008, South Korea proposed the "low carbon green growth" as the future of the national strategy, and the LED industry as a focus to promote the field.

Large enterprises to participate in the formation of capacity

South Korea LED lighting industry in recent years has been rapid development, which stems from the South Korean government to promote policies and mechanisms. The South Korean government has been under the leadership of the government to implement the strategy of large enterprises, through the government and the bank together to provide funds for the development of large enterprise groups. In the end, the large enterprise group is not only the main body of production and management, but also the core of foreign trade.

South Korea: low carbon green drive LED lighting industry

South Korea's lighting industry has long been the protection of small and medium enterprises. However, with the LED semiconductor as a key component, Samsung Group and LG group and other large enterprises have set foot in the lighting market. Since 2010, the Pohang iron and Steel Group, led by a large iron ore producer, has an advantage in oil refining and communications SK group also said to be involved in the market. Through large-scale investment in large enterprises, such as the South Korean short time LED chip manufacturing and other upstream supply chain jumped to second place in the world.

In the manufacture of lighting equipment and other downstream industries, in addition to these large enterprises, the risk of the company has also been set up, small and medium enterprises to enter the overseas market has shown a positive attitude. Engaged in LED lighting business in South Korea's companies have about 900, Samsung Electronics (belonging to LED lighting appliances division), LGInnotech, Seoul and other three world-class semiconductor manufacturers, has entered the world's top five revenue LED. South Korea's next goal is to fight for the first place in the global LED industry in 2020.

Focus on boosting the development of the industry

The popularity of LED lighting is the key to the development of LED lighting industry. To this end, the Korean government has in 2006 and 2011 respectively, formulated the "LED lighting penetration plan 15/30" and "LED 20/60 lighting plan", the goal is to LED in 2015, South Korea accounted for the overall lighting proportion reached 30%, which will be the long-term goal is scheduled to be held in 2020 LED lighting penetration rate reached 60%.

In order to achieve the goal of the two projects, the governments at all levels in South Korea have developed appropriate policies. Seoul in the popularity of the LED has been very positive, as early as 2007 to 2009 invested 23 billion won, the transport facilities of the 156 thousand lighting and public institutions building replaced by the 38 thousand lighting LED products. The annual savings of electricity reached about 1 billion 600 million won. After Seoul city put forward their own LED lighting penetration rate target, namely to make public institutions LED lighting use rate in 2014 reached 50%, 2018 reached 100%, the folk LED lighting rate before 2030 reached 100%. To this end, Seoul plans to replace 7 million 800 thousand LED lighting equipment before 2014, including public institutions, namely, the lighting of the 800 thousand or 50%, or 25% of the private lighting of the 7 million.

Underground car park is also the focus of the popularization of LED lighting. From the beginning of 2011, South Korea Gyeonggi Do and Daegu city to promote LED lighting in the underground parking lot of the popularization work, while Seoul and South Korea LED Association in May 2012 jointly issued the "underground parking underground parking lot and apartment facilities of large-scale commercial field the popularity of LED lighting business" policy, and from the beginning of June to implement. According to the policy of encouraging, Seoul city apartments and large-scale commercial facilities in the underground parking lot can be free to import LED lighting, and people can use the purchase price lower than the market price of 40% LED is used to replace the parking lot lighting equipment. Seoul plans to pass this measure, in 2014 before the Seoul underground parking lights all replaced by LED lighting, in order to save a lot of lighting power consumption. If this goal is achieved, it is estimated that annual savings of about 32 billion 700 million won.

Cut off the source of high energy consuming lighting

In order to achieve the popularity of LED lighting from the source, the Korean Ministry of industry and Trade Resources recently announced that South Korea will permanently stop imports from January 1, 2014, the manufacture of low efficiency incandescent bulbs. South Korea made a decision to phase out incandescent bulbs as early as 2008. At present, South Korea is still about 30 million incandescent bulbs is still in use, if you can replace all lighting is more energy-efficient, a year can save more than 1800GW of electricity, enough to supply up to 650 thousand households required.

The power shortage is a problem facing South Korea every summer this year, due to a number of nuclear power units using bad parts were ordered to stop operation, thermal power plant and frequent failure, coupled with the hot weather continued, the power shortage is particularly prominent. The South Korean government's active promotion of LED lighting policy may be able to alleviate the problem.