日期：2012年7月11日

Micro grid energy was applied in rural areas of India, low-power LED lighting became a light spot (1)

India has a population around 400 million, which is the second-most numerous nation in the world after China. However, the majority their people are living in rural areas. Due to the underdevelopment of grid system, a large number of villages are still living and working without electricity and LED Lights. For most of them, life is tough. They even need to take long-distance journeys to charge their cell phones. Their dim houses still use kerosene lamps.

 Micro grid energy was applied in rural areas of India, low-power LED lighting became a light spot (1)

In order to change the situation, Brian Shaad and his friends set up a new LED Products company named Mera Gao Power, using low-cost solar panels and low-power LED lighting applications to build a micro grid. This Solar-LED micro grid can provide simple and clear indoor lighting for every inhabitants and also period outdoor lighting for public places. Most of LED lamps used in this system were imported from China. “We did considered to import these lamps from German or America. They provide good products with good qualities, but the cost is too much. We have very limited budget, could not afford them currently. All these lamps are from China, they are pretty good, with reasonable prices, we appreciate that.” Said Brian Shaad. Once being promoted, Solar-LED micro grid received a very positive respond and has been applied in another three neighboring villages. This micro grid is more suitable for small regions, occupying relatively small space for power generation. Although there are other alternative solutions, like solar lanterns (provide lighting and charge cell phones), but the cost of Solar-LED micro grid is shared among villagers. This system can be improved by using large scaled system for power generation and storage, which has higher using efficiency. The manager of Mera Gao Power indicated that only low-power LED lighting applications can be used in small scaled micro grid. Large lamps consume too much energy that this small sized grid cannot keep up.

 

“Villagers expressed their appreciates to us, now they have enough light in their houses during nights. We should do it in an earlier time. This system should and will get more attention in near future, we believe that.” Indicated by Brian Shaad in a recent published report about the Solar-LED micro grid.


LED enterprises focus on Olympic

PV photoelectric and sports event, a rather wired combination. These two seemingly irrelevant areas now have been tied up with each other. As the world’s first PV companies sponsor for the World Cup, Yingli Group is in preparation for the World Cup 2014: provide the most expensive photovoltaic power generation system for Maracana Football Stadium in Brazil. It seemed that a quiet consensus has been set up in the photovoltaic field. With the approaching of London Olympic Games, a series of event marketing for the Olympic Games is also heating up.

PV photoelectric and sports event, a rather wired combination. These two seemingly irrelevant areas now have been tied up with each other.

As early as in March this year, Guangdong NVC lighting has signed a partnership agreement with Chinese Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, Chinese Olympic Committee of Macao and Chinese Olympic Committee of Taipei in Chongqing Sheration Hotel, followed by another lighting enterprise CNlighting, who intended to become the official sponsor and strategic partner of the Chinese fencing team and consequently gain the ticket for London Olympics.

 

This is not a first handshake between LED enterprises and the Olympic Games. Lighting projects of Beijing Olympic Games have been competed among several giant LED enterprises. Finally, Philips, NVC, Mitsuo Aurora and Morninghope Lighting won the battle, and shared the 500-million-yuan Olympic lighting project cake. Spending more than 10 million on CBA made Timesos became the most eye-catching LED Lights manufacturer recently. In an earlier negotiation with State Physical Cultural Administration (SPCA), Timesos signed a four-year contract and became the official sponsor for CBA in next four years.

On one hand, with the vigorous launching of fitness programs, the enthusiasm of people for sporting events is growing sharply. This also provided a premise for enterprises in the sports marketing. On other hand, the success of Coca-Cola, Samsung, Anta, Special Steps and Pick also gave a shot in the arm to other domestic LED enterprises. After tasted the sweetness of sports marketing, quite a few photoelectric lighting companies began to test the water.

 

In the industry view, although sporting events can help establish a brand and get through the market, it is actually a rapier. Once failed in operation, LED Street Lights companies would suffered serious harms. Compare with shoes and clothing industry, LED lighting business is in the early stage, with relatively limited funds. Engaging in sporting events is really a big challenge for them.

From the failure of vision photoelectron resolution led display lighting industry

The industry demand slowdown, and the shopping price make led display lighting industry reshuffle. Flowing last year, especially after the collapse of June Tatsutaro of Jun Tatsutaro Boren, recently Shenzhen has a medium-sized led lights display production enterprises–vision optical Electronics Company Limited(hereinafter referred to as the “vision optical electronic”) collapse.

From the failure of vision photoelectron resolution led display lighting industry

Another fallen

According to media reports, may the kind of light electronics in June 29th officially declared bankrupt. The assets of 100 million yuan, a total of more than 400 employees of led display lighting production enterprises of light electronic wave arrears amounted to 20000 yuan, in addition to poor plant decoration party more than 38 works.

The company’s financial manager said, the bankruptcy of the company is to a large extent because of the SME loan difficult problem.They had to get a loan of the Bank of Hangzhou, now they are more afraid of the Bank of Hangzhou to creditors.

A reporter from the Shenzhen credit online to vision, optical electronic legal representative as the Xing Yi, the company address in Shenzhen City, Baoan District Longhua streets Clear Lake Road Guohong industrial zone.

Many industry insiders told us that the Xing Yi, Sichuan, had worked in the domestic led display lighting one of the leading enterprises of Shenzhen City, Chau Ming Technology Co., Ltd. In 2005, Xing Yi founded the vision of optoelectronic, the main production of various indoor and outdoor LED street lights display, a substantial part of exports of US and European markets, has also set up vice-factory in Hangzhou.

One worker who works with Xing Yi, hopes that the vision of optoelectronics in recent years have structural changes occurred, and the sharesholders of a scramble for profits. So funds are tight.

“Failure of vision photo-electron, in essence, because of more competitors. Regardless of quality, at the low end of competition, there is no profit.” LED flood lights Engineering Industry Research Institute Xiao-Fei Zhang pointed out to the newspaper, and then generate the funding strand breaks, arrears-domino effect, the upper reaches of stock and stop production.

One supplier told me the vision of the photoelectron is a family business, and comprehensive management capacity is weak, the end of last year no longer a supplier to the vision of photoelectron.

It is understood that the vision of the photo-electron may be arrears as high as thousands of yuan.