In order to save energy and reduce carbon Taiwan will continue roadway lights to LED lights from mercury deprecated. Government conservation project at Kaohsiung, Taiwan said that since 2013 annual LED street lamp project, an annual savings of more than 6,000 million (NT, the same below) of electricity for the city library, Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs again last year for more than 500 million RMB (equivalent to about RMB 98.1 million RMB) funds, until after the completion of the year 2016, there will be another save nearly $ 60 million electricity total 2013 to 2016 can save electricity more than 5,000 dollars 100 million RMB.

Since the year 2013 will be more than 60,000 in Kaohsiung traditional mercury lamp lights into LED lights after deprecated for the city to save more than 6,000 RMB per year, therefore, also the Ministry of Economic Affairs Bureau of Energy grant funding for last year’s 500 million RMB, will continued for more than 50,000 Deprecation mercury lamp lights after completion of the project until the year 2016, it will be expected to save nearly $ 60 million of electricity a year, a total of 2013 to 2016 electricity savings of 100 million dollars more than 5,000 RMB, and up to 5 years of full responsibility for the warranty, the more support at work to save millions of dollars per year maintenance costs.

Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs Bureau of Energy issued “mercury street sunset planned job points” in the March 12, 2015, an express grant jurisdiction of county and city governments completely eliminated mercury lights, started as early as the end of 2014 the number of street Kaohsiung each administrative mercury investigation, and last year to secure grant funding, LED lights energy-saving lamps is now a trend, after the completion of Kaohsiung will save energy and reduce carbon green city a major step forward.