LED tubelights to hit market soon

Public sector unit EESL plans to introduce LED tubelights to encourage consumers to shift to energy-efficient and low cost mode of power.

The Centre and States have been encouraging people to shift to power-saving LED bulbs and selling them at subsidised rates. However, it has been noticed people are not willing to dump their traditional tubelights which are brighter than LED bulbs and CFLs, and are good for large areas, an official said.

Hence, the Centre has decided to introduce LED tubes. The tubes, like LED bulbs, will emit equal amount of light but power consumption will be significantly lower, he said.
 

"We have noticed that people are not very keen on replacing their tubelights with LED bulbs. There were also complaints that LED bulbs are of 7 watt and consumers have bigger rooms for which they need to have tubelights as well.

"Hence, we have decided to introduce LED tubelights as they will generate enough light but consume low power. This will further bring down power consumption," Deepak Kokate, Regional Manager, Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL), told PTI.

EESL, a joint venture of power PSUs, was set up to facilitate implementation of energy-efficiency projects.

"EESL has been able to distribute only eight lakh LED bulbs in Mumbai, the largest city in Maharashtra. As compared to Mumbai, cities like Pune, Nagpur, Aurangabad and Kolhapur are much ahead.

"Mumbaikars do not want to replace their tubes with LED bulbs. Hence, we have decided to introduce LED tubelights. They will not only replace the existing tubes but also bring down power consumption," he said.

"Power demand from domestic users has already gone down by 520 MW in the State because of the distribution of some two crore LED bulbs. The target is of three crore LED bulbs. Once we get tubelights, we will be able to achieve major success in power saving and ensure smooth supply to major consumers like commercial and industrial clients," said Kokate.