2016-08-30

Indian State Tamil Nadu to Roll out LED Streetlight Upgrade

Tami Nadu will be implementing a state-wide streetlight upgrade in all municipalities, said Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday.
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2016-08-25

Greater Dandenong in Australia Rolls out LED Streetlight Project

Greater Dandenong Council has cut greenhouse gas emissions by 1,974 tonne annually thanks to a new lighting project in the city. 
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2016-08-24

MLB Team to Cover St. Louis LED Streetlight Upgrade

St. Louis, a city in Missouri, U.S. will be rolling out a US $4 million streetlight upgrade project to make the roads safer at night, reportedFox2Now.
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2016-08-22

New LED Streetlight Framework Goes Live in Scotland

A new national framework to help councils drive forward major energy efficient street light replacements has gone live.
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2016-08-15

Shimla to Get LED Streetlights Upgrade

Shimla, a city located in Northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, will be replacing about 8,000 conventional streetlights with LEDs, reportedThe Times of India.
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2016-08-12

Delhi Energy Agency Turns Down Petition to Reduce LED Streetlight Energy Fees

The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) in India rejected a petition by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) requesting for reduction in energy charges payable by them to BSES Rajdhani, reported The Times of India.
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2016-08-10

Yonkers and New York Power Authority Rolls out Large Scale LED Streetlight Upgrade

Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano and the New York Power Authority (NYPA) in U.S. announced that, through their partnership in the Five Cities Energy Initiative, Yonkers will replace 20,200 interior lighting fixtures with LED energy efficient tubes in all city operated buildings. The project, partially funded by NYPA, will save Yonkers taxpayers up to $250,000 per year and reduce the City’s carbon footprint by 1,226 tons annually. 
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2016-07-13

New York Government Agencies Collaborate on LED Streetlight Installations

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) announced that a section of Central Avenue in Colonie, Albany County, will get new LED street lights to enhance visibility and safety, as well as reduce energy costs.
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2016-05-23

Irish City Council to Upgrade to LED Streetlights

Kerry County Council in Ireland will be overhauling existing streetlights with LEDs to cut annual streetlight spending, reportedThe Kerryman.
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2016-05-18

LED Streetlights Might Not Be As Cost Effective in Reducing Energy Consumption as Thought

As cities across the world turn to LED streetlights to reduce carbon emissions, it might not be as cost effective as thought, said Eric Spiegel, CEO of Siemens U.S..
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2016-05-18

New Cree Streetlights Delivers 25% Performance Increase for Highways Illumination

Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) extends its industry-leading street lighting portfolio, delivering more performance and efficiency breakthroughs with the next generation of its new Cree® XSP HO Series. Leveraging the innovations from the existing Cree XSP Series LED street light platform, the new XSP HO Series features an increased level of lumens and up to 25 percent more LPW over the standard XSP Series. Now available in new packages up to 18,523 lumens and 116 LPW, the new XSP HO Series is ideal for any roadway, enabling better light for new applications ranging from collector roads to highways.
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2016-02-16

Evluma Launches Omnidirectional LED Streetlight Replacement

Breaking with the ‘corn cob’ industry form for decorative lighting retrofits, LED Lighting Manufacturer Evluma is poised to release the OmniMax, an omnidirectional LED retrofit that realistically emulates the size and light center of legacy HID bulbs, effectively capturing OEM refractive optics. The OmniMax will be offered in 40w or 70w, E26 or E39 configurations and several color temperatures ranging from 2K (amber) to 5K (bright white) to match historic or contemporary lighting specifications. Ideal for streetscapes, plazas, waterfronts, pathways or parks, the OmniMax has an anticipated Q2 2016 release date.
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2015-12-04

LED Streetlight Becomes Mandatory in New Delhi

LED streetlights will become mandatory in New Delhi in the near future, as the city plans to replace existing traditional light sources with LEDs to reduce energy consumption, The India Times cited Power Minister Satyender Jain saying.
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2015-12-02

LED Lit Canadian City Looks Fairer Now from Space

A photo taken by American astronaut Scott Kelly from International Space Station (ISS) shows the influence of Canadian city Calgary’s LED streetlights conversion, according to a report from Huffington Post.
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2015-11-26

UK County to Switch 16,000 Streetlights to LED by 2017

As several counties in the UK plan and execute LED streetlights conversion, Cumbria County, the county that is known for its natural beauty, also has LED switch plan for up to 16,000 high pressure and low pressure sodium lanterns within the county.
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2015-10-30

Venture Lighting Unveils New LEDs for Streetlight Replacement

Venture Lighting Europe has created a brand new, advanced retrofit LED solution for street lighting with exceptional benefits for Local Authorities. The company has created the VLED Westminster module, incorporating its very latest lighting technology SUPRAX® glass optic, as a retrofit solution for street lighting luminaires. Resulting in highly efficient lumen packages, this solution offers unrivalled energy savings.
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2015-10-08

DOE Detroit's Street Lighting Conversion Report Show LEDs Cut Energy Consumption by 60%

The U.S. Department of Energy has released a new report on the comprehensive street lighting restoration currently being undertaken by the City of Detroit, which includes transitioning the existing high-pressure sodium (HPS) sources to LED. Entitled Restoring Detroit's Street Lighting System, the report provides an objective review of the circumstances surrounding the system restoration, the processes undertaken and decisions made, and the results to date.
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2015-03-09

Chinese Firm Ventures into Sri Lanka Streetlight Market

A Shanghai-based Chinese company has expressed its ambition to become one of the top competitors in Sri Lanka’s streetlight market, according to a report from The Island.
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2013-07-10

Alliance Optotek Received the 2013 LEDinside Aurora Award for Best Street Light

Since its launch in the fourth quarter of 2008, the AOP 24W LED Street Light has been one of the best-selling products on the market for almost five years. The product has been developed by AOP to satisfy the demand for low energy consumption street lights. It won the LED inside Aurora Awards 2013 for best Street and Security Light at the LED forum in Guangzhou recently. Due to its perfect design and stable product quality, the product has been sold in many regions (including the bitter cold Hokkaido area and Brazil which is located at the equator) all ov...
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2013-05-07

Olympia to Make LED Streetlight Convertion

Thousands of Olympia traditional yellowish, high-pressure sodium lights could be converted to whiter, energy-saving LED lamps, in a project estimated to cost nearly $4 million. The Olympia City Council will consider funding the project Tuesday at a price tag of $3,859,382. The streetlights themselves will cost about $2.5 million, but the overall project includes new heating/cooling systems at two city-owned buildings, The Olympia Center and the Olympia Timberland Regional Library building. Those were included to allow the city to obtain a $500,000 state grant for the pro...
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2013-04-15

Spark Wins Bidding of Egypt Solar LED Street Light Project

Spark successfully wins the bidding of a solar LED street light project aided by Ministry of Commerce of P.R.C (MOFCOM) for Egypt recently.   This LED street light project is initiated by China International Center for Economic and Technical Exchanges (CICETE); it is a measure taken to implement Eight New Measurements to Africa, and also a governmental aided demonstration project for Egypt, to combine solar energy and LED lighting.   This project is situated in Kuraymat, N29°16′, E31°15′. Kuraymat is abundant in s...
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2013-04-09

Utilities Kingston Gets LED Streetlights Makeover

Beginning this week, Utilities Kingston will be replacing 9,000 high wattage street light heads with LED fixtures to reduce energy use. The project is city wide and expected to be largely completed by the end of 2013 at a cost of $4 million. In residential areas, fixtures containing 100-watt light bulbs will be replaced with 53-watt LED fixtures. In high traffic areas, crews will replace the fixtures containing 250-watt light bulbs with 101-watt LED fixtures. “With the energy savings, the LED street light project should pay for itself in about seven years, but ...
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2013-04-01

Spark Optoelectronics: LED street light project in Czech

Recently a customer from Czech has undertaken a local LED street light project, replacing traditional street lights with Spark LED street lights. After the replacement of the whole, the lighting effect has been greatly improved, saving 60% energy . Also, people’s eyes get a comfortable experience. The customer and local government staff speak highly of Spark street lights and are quite satisfied with the lighting effect and intelligent system. It is expected the street lighting requirements of Czech market will get a substantial growth in 2013. In this LED street ...
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2013-04-01

Bakersfield, California To Make LED Streetlight Pilot Project

The city of Bakersfield, California, is preparing its fourth pilot installation of LED streetlights. Three previous installations were deployed along collector and arterial roadways in high profile segments of the city. Approximately seventy LED fixtures from various manufacturers were used in the earlier pilots. LED streetlight fixtures included those manufactured by Cree, Holophane, and Leotek, and were used to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of energy efficient solid-state lighting. The upcoming installation includes approximately nineteen LED streetlight...
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2013-03-29

Turkey Plans LED Street Light Conversion Project

Turkey hopes to save millions of Turkish Liras and kilowatts of energy with an ambitious LED street light conversion project that has whet the appetite of sector players, including its leader, General Electric. The project to replace Turkey’s seven million street lights with LED-illuminated ones emerged last June with the remarks of Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yıldız. The project would be an important attempt to cure Turkey’s distressing current deficit, which is majorly sourced by energy import dependency, by being more sustainable. In order to co...
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2013-01-28

Los Angeles Operates LED Street Light Conversion Project

In Febuary , Los Angeles will meet its four-year anniversary of the world’s most ambitious LED street light conversion project, as  Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and President Bill Clinton announced  a partnership On February 16, 2009 under which the city, advised by the Clinton Climate Initiative, would outfit 140,000 street lights with LED fixtures. The City of Los Angeles owns and operates the nation’s second-largest street lighting system: 210,000 street lights (including 70,000 decorative street lamps that will be retrofitted ...
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2013-01-18

Cree XSP Series LED Street Light Delivers Over 35% Performance Increase

Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) is extending the revolutionary XSP Series LED Street Light portfolio to deliver municipalities improved performance at even more affordable price points. The new XSP2L™ LED street light increases lumen output over 35 percent compared to the original XSP luminaire. The XSP2L LED is the ideal replacement for outdated high-pressure sodium and metal-halide fixtures up to 400 watts. Delivering better performance and lower cost per lumen, the Cree® XSP Series LED Street Light boasts an industry-leading ten year wa...
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2012-12-26

Everlight Wins UL on LED Streetlights

Everlight has won United States UL on its SL-Victory family of LED streetlights with its efficacy of 130lumen per watt and has landed orders from European buyers for the lights. The Taiwan government has pledged to replace the island’s 200,000 traditional streetlights with LEDs in two years, allowing a lucrative business opportunity for manufacturers like Evelight. Based on these, industry executives estimated Everlight to see revenue by increase 50%-100% in 2013, to over US$689 million. The company’s executives claimed that Everlight is already T...
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2012-12-19

San Francisco to Use Wi-Fi Tech to Control LED Streetlights

Three San Francisco neighborhoods will test energy-saving streetlights and wireless systems controlling in 2013, and ultimately the technology could be used to control all 18,500 city-owned lamps and other devices such as traffic signals and surveillance cameras. Eight companies have been selected under a San Francisco Public Utilities Commission  pilot program, and they will each receive a $15,000 stipend to demonstrate what their wireless streetlight systems can do. The technology will be tested in the Sunset, Presidio Heights and downtown neighborhoods. If all goe...
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2012-11-05

West St. Paul to be Lit up by LED Streetlights

West St. Paul will soon be lit up by LED streetlights. Recently, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) gave Xcel Energy approval to install 529 LED streetlights in the city as a two-year test. The company had told the city it would start installation in 2012. Most Minnesota cities hire Xcel to handle their street lighting. The test will allow the company to gather information on how much they cost to install, how they perform and how long they last, factors that will help Xcel determine how much to charge cities that use them. The citywide test in...
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