Thailand popularizes LED energy-saving lamps

In order to improve the power guarantee capability, save electricity, and strengthen environmental protection, Thailand will be effective in both increasing power generation capacity and promoting the popularization of LED energy-saving lamps. According to Sutar, the director of the National Electricity Authority in Thailand, 70% of the national energy supply development plans use natural gas to generate electricity. In order to avoid the depletion of natural gas resources and cause the country's power supply to become passive, it is necessary to increase the proportion of coal power generation.

To this end, the State Power Bureau has formulated a five-year development plan for power plants and power supply systems from 2013 to 2017, with a total budget of 300 billion baht, of which 60% is investment in power plants and the other 40% is investment in power systems. Four of the four thermal power plants and two units of a hydropower plant will significantly reduce coal consumption and costs and increase power generation after transformation and expansion.

At the same time, the Thai Electricity Authority decided after repeated trials that this year and next year will expand the scope of LED energy-saving lamps in the country, and strive to promote the use of LED energy-saving lamps in the country as soon as possible.