LED lighting penetration rate in Japan is about 2% of government financial support for the development of new technology

Japanese lighting equipment industry will introduce the Japanese lighting equipment currently in use is about more than 900 million units, including LED lighting, about 20 million units, according to the ratio calculations, only about 2% of the penetration of the Japanese LED.

Japan as early as 10 years ago to begin production and marketing of LED lighting fixtures, why penetration is still low? The main reason is the quality of the LED lighting has not yet reached the ideal state. This year's high-end LED lighting, energy-saving performance is only just comparable with the fluorescent, but most of the LED energy saving performance is still inferior to the fluorescent lamp. LED lighting life span than fluorescent many, but the price is 2-3 times that of fluorescent lamps, there is no cost advantage. The administration is still to promote LED lighting is much room for improvement in the future.

According to reports, the Japanese Ministry of Economy from 2009 to the next generation of lighting technology as one of the project to enhance industrial competitiveness, and grants to relevant research institutions to support the development of new LED lighting technology, the 2012 fiscal year of the project The budget of 1.67 billion yen. In addition, the Japanese government to provide consumers with grants to encourage residents to use LED lighting products.