Streetlight savings in Vietnam
In Vietnam, authorities are working on a draft law on improving and streamlining energy use. Currently, the country wastes an estimated US$ 1 million worth of energy every day due to inefficient energy usage.
Putting this money towards solutions in the LV grid such as substation monitoring and intelligent streetlight control would be a simple and fast way of installing energy saving solutions that pay for themselves relatively fast.
In Ho Chi Minh City, energy saving measures within streetlight have had a significant impact on the city’s CO2 emissions. In the first half of 2009, Ho Chi Minh City has saved approximately 114.8 million kWh of electricity, according to the Director of the municipal Energy Conservation Center (ECC), Huynh Kim Tuoc.
In 2008, the city replaced 131,000 incandescent bulbs with more energy efficient bulbs, saving 220 million kWh.
The city expects to replace the remaining 200,000 incandescent bulbs by the compact bulbs by next year for the local public lighting.