Energy Efficiency Services (EESL), an energy service company of the Union government, has decided to implement one more LED lighting programme for rural households of Andhra Pradesh. The state earlier installed 29.3 lakh LED streetlights.
The LED streetlighting programme is estimated to save 133 MU electricity per annum in urban areas and around 260 MU in rural areas. This will reduce CO2 emissions to the tune of about 0.33 million tonne.
EESL has identified several major states like Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Bihar, Rajasthan, Kerala, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh for their best performance on the energy efficiency front.
Till date, EESL has installed over 1.14 crore LED streetlights in urban local bodies and gram panchayats across India. This has resulted in an estimated energy savings of 7.72 billion kWh per year and avoided peak demand of 1,286 MW.
Under the streetlighting national programme, 1,576 urban local bodies have been enrolled. Out of these ULBs, work has been completed in 1,060 ULBs in the country.