Doing its bit to help mitigate climate change, India, in the last five years has installed over 1.03 crore smart environment-friendly light emitting diode (LED) streetlights till date, enabling an estimated energy savings of 6.97 billion kWh anually and an estimated greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction of 4.80 million tCO2 annually.
Similarly, over 36.13 crore LED bulbs have been distributed across the country, resulting in estimated energy savings of 46.92 billion kWh per year, avoided peak demand of 9,394 MW, and an estimated GHG emission reduction of 38 million tCO2 annually, said a statement here on Sunday from the Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a joint venture of PSUs under the Union Power Ministry.
