V. Semynozhenko: Development of LED production will start up a new economy branch in Ukraine

According to him, introduction of sophisticated illumination systems is of extreme significance for Ukraine. So, annually our country spends 25% of produced electric power for the outdoor lighting. “The project will afford to cut electric power expenses for lighting by 30%, which has to influence considerably growing of the level of energy safety in the country,” Volodymyr Semynozhenko explained.

Besides, the share of national LED lighting technology in the general amount of LED production will grow from 4 – 4.5%(2012) to 40% (2016), while the share of counterfeit products will drop to 10%.

“A new branch is being created in Ukraine presently – LED. So, it is important to react exceedingly fast to the world tendencies, demands and challenges of time, use the new opportunities in terms of LED branch. Ukrainian market has a huge potential for that,” V. Semynozhenko stressed.  

Together with that, he added, transition to LED lighting systems would displace environmentally dangerous mercury-vapour lamps.

V. Semynozhenko emphasized the project of introducing of integrated lighting systems was realized in various regions of Ukraine and in the recent period, owing to high environmental safety, it had been widely used on social objects, such as schools, higher educational institutions, medical institutions.  

According to the chief of the State Agency for Science, Innovation and Informatization, agreements were concluded with local executive authorities and works fulfilled in introducing of LED lighting systems: “Overall there have been signed memorandums with 31 regional and local administrations”.