{"id":28765,"date":"2014-10-22T15:10:09","date_gmt":"2014-10-22T06:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.dailynk.com\/en\/?p=28765"},"modified":"2020-01-17T09:27:13","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T00:27:13","slug":"state-calls-for-led-bulb-exchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/state-calls-for-led-bulb-exchange\/","title":{"rendered":"State Calls for LED Bulb Exchange"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">In an effort to combat the country<\/span>\u2019<span lang=\"EN-US\">s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/read.php?num=12436&amp;cataId=nk01500\"><font color=\"#0000ff\">chronic power shortages<\/font><\/a><font color=\"#0000ff\">, <\/font>North Korea is said to be encouraging<br \/>\nhomes to switch over to more efficient Light Emitting Diode [LED] bulbs.<br \/>\nHowever, in order to make the transition to domestically-manufactured LED bulbs from incandescent lights,<br \/>\neach family needs to pay 10,000 KPW per bulb at a state-operated store. Most<br \/>\nhomes in North Korea have three rooms and an equal number of light fixtures,<br \/>\nmaking the cost of such a transition unfathomable for the majority of<br \/>\nresidents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Light Emitting Diode [LED] and Compact<br \/>\nFluorescent Light [CFL] bulbs have both revolutionized energy-efficient<br \/>\nlighting. CFLs, essentially miniature versions of full-sized fluorescents,<br \/>\nscrew into standard lamp sockets and emit a light similar to common<br \/>\nincandescent bulbs, but are four times efficient and last up to 10 times<br \/>\nlonger. LEDs, on the other hand, last up to 10 times as long as CFLs, and significantly longer than typical incandescents. They are the most<br \/>\ndurable, cost-effective option for lighting in existence today, but come at significantly higher prices than regular light bulbs.&nbsp;<\/span>Notably, unlike in most parts of the world,<br \/>\nCFLs are more expensive than LEDs in North Korea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201c<span lang=\"EN-US\">Since July, there has been a<br \/>\nstate-organized project to eradicate incandescent bulbs and use LED lights<br \/>\ninstead,<\/span>\u201d<span lang=\"EN-US\"> a source based in North Pyongan Province<br \/>\nreported to Daily NK on Tuesday. She added that roughly half of the households<br \/>\nin the North seem to have made the transition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">She explained that these orders have been handed down from the Party, but many are unable to complete the exchange because of the expensive price.<span lang=\"EN-US\">&nbsp;<\/span>\u201c<span lang=\"EN-US\">10,000 KPW [buys roughly 2kg of rice] is the price for home LEDs,<br \/>\nand the state-run stores have adjusted their prices so they reflect market<br \/>\nfigures,&#8221; she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">An LED bulb sells for 8 RMB [10,000 KPW] at the market in North<br \/>\nPyongan Province, while a regular light bulb goes for 3,000 KPW, and a CFL for 15,000 KPW. A 10w LED is said to provide a<br \/>\nsimilar amount of light as the 40w or 60w light bulbs that North Koreans<br \/>\ntypically employ.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">In the same region, 1kg of rice goes for<br \/>\nroughly &nbsp;5,000 KPW, and 1 kg of corn sells for approximately 1,800 KPW. Given<br \/>\nthe amount of food necessary to feed a four-member family [500g for 1 person], one bulb for the exchange would cost many of the residents who scrape by on a daily<br \/>\nbasis the money they would need for a day<\/span>\u2019<span lang=\"EN-US\">s meal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The source explained that much promotion<br \/>\nfor the eco-friendly bulbs has been ongoing during&nbsp;<i>inminban<\/i> [people<\/span>\u2019<span lang=\"EN-US\">s unit] meetings in every area of the province. People have been<br \/>\ntold, <\/span>\u201c<span lang=\"EN-US\">If all households switch over to LEDs, we can<br \/>\nsave 34 percent in power consumption, and it would generate immense amounts of<br \/>\nelectricity tantamount to building several new giant power plants.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Despite the avid promotion, as the rate of<br \/>\nreplacements continues to decline, additional inspections on the project are being<br \/>\ncarried out. <\/span>\u201c<span lang=\"EN-US\">The transfer to LEDs is not something you<br \/>\ndo if you please. It<\/span>\u2019<span lang=\"EN-US\">s an important issue that can help<br \/>\nsolve the country<\/span>\u2019<span lang=\"EN-US\">s power problems,<\/span>\u201d<span lang=\"EN-US\"> officials have repeatedly emphasized. They<br \/>\ncontinue to try to galvanize the project by notifying people to <\/span>\u201c<span lang=\"EN-US\">without question change their incandescent lights to LEDs.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">However, with <i>inminban<\/i> heads telling people<br \/>\nthe project is a mandatory policy ordered by the Party, some have responded<br \/>\nwith the question, <\/span>\u201c<span lang=\"EN-US\">Why are state-provided LED lighting prices<br \/>\nso high?<\/span>\u201d<span lang=\"EN-US\">&nbsp;The high asking price is seen as an attempt by the state to<br \/>\nrake back the initial costs of development and production by forcing people to buy them at market prices, the source explained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">A different source in North Hamgyung<br \/>\nProvince reported similar findings, <\/span>\u201c<span lang=\"EN-US\">We weren<\/span>\u2019<span lang=\"EN-US\">t getting power, and the LEDs are so expensive, so people aren<\/span>\u2019<span lang=\"EN-US\">t showing a lot of interest,<\/span>\u201d<span lang=\"EN-US\"> adding, <\/span>\u201c<span lang=\"EN-US\">the project was in progress, but then it came to a halt.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Meanwhile, in its May 9th edition of the<br \/>\n<i>Rodong Sinmun<\/i>, the Party<\/span>\u2019<span lang=\"EN-US\">s mouthpiece daily, the North<br \/>\nintroduced the LED as an award-winning entry at the Science and<br \/>\nTechnology Festival, noting its 1w, 5w, 10w, and 200w bulb varieties and its many manufacturing locations, including the Samcholli Lighting Appliances Factory.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an effort to combat the country\u2019s chronic power shortages, North Korea is said to be encouraging homes to switch over to more efficient Light Emitting Diode [LED] bulbs. 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