EESL Aims to Install 1.6 crore Smart LED Streetlights in India by 2024

Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a JV under the Ministry of Power, plans to install 1.6 crore of smart LED streetlights across the nation by 2024.

EESL’s Streetlight National Programme (SLNP) was primarily launched in municipalities/ Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) of the country with an objective to replace conventional street lights with LED lights. Since the first project in 2014 in Vizag (Andhra Pradesh), EESL has so far installed 1.2 crore LED streetlights in India, resulting in around 7.8 BU of annual electricity saving and annual reduction of 5.3 million tCO2, says the company.

Aiming to further advance its technology, EESL recently organised a stakeholder workshop to fine-tune the existing technical specifications of LED streetlights to make them future ready with individual light control.

“SLNP has been a catalyst of a large-scale socio-economic and ecological transformation. It has not only reduced emissions and enabled sustainable development, but has also transformed public lighting systems, across the country,” Mr. Arun Kumar Mishra, Chief Executive Officer, EESL, said on the occasion.

“However, much still needs to be done, and I firmly believe that SLNP will revamp illumination and energy efficiency even more in the coming years. This workshop is aimed at reinventing this transformation, as we look to integrate innovative technologies into our streetlights,” he said, further adding, “Globally, lighting gives humankind the opportunity to maximize their day, irrespective of time and weather.”

“At COP26, we showed that India’s energy intensity has reduced by 40%. EESL is now going to aggressively widen this programme by integrating best possible technical specifications. Herein, efficiency enhancement shall further avoid the capacity addition for power generation. We have a target of installing 1.6 crore streetlights in the next three years. This is an ambitious timeline and we are going to work towards achieving this through the learnings of the past and the challenges we mitigated,” said Mr. S. P. Garnaik, Business Head (Lighting), EESL.