the Industrial Technology Research Institute

To sezie the opportunity in China, the alliance has established a company called Fujian Coastal E-Lighting Technology Co. in cooperation with Chinese partners, Chien said.

Tong said the company will be responsible for taking orders in China and forwarding them to the alliance, in an effort to avoid fire-sale schemes that will cause prices to slide.

Tong also serves as the chief of the Green Energy and Environment Research Laboratories under the Industrial Technology Research Institute.

The contract will see more than 4,500 bulbs replaced with LED lamps by Birse Civils. In addition, the firm will also replace approximately 800 full street lighting units and a control management system which will allow the operating times and lighting levels to be controlled remotely.

Only residential and link roads will be included in the upgrade programme and streets will be identified using criteria including the technology already in place, potential energy savings and the condition of current lighting.

Councillor Peter Hiller, the city council’s Cabinet Member for Housing, Neighbourhoods and Planning, said: “We have already replaced 1,200 street lamps with the new energy efficient bulbs so I am delighted that we are now in a position to replace at least a further 4,600.”