Philips wins DOE’s $10 million L Prize for 60W incandescent killer

Put your pig-tail light bulb aversions aside, because Philips has just won the DOE’s $10 million L Prize Competition for the creation of a decidedly non-curlicue 60W equivalent LED lighting solution. The corporate was named the 1st winner within the 60W replacement bulb category at a Washington DC event, yesterday. It’s taken three years find a winner that can meet the high standards set forth by the DOE, specifically “ensuring that performance, quality, lifetime, cost, and availability meet expectations for widespread adoption and mass manufacturing.” Requirements further stipulated that the 60W incandescent killer use below 10 watts of power, and supply energy savings of 83 percent. If Americans replaced all in their 60W incandescents with Philips’ little winner, the DOE estimates savings of $3.9 billion in one year. The bulb is anticipated to hit shelves once early 2012. Full PR after the break.

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