Clinton Climate Initiative: street lighting up to 159 terawatt hours of electricity consumption globally per year

The Clinton Climate Initiative reports that street lighting may account for 159 terawatt hours of electricity use globally every year. A department within the William J. Clinton Foundation, the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) in a recent report highlights LED streetlights and induction streetlights as technologies that could reduce electricity consumption and greenhouse gas emissions significantly when deployed on a wide scale.

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PS: That's 159,000,000 megawatts or 159,000,000,000,000 watts.