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The price for lighting in the UK

The price per million lumen-hours in British Pound. 1 lumen hour is equal to the luminous energy emitted in 1 hour by a light source emitting a luminous flux of 1 lumen.
For comparison: a standard 100W incandescent light bulb emits ±1700 lumen.

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Source: Fouquet and Pearson (2012)

Note: The price is adjusted for inflation and expressed in prices for the year 2000. Shown is a 5-year moving average.