Kilimanjaro lies within the 292-square-mile (756 square kilometers) Kilimanjaro National Park. Kilimanjaro rises from its base approximately 16,732 feet (5,100 meters) from the plains near the Tanzanian municipality of Moshi, making it the tallest free-standing mountain in the world.
The LED lamp market is projected to grow by more than twelve-fold over the next decade, from $2 billion in the beginning of 2014 to $25 billion in 2023, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25%. As of 2016, LEDs use only about 10% of the energy an incandescent lamp requires.
An LED forecast for 2013 to 2019 predicted that the LED lighting market will grow 45 percent per year through 2019 -- a trend that has U.S. light bulb manufacturers considering ways to make more LEDs at home. Many LEDs are manufactured in China, but there is a significant presence of LED manufacturing in the U.S., Rey-Barreau said.