Solar Street Light

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Solution Overview & Benefits

The device is well suites for lighting up streets , court yards, garden, parks, compounds, boundary walls, car parks etc. In an eco-friendly and cost effective manner. Due to off grid nature of solar street light incur minimal operational costs. Such lights are wireless in nature and are independent of the utility company. Due to the absence of external wires , these lights do not lose any threat of accident like electrocution or overheating, infact solar lights illuminate the streets throughout the night irrespective of power cuts and grid failures. Solar Street light are a delight for environmentalist around the world as it can provide significant lowering of carbon footprint of individuals, homes and businesses. In other words solar powered lights are a perfect green lighting solution. Solar Street lights are a better investment than conventional street lights. solar power is getting increasingly popularity as a dependable source for street lighting all over the world. Some of the benefits associated with solar street light include reduced dependenc on convservation of energy and less reliance on the national grid. Solar LED street lights lights rely on the photovoltaic effect which allows the solar cell to convert sunlight into usable electricity. This is done when negatively charged electrons push solar energy into positively charged space in the cells. This process allows the solar energy to transform into the electrons becoming direct current electricity similar to how electricity based gadgets works, wires from the solar cell are then connected to the battery in order to transfer the fresh direct current electricity from sunlight. At night the LED light starts automatically and it consumes the electricity already stored in the battery gets recharged and the process keep on repeating everyday.

History & Development

Nigeria has been facing serious energy challenge recently because fossil fuel energy sources such as kerosene and petrol are available but are costly forcing most families to the use of fire wood which is contributing to deforestation. Also some families are using candle and kerosene etc due to recent power failure in Nigeria. There is need for renewable energy technology devices. Lighting is very important for daily life is with advantage ranging from visibility to security purposes. Approximately 50 percentage of all motor - vehicle fatalities occur during night driving using solar energy to power street lights will greatly reduce such occurrence. It will bring immense benefits to the country and economy and economy as a whole. This solar street light consist of a PV panel, storage system, LED lamp and the Controller which can manage the power direction and system Operation. Using LED in lighting applications has many advantages compared to other lamps. It is very effeicient ( very high efficiency lighting source) lamp and cost effective. The life time is very long compare to other lamps. In addition to it needs low dc voltage Sources to be operated. The storage system will be charged during the day time using the available sunlight. On the other hand , during the night time the controller will signal to the system to connect the LED lamp to be ready for use.

Availability

Publicly available: No
Countries where available: Nigeria S
Price range: Contact supplier for quote
Offered or can be licensed for local manufacture: No

Specifications

Weight: 0.4kg

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