solar street light
Akshar Enterprise a leading manufacturer of lighting fixtures ,packaging machineries and teflon products in India, has launched solar street lighting system with LED (Light Emitting Diode) luminaire.
According to a press release, the product has been developed in the backdrop of rising concerns on the ill effects of carbon emission in the electricity generation using conventional fuel and avoidance of mercury in the manufacture of electric lamps.
The Solar Street Lighting System consists of a solar panel with photo voltaic (PV) cells that converts the solar energy into electrical energy. The resulting electrical energy is stored in a battery through a solar charge controller. LED lighting fixture operates directly from the DC battery.
The company puts the life of the solar panel as twenty years with the wattage rating of the panel and the battery capacity depending on factors such as street light wattage required, number of hours it is to burn and the autonomy (reserve days) for which energy has to be stored as a back-up. The lifespan of the LED source is nearly 50,000 burning hours as against around 5.000 to 10,000 hours of conventional sources such as metal halide/high pressure lamps and seven times that of GLS (general lighting service) lamps. The complete solar lighting system costs from around Rs.20,000 (with 3-watt LED) and goes up to Rs.2 lakh (with 80-watt LED).
