SOLAR POWER LED STREET LIGHTS: THE NEW LIGHTING STANDARD

With increasing awareness about the unpredictable weather conditions and deteriorating environment, people are switching to LED street lights in India. Usually street lights are made up of highly inefficient HID lamps which consume a lot of electricity and costs up to millions every year. It is true that street lights at night ensure safety but why do we have to spend millions every year on the traditional lighting standard? With the recent advancements in the lighting industry, HID street lights have been replaced with efficient LED lights.

With the increasing popularity of solar power, people are now relying on it as a dependable source for street lighting. With recent technological innovations, solar street lights have come up with a lot of benefits. This method of lighting up the open spaces and roads has emerged as cost effective and environment friendly. In countries where there is abundance of sunlight, these solar lights are being widely acknowledged for their energy conservation factor.

Characteristics

There are a lot of characteristics that make the solar LED lights well-suited for commercial and domestic lighting applications. They help in reducing the dependence on conventional energy and help in the conservation of energy by relying less on the national grid. They are long-lasting, good-looking and are maintenance-free, which is being widely acknowledged. The solar street lights have embedded solar panels, which gives it a longer life along with low insect attraction rate and low glare. Apart from this, these lights are weather-proof as well as water-proof.

The solar panel embedded converts the solar power into electric energy, which is later stored in an inbuilt battery. In this, the main innovation is the battery management system which helps in facilitating the presence of night and motion sensors. Till the PIR sensors are activated by the human movement or till dawn, the intensity of the light is reduced. The light automatically turns into full brightness when people are within a certain radius away from the light. This unique and smart feature makes the device a perfect combination of renewable energy and energy efficiency.

Benefits

Solar street lights come with a lot of benefits, some of which are stated below:

1. Due to its off-grid nature, solar street lights help in incurring minimal operational costs. This doesn’t pinch on the pocket and reduces cost related issues of people. They are a better investment as compared to conventional street lights.

2. As these lights are wireless in nature, they are independent of the utility company. Comparing them with the conventional street lights, they require zero maintenance. And as they don’t comprise of any external wires, they do not pose any threat of accidents like electrocution, strangulation and overheating.

3. Solar lights help in illuminating the streets throughout the night irrespective of any any power cuts or grid failures.

4. They are delighted by environmentalists around the globe for their impact on a significant fall of carbon footprint of individuals, business and homes. In other words, they are a perfect solution for green lighting.  

Solar street lights are the new lighting standard that people are adopting, as a step towards protecting the environment. Coming with a lot of advantages, it is the next big step to protect and preserve mother earth. Its characteristics and features make it unique, smart and more popular in the current generation.

HPL Electric & Power Limited is India’s leading electric equipment manufacturer with a formidable presence across five key verticals: Metering Solutions, Modular Switches, Switchgears, LED Lighting and Wires & Cables. Our backward (backend) integrated facilities have the capabilities of product design and development, component designing, tool manufacturing and commercial production. HPL is a well-established brand with a proven track record of over four decades in Indian electrical industry. Our products are certified to conform to Indian and International standards such as ISI, CE and KEMA and we are proud to cater India’s emerging electrical requirements. We had the largest market share in electronic energy meters in India in fiscal 2015, with one of the widest portfolios of meter.