Solar Lighting: Making Steps Off-Grid towards a Sustainable Future
Applications for Off-Grid Solar Lighting
Off-grid solar lighting has emerged as a reliable means of providing effective, creative and sustainable lighting solutions for a variety of applications.
National, state or municipal parks are applications where solar lighting systems have many advantages over traditional lighting systems. Parks typically have trails, facilities, parking areas and roads that require low-level lighting without an extensive electrical infrastructure in place to support this need. In these cases, solar lighting is an appropriate solution and also contributes to the preservation of the environments being lighted. Beach and marina applications often benefit from the less invasive installation process of solar lighting which provides a cost effective option with minimal impact to the site. Test labs for government agencies, backcountry weather observatories and military training facilities that require exterior lighting are usually located in remote areas where extending utility power is not an option. Many third world countries have unreliable power or no power at all. After natural disasters the ability to provide immediate exterior lighting can be extremely beneficial allowing continued recovery efforts and added security. The ease, reliability and independence of solar power make lighting these types of facilities and locations possible.
Providing environmentally friendly lighting that utilizes renewable energy is undoubtedly a beneficial scenario for both planet and people. As technology evolves and hybrid systems utilizing wind power, solar power, axis tracking and LEDs become available, the future for renewable energy lighting systems is brighter than ever.
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