How Solar Powered Street Lighting Saves Your City Money?

Solar street lights have been widely used in many countries and cities in the world, bringing light to people. As a new energy street light, they are energy-saving, environmentally friendly, stable, and reliable, and they are the escort for people to travel at night. However, many people will hesitate when purchasing solar LED street lights, because their purchase cost is indeed much higher than that of traditional electric street lights, especially for projects with limited budgets. It is a great challenge. As a solar powered street light manufacturer, we can tell you responsibly that although the initial investment is large, once purchased, solar street lights can save you money in all aspects.

Solar road lights are quick and easy to install, and there is no need to dig trenches and wire them to connect to the power grid. They are independent individuals and have low requirements for the installation location. As long as they can receive sufficient sunlight, whether it is in the city streets, on the beach, or in the fields, solar powered LED street lights can be perfectly adapted. You only need to fix the light poles and solar panels and other accessories at the installation site, and you can put them into use immediately, which can not only save a lot of manpower and material costs but also save time costs.

After solar street lights are put into operation, the operating costs required are almost zero, because they use free clean energy, so there is no need to pay high electricity bills. During the day, solar panels receive and convert sunlight into electricity, store it in batteries, and power LED light sources at night to automatically light up solar powered outdoor street lights, which can completely achieve autonomous operation, saving not only energy costs but also labor costs.

According to existing data, the service life of solar LED street lights is also much higher than that of traditional street lights. The longer the service life, the more energy costs saved by solar powered street lights during the life cycle. Therefore, from the perspective of long-term economic benefits, the operating costs saved by solar street lights are very considerable.

Solar powered LED street lights have a long service life, but the maintenance costs required during the life cycle are not high. This is because solar road lights use high-quality, durable components. For example, the service life of solar panels can reach more than 20 years, the life cycle of lithium batteries can also reach 5-7 years, and the service life of LED light sources can reach more than 50,000 hours. This also means that during the use of solar powered lights, as long as you can do regular inspections and maintenance, the cost of replacing components will not be particularly high.

The energy independence of solar street lights is also very important. Because they are off-grid street lights, they will not be affected by circuit failures and cause sudden power outages and are less affected by emergencies and natural disasters. More importantly, as a separate energy entity, the damage of a single street light will not affect the lighting of the entire street, which is very important for enhancing the city’s emergency response capabilities and can improve residents’ sense of security and provide sufficient light sources for disaster relief.

With the advancement of technology, solar LED street lights have also integrated many intelligent modes, such as segmented control mode and infrared sensing mode. These intelligent modes can set the lighting time and brightness of street lights in segments. For example, the streetlights are set to a higher brightness during periods with large traffic flow. When the traffic flow decreases late at night, the brightness of the streetlights is also lowered; infrared or microwave sensing of people or vehicles approaching can also be used to automatically activate the lamps to provide people with sufficient lighting. When people and vehicles leave, keep the brightness low or even turn it off. No matter which mode is used, energy configuration can be better achieved, energy can be saved, and the use time of solar powered LED street lights can be extended.

Solar road lights can also be connected through the Internet of Things to centrally manage and control multiple street lights, realize remote control of street lights, adjust the brightness and time of street lights in time, meet the personalized needs of different scenes, optimize energy consumption, and extend the service life of solar LED street lights.

As a perfect combination of solar technology and LED light sources, solar powered street lights save you a lot of capital throughout their life cycle from installation to operation to maintenance. With people’s emphasis on sustainable development and global efforts to achieve carbon neutrality goals, using renewable energy to light up the streets at night has become the choice of more authorities and governments. To this end, they have also provided a large number of incentive policies, such as tax breaks, which have also provided more communities and enterprises with greater convenience in choosing solar powered outdoor street lights and have made a positive contribution to the promotion of solar street lights.