Sunday, January 29, 2012

Green energy system at Yala

by M.Nelson PIYARATNE -Kataragama Group


Sri Lanka's first green energy system was declared open by the Wild Life Conservation and Agricultural Minister S.N. Chandrasena on Wednesday (25) at Buthawa Wild Life bungalow in Yala National Park.

This solar system was introduced to Sri Lanka by James Consulting (PVT) Ltd, NiceLux (PVT) with the partnership of Nawoo L.D.D. Incorporated in Korea.

This ultra modern solar power system is the only one of its kind in Sri Lanka and its special feature is that this solar panel needs only half an hour sunlight to get the batteries fully charged and the power lasts for four days.

In addition to supplying solar power to illuminate the bungalow the company has installed two street lamps with separate solar panels which change its direction according to the movement of the Sun.

So that regular solar power is absorbed to the panels without interruption.

The other special feature is that these street lamps react to the heat of the body and the movement of the objects so that automatically lamps give a brighter light if a vehicle or a wild elephant came within the ten metre radius of the lamps.

These street lamps are automatically switched on at the dusk and switches off at the dawn saving energy and money.These solar panels of the street lamps automatically come to a vertical position in the night allowing all the dust got collected in the day time to be cleaned up by the overnight falling of dew drops in the night. Minister Chandrasena said that he was thankful to Korean companies for installing this invaluable system in his tenure as the minister of Wild Life.

Managing Director of the Korean CompanyDavid Kim said that he was happy to install this system in Sri Lanka under the invitation of minister Chandrasena and they would like to co- work with Sri Lankan government to introduce this independent electrical system to isolated places of Sri Lanka where wired electricity system is expensive.

http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2012/01/29/new30.asp

1 comment:

  1. This is a very good example for Sri Lanka to follow in all Schools and Government offices to start with. This will soon be copied by the Commercial sector and the Domestic consumers who consume more than 180kWh/month. With the recent 40% FAC some house owners have to pay some thing like Rs 50/kWh. Going Green will reduce the Carbon foot print as well. Must import the lower cost Thinfilm type Solar PV which costs less than $1/Watt in the Asian markets but with best of the certifications. New business people should get these down to decrees the present price of Solar PV in Sri Lanka which is now at around Rs 300/Watt it can be brought down to below Rs 120/Watt -- http://pvinsights.com/RetailerPrice.php --

    Solar PV Module Weekly Spot Price
    Item High Low
    Silicon PV Module Price Per Watt 1.40 0.75
    ThinFilm PV Module Price Per Watt 1.15 0.65
    Unit: US$ Last Update: 2012-03-07
    From -- http://pvinsights.com/

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