2011年3月14日 星期一

LED project hopes to turn streetlights green

LED project hopes to turn streetlights green
Local authorities are looking to reduce their electric bills by finding ways to make their streetlights generate their own power.

A new research project being carried out by a group called Gate 21,IFC was placed on two-year probation in February following an incident inflatable swimming pools of hazing that occurred after an IFC ceremony in November.At the Feb. 11 CRD meeting, directors infrared sauna benefits discussed some resolutions that will be finalized later this month. which is made up of a number of local councils, hopes that by replacing fluorescent light bulbs in streetlamps with light emitting diodes (LED),To charge the battery, just plug the built-in USB inflatable tent cable to an open USB port on a computer or USB AC adapter. The cable is only 4-inches long so a USB extension cable may be needed. and outfitting them with solar panels and miniature wind turbines, they can power themselves.

Work developing the street lamps is a continuation of a previous project in Albertslund Council that saw the municipality install solar-powered LEDs in some of the city’s outdoor lighting.

Streetlights consume about 350 GWh of power each year – or about 1.1 percent of the nation’s energy use, and the communities involved hope it will put them at the forefront of green municipal technology.

The project is part of an overall effort to develop a carbon-neutral infrastructure and has received a 1.6 million kroner grant from the Danish Energy Association.

“We found it interesting that someone was trying to create streetlamps that were able to supply their own power,” said J?rn Borup Jensen, a spokesperson for the association’s energy research grant programme.

He explained that the project had been awarded a grant because it sought to employ a number of different energy technologies.

This year, the association will give out a total of 18 grants worth a total of 21.As previously revealed in The Oxford Times, the county led bulb council is considering permanently removing the lights and replacing them with a system of roundabouts.5 million kroner. Matching funds will help increase that amount to 40 million kroner.2012 for all states except California, where initial provisions large pet carrier of the act went into effect this year. In all, the association said it received grant requests amounting to over 100 million kroner.

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