Prince Osuagwu
27 October 2009
As the world goes green technology, Nigeria's Omatek Engineering Services Limited, an arm of Omatek Ventures Plc, says its is joining the crusade in a big way, with a recent introduction of a new alternative power solution using Solar and LED technology.
Announcing the new development, Group Managing Director of Omatek Ventures Plc, Mrs. Florence Seriki, said the Solution combines the benefits of the solar system and those of the LED technology to proffer solutions capable of reducing energy consumption while saving a lot of costs.
Seriki said that with the 24 hour solar hybrid solution, the Solar panel generates power for domestic and industrial use as the solar output passes through a solar charge controller which powers the load directly during the day while also charging a bank of deep cell lead-acid batteries back-up system for use at night .
According to Seriki, Omatek is also changing the face of household and office lighting with the LED bulbs which generates less heat and can last 6-10 times longer than incandescent bulbs with an approximately 7-10 year life span and consumes 80-90% less energy than incandescent bulbs.
With the LED technology, a typical 60 watts bulb will be converted to 3.8 watts. Similarly, a typical 42watts 4ft fluorescent bulb will be reduced to 15-17 watts while this is the same for a 2ft 42 watts fluorescent bulb . LED bulbs are also eco-friendly as they generate less carbon emissions (co2) thus contributing towards the global warming solution. The output of led Bulb is directional, ensuring uniform illumination and brightness and they come in a variety of forms and shapes.
She also noted that while the solar system can bring about significant benefits, it is imperative that those appliances and equipment it is expected to carry must be the energy efficient type for cost effective and better runtime.
For her, the new introduction, can result in significant operational and maintenance cost savings for homes, schools, offices, street lighting implementation, rural electrification .
The technology guiding the use of solar energy has progressed significantly to enable projects to be feasible. The situation now is that powering of home appliances, office equipment and even Telecom operators' base stations by solar energy can now be simply and rapidly installed, giving the potential of many years of trustworthy use, with minimum maintenance required.The LED/Solar Power hybrid is a lasting solution to street lighting as it reduces energy consumption drastically .
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