The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) recently installed a stand-alone solar-powered street light, which could pave the way for reducing the annual cost of street lighting powered by electricity from the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL).
GEA engineers in collaboration with the Guyana Power and Light installed the first lamps at the corner of Thomas and Quamina streets in front of the Amerindian Affairs Ministry, the agency said in a recent statement.
The light consists of a 140W solar panel, 40W LED lamp, 105Ah battery, charge controller, timer, enclosure and mounts, it said. The unit costs $278,300 and it is estimated that these costs can be further reduced to about $200,000 based on optimisation of the design and lessons learned. The estimated simple payback for the
