Solar Powered Traffic Lights South Africa

This was only 0 025 percent of eskom s 40 gigawatt supply a tiny percentage.

Solar powered traffic lights south africa.

Funded by the state owned power utility eskom and implemented by zrw mechanika and saint gobain solar the project uses cis solar modules to power lights at four intersections. Led flood light twin pack 10w or 20w. South africa took another step toward improving its energy efficiency as the first set of traffic lights backed up by solar power was piloted at an intersection in cape town. Region a consist of 136 traffic signals region b.

Each system features 16 panels and each panels. Rest of south africa rsa futurelight co za. The jra has embarked on a programme where traffic lights located on busy main roads are converted to solar and uninterrupted power supply. They drew their power via batteries from solar panels on top of poles.

R 129 00 add to cart. Unit 33 viking business place 29 thor circle thornton 7460. Iol readers have unanimously agreed on how marvellous the solar powered energy efficient traffic lights could be in south africa. The number of traffic signals for the seven 7 coj regions are as follows.

Jra spokesperson conel mackay said they were closely monitoring the performance of the solar traffic lights under south african weather conditions. We also manufacure a range of ac transformers and other electronic equipment according to user specifications. Sa s first solar powered traffic light intersection has been unveiled in cape town and the development could spell the end of traffic chaos caused by power cut stricken robots. The municipality of ethekwini in durban south africa has greenlighted a new project of solar powered traffic lights.

The total power consumption of the estimated 14 000 traffic signals in south africa was 10 08mw using halogen lamps. Based in centurion gauteng south africa we are the proud manufacturers of high output solar street lights flood lights solar led lights for the industry commercial and residencial areas. The project funded by eskom and backed by the national energy efficiency agency has seen the installation of solar powered traffic lights along plantation road in lotus. South africa began a pilot program for solar power traffic lights several years ago.

On 1 october 2007 four pairs of solar robots went live in cape town.