Philips help African to Develop Solar Lighting
AMSTERDAM – Philips supports the Dutch Government intends to create the next generation of solar powered lighting solutions for a sustainable sub-Saharan Africa.
Under the agreement, the Dutch Government to provide funds to support solar power lighting solution that is sustainable, business training and support mechanisms and financial management of the project itself. Philips to participate in giving a balanced investment for product development for Africans and households have limited access to modern energy services.
The agreement aims to provide energy solutions for 10 million people in 14 countries in sub-Saharan Africa for the provision of affordable energy, where appropriate, and continues until 2015. energy solutions will lead to solutions for LED lighting.
“Lights in the rural market in developing countries, for people with low incomes, are not known or developed. Dasar Therefore, for governments and international organizations such as NGOs, the World Bank, and several companies to work together in a network to create a new business model appropriate, “said President and CEO of Philips, Gerard Kleisterlee, last week.
Approximately 500 million people live without electricity in Africa. For them, the night means to live in darkness or simply being alive in the light that shines a light of candle lamp or kerosene. However, oil prices have risen dramatically in recent years, causing only some of the peoples of Africa can afford to buy kerosene to fuel their light the oil lamp. Therefore, when the sun goes down, stops activities of the lives of hundreds of millions of Africans. Children can not do their homework, adults can not continue its work and all economic activity was also left. Of course, the quality of life is also affected. In this case, energy solutions through solar energy will give you much change in the lives of African society.
Some solutions are available in the lighting system’s next-generation solar energy. Philips has just tested the new lights solar ‘Uday, high quality lamp with a lighting system that produces a brilliant white light. Charging per day memnghasilkan 250 lumens (the equivalent of 250 candles lighting), which can last from 4-5 hours.
The benefits of solar lighting solutions are cost effective, reduce the risk of fires caused by petromaks lamp, leaving no residue, carbon and sustainable use of natural products, sun or work to move the electricity. Also, if Africans can do things in sight, they can win economically and socially. While other products and services may involve torches, stoves and water purification equipment that can be easily damaged.
Philips mission is to improve the quality of life of the community and are committed to the creation of energy efficiency lighting, high-quality affordable for the area most in need. Philips is also involved in a joint initiative of the World Bank Group to provide modern lighting to the 250 million people in sub-Saharan Africa who lack access to electricity. Initiated by the World Bank and IFC, Lighting Africa aims to establish market conditions to provide and distribute lighting products of vegetable oil (non-fossil), such as energy-saving lamps and lamp output diodes in rural and urban areas that have no electrical connections.