There was a press release in the past week or so about the Savwatt 60 Watt Eco-Pole Street Light and Parking Lot Lights and now EarthTechling has written an article about it.
We’ve covered some stories over the past year or so dealing with solar streetlamps, but this is the first we’ve seen that incorporates wind as well. The SavWatt 60 Watt Eco-PoleLED Street Light and Parking Lot Light is powered by a combo of wind turbine and solar panels. According to a recent release, the SavWatt Eco-Pole can replace a traditional 250 watt metal halide light and requires no grid hook-ups, saving 100% of the energy costs, maintenance and pollution associated with the energy used to power a traditional light.
SavWatt isn’t providing much information on why, exactly, they chose to integrate wind power into the Eco-Pole (presumably, to provide off-grid power during inclement weather, when the sun isn’t shining), but the LED-focused company does mention that demand for these types of units has been high–and that there’s a patent-pending on the technology they used to produce these streetlamps
Hopefully we will continue to see advances in this type of technology and the implementation of these types of lights in our neighborhoods, business and on our streets.
Will be interested to learn more about the wind turbine aspect of this type of solar powered street light.
You can read more about solar powered lights at my blog.
Thanks for reading,
Jill Olsen
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