Solar Powered Lighting Introduction

Green House Effect

Due to the increased use of fossil fuels over the past hundred years, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere has significantly increased. This has had the effect of trapping more heat and causing the average global temperature to rise, thus causing "Global Warming".
In 1997 the Kyoto Protocol was agreed by governments to reduce the emission of Greenhouse gases throughout the world.

Environmentally Friendly

The economic and environmental advantages of using solar powered lighting is being widely recognised more and more every day throughout the world, Solar panels save both fossil fuel consumption and help to eliminate pollution.

Once installed, solar lighting has no ongoing running costs being 100% powered by the Sun.

Solar panel's convert the naturally available sun light into electricity during the daylight hours, even on cloudy days. The solar panel charges long-life maintenance free batteries, which store the energy until it is needed to power the lighting source.

Conventional Systems

Conventional mains grid powered lighting systems require considerable initial investment in the electrical supply infrastructure e.g. mains cabling, high voltage transformers and extensive time consuming civil works.

The required generated electrical supply capacity must also be readily available.

In many parts of the world in particular in outlying areas the electrical mains grid supply can be subject to infrequent interruptions that could allow serious safety and security breaches to occur un-detected.

Alternative Solution

Westminster's alternative solution to mains grid powered lighting columns is an environmentally friendly, solar powered, low energy lighting column, offering high light output illumination.

This simply converts the naturally available energy of the sun into an effective energy source, providing lighting from dusk to dawn.

Airports & Seaports Applications

Airports and Seaports are particularly vulnerable from illegal immigrants and terrorists both externally along perimeters and internally from recently arrived passengers.

To enable a reliable level of security to be maintained throughout the hours of darkness all perimeters, airside areas, inner perimeters such as the working ramp area, maintenance facilities, oil storage, aircraft parking areas and VIP aircraft parking together with staff and public car parking areas require an efficient constant level of lighting to be maintained.

Solar lighting is the ideal solution.

Borders & Military Applications

Many countries borders today are particularly vulnerable to infiltration from both illegals and terrorist intrusion.

To enable guarding patrols and CCTV security systems to function efficiently a minimum level of uninterrupted lighting must be available at all times from dusk to dawn.

The majority of borders and military installations are usually located in remote outlying areas where there is no readily available reliable electrical supply, making the installation of mains powered lighting together with its associated mains electricity supply extremely expensive, plus there will be ongoing electricity running costs.

Solar lighting is the ideal solution.

Industrial & Commercial Applications

Many industrial installations such as oil refineries, pumping stations, desalination plants and electrical generating facilities are located in remote outlying rural areas; with the possible exception of the electrical generating plant there will no readily available reliable electrical supply for security lighting.

The installation of mains powered lighting together with its associated mains electricity supply is extremely expensive and there will be no ongoing electricity running costs.

Solar lighting is the ideal solution.

Urban Applications

Solar lighting is especially suitable for use in towns and rural villages where there is no readily available electrical supply for street lighting, car park lighting, leisure centres and municipal parks lighting.

Solar lighting has considerable value as a deterrent to thieves and vandals. With a reasonable level of reliable lighting installed, crime can be significantly reduced.

Governments and local authorities can use solar lighting to convert existing mains powered systems, contributing to reducing the overall Green House Effect.

With solar lighting there are no disruptive civil works or ongoing electricity costs.

Solar lighting is the ideal solution.