A New Company Begins To Offer Solar Street Lights

Recent years, the solar industry develops fast, and many companies begin to offer manufacture and sell solar street lamps. Recently, A Dubai-based company has offered free installation of solar-powered street lights in the city, Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s MPA Askari Taqi told the Sindh Assembly on Wednesday while participating in the general discussion on budget 2010-11 that continued on the third consecutive day. He advised that the provincial government should also work on utilization of solar energy as an alternate power source along with developing coal, adding that the investment cost of solar energy was reduced globally, and it would be cheaper than coal by 2015.

He said since solar energy is carbon free, and the government could get the technology from USA, and the World Bank could also provide financial assistance in this regard. Emphasizing the need for utilizing seawater for power generation as well, he supported the government’s steps for the development of the coal project; however, he asked to obtain guarantees from the companies that their power plants would not emit carbon. He also expressed his concern over the provincial government’s action and notice against those investors who have yet not utilized the land for wind power plants. He also demanded the government to impose agricultural income tax, saying that small growers could be exempted initially, but it must be recovered. The MPAs belonging to the PPP however strongly opposed the demand, and said it would further destroy growers economically.

As a promising solution to the energy depletion, solar industry still needs a period of development before it could provide great amount of perfect solar product, such as solar street lights, solar water heater etc.