UK lighting company scoops energy efficiency prize
Released 14 August 2008
A UK lighting innovations company has won joint first prize in the Lighting Africa competition, it has been reported.
G24 Innovations were joint winners along with Dutch lighting company Lemnis in the competition, which aimed to find a sustainable and affordable light source for Africa, Radio Netherlands online reports.
The two companies designed a prototype of an energy efficient LED lamp with a solar panel.
In a difference to traditional ones, the solar panel is green and is flexible, and works in a similar way to photosynthesis in plants.
Ruud Koornstra, director of Lemnis, said: "The panel's advantage is that this makes it unbreakable so it can, for example, be folded around a post or moulded to a corrugated roof."
The G24i panel produces slightly less energy than a normal solar panel, but the LED lamp can light a room of 40 square metres with one watt of energy, according to Radio Netherlands online.
Energy produced by the panel during the day can be stored in a battery which can provide enough energy for a whole night.
Main sources of light and energy currently used in the continent include kerosene lamps and diesel powered generators.
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