COST ADVANTAGES: TRADITIONAL STREET LAMPS VS SOLAR STREET LAMPS 

When we think about solar solar street lights, what comes first to our mind; Eco-friendly? Green? Clean energy? Sustainable?

It's an undeniable fact; in an era of energy scarcity, solar energy is or will become a necessary highly hot demanded commodity of the future. In the city planning process, it is important to consider the efficient use of energy, which is why more and more countries around the world are starting to launch outdoor solar lighting projects.

Solar streetlighting systems have a great advantage over traditional streetlights. However, while city planners choose streetlights, their main focus is on the short-term cost, which is the reason that prevents them from choosing solar street lights. Many people assume that the cost of solar street lights is higher than that of ordinary products. But is that really the case? Let's dive in and compare the cost-advantages of regular streetlights and solar streetlights.

Procurement Cost

In general, while procuring something we look at the price first. From this perspective, solar street lights have no chance or advantages over traditional lights since the price can be twice or even thrice. Due to the use of higher tech and special materials, the increase in price of solar street lamps is much understanble and they are most cost effective in the long term. However, the purchasing price alone should not be the only means by which we measure the cost-advantage of solar street lights but should also consider other cost incurred during & after the purchasing process.

Installation Cost

Having traditional street lights installed is not only difficult but cost a lot, especially in zones lacking suffient electrical infrastructure or remote rural areas. The reason why is that, traditional street lights are on-grid and require cabling, trenching in order to connect to grid lines while solar street lights require none of these since they are off-grid and this makes them more convenient to install and maintain.

Operating Cost

One of the biggest and main differences between traditional streetlights and solar streetlights is the source of ENERGY. Traditional streetlights are powered by electricity, which is costly & limited whereas, solar streetlights are autonomous, powered by solar energy, sustainable and free. City streetlighting projects generally require a great number of lights and the increase in electricity consumption adds up so fast when using trational streetlights, hence, the operating cost of using solar powered street lights is greatly advantageous especially in the long run.

Maintenance Cost

The cost of maintaining streetlights is a vital factor to consider when planning the construction of streetlights in any city or area. Traditional street lamps utilise a sodium bulbs that have a service life less or equal to 50000 hours. Moreover, traditional light bulbs and some other electric wires need frequent maintainance due to issues caused by thonderstorm or lightning and other extreme harsh weather factors. On the other hand, solar powered streetlights are way better, superior in durability and cost effective in the long-term to traditional streetlights since they are "Maintenance Free - thanks to Nomo Advanced High Tech".

All Nomo solar streetlights are smart integrated solar powered lights having built-in Nexgen LiFePO4 battery, easy replaceable, and with a service life of at least 8 years compared to others.

For instance, assuming that:

To sum up, we can see that from the above assumption, solar powed streetlights are most cost advantage to traditional streetlights in the long-term. After this short comparison, you can now opt to go solar for your street lighting projects with NOMO Smart Solar Streetlights.