Nowadays, the application of solar energy is more and more common in our daily life, and more and more solar lamps are derived, and
solar street light are one of them. However, everything has two sides. As a green low-carbon light source product, solar street light has its advantages and is self-evident. At the same time, it still has some shortcomings. Below, we will take a look at the advantages and disadvantages of solar street lights.
Solar street lamp power is provided by solar photovoltaic cells. As a green and environmentally friendly new energy source, solar energy is "inexhaustible and inexhaustible". It makes full use of solar energy and is positive for alleviating the country’s conventional energy shortage. significance. Outdoor lighting can be found in every corner of the world. Just imagine, let alone indoor lighting, just outdoor lighting. If all street lights use solar energy, what will be the social energy-saving effect? It will also have a very important effect on people's living environment.
The simple and convenient installation of solar street lights also simplifies the procedures and procedures of street light installation projects. Solar street lights don’t need to do a lot of basic works such as laying cables like traditional street lights. Solar street lights only need to be fixed with a base, and all wiring and The control parts are placed in the light stand to form a whole.
The operation and maintenance cost of solar street lights is low. The operation of the entire system is automatically controlled, without human intervention, and almost no maintenance cost.
In order to make solar energy a continuous and stable energy source, and eventually become an alternative energy source that can compete with conventional energy sources, the problem of energy storage must first be solved, that is, the solar radiation energy during the sunny day should be stored as much as possible for use at night or on cloudy and rainy days. Because of natural conditions such as day and night, seasons, geographic latitude and altitude, as well as random factors such as sunny, overcast, cloud, and rain, the solar irradiance reaching a certain ground is both intermittent and extremely unstable. This makes the large-scale application of solar energy more difficult. At present, energy storage is also one of the weaker links in the utilization of solar energy, which requires further improvement by experts.
We know that the energy flow density of solar radiation reaching the surface of the earth is very low. Therefore, when using solar energy as a street lamp device, to obtain a certain conversion power, a set of collection and conversion equipment with a considerable area is often required, which is relatively expensive. high. Because of the low efficiency and high cost of solar energy utilization devices, in general, the economy cannot compete with conventional energy sources.
In summary, the current level of utilization of solar street lights is feasible both theoretically and technically. However, due to its high production and use costs, solar street lights cannot be quickly popularized within a period of time. However, with the further innovation and improvement of solar street light technology, I believe it will gradually be more widely used in our daily lives.