Light Up With Local Solar Lamps

By Azore Opio

If you are interested in solar power, a locally handy manufactured solar lamp is a great way to get started. And Mailong Joseph of Nature Power Engineering in Great Soppo, Buea, makes it greater for you by putting up a basic solar light system with recycled local materials – plywood for the handles of the lamp, used plastic bottle for the globe and more plastic for the base. When Mailong is finished with fitting the solar panel to gather power, a battery to store the power, and a lamp or LED arrangement into one neat, self-contained package, you have a solar lamp that gives you 18 hours of light after charging for only four hours. Portable solar lamps are replacing candles and kerosene lamps in the developing world; their advantages include low cost and easy installation.