Potohar Town to have solar energy streetlights
Nazia Hameed
RAWALPINDI: Street lights under the newly-envisaged solar energy programme will be introduced in Potohar Town shortly, said Nazim of Potohar Hamid Nawaz Raja…
I’ve always wondered why the poorer sunny nations never invest in solar power when your basically running everything for free!
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Because such equipment is usually very expensive.
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Which potohar town is this?
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Solar powered calculators in Britain cost peanuts. And you can buy other solar powered lights for gardens and stuff for peanuts.
Are you sure it's because it's expensive or are people just unaware of it?
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It should be mentioned in the article I think.
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Attock and Chackwal Districts comprise the Potohar area. great scenery, great people, glad to hear it is making progress.
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Well, these are not calculators or small lights. High-powered street lights are much more expensive, especially when you factor in changing the battery packs which are not cheap to replace. And then the solar panels can also be damaged if not taken care of. It’s not a fixed cost.
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The guy who spearheads these projects is one heck of a guy, his name is Dr. Brig Naseem Akhter I believe, and he was the head of Solar Engineering Dept at E&ME College NUST, RWP, which is the nations best engineering college.
There is also a park Rawalpindi which is completely solar lit, and has been around for over 5 years now, and has had no problems whatsoever. This guy knows what hes doing.