{"id":2309,"date":"2013-03-12T12:10:45","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T01:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=2309"},"modified":"2017-10-25T10:17:41","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T23:47:41","slug":"kenyas-micro-solar-lamp-revolution-lights-up-the-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/kenyas-micro-solar-lamp-revolution-lights-up-the-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya\u2019s micro solar lamp revolution lights up the nation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2314\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/kenyas-micro-solar-lamp-revolution-lights-up-the-nation\/solar-kenya\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2314\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2314\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2314\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/solar-kenya.jpg\" alt=\"a solar panel on a Kenyan roof\" width=\"500\" height=\"297\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2314\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A typical residential solar system in Kenya! flickr: jbarrie<\/p><\/div>\n<p>One of your correspondent\u2019s favourite pastimes at the end of a furiously scribbling day is to relax by listening to podcasts from around the world. Whether it be catching up with the latest world news or getting the dirt on the latest papal conspiracy\/financial meltdown\/political affray, you can find me in my comfy armchair during the late afternoon plugged in to the world. Never a dull moment I always say! Of course podcasts are also a great research tool and solar energy radio shows are always at the top of my subscription list.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This is by way of introduction this week to a great new BBC podcast to which I recently subscribed called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b006r4wn\">Costing the Earth<\/a>. Hosted by presenter Tom Heap in the usual superb BBC accent and style, this week\u2019s program was all about electrifying Africa (specifically Kenya) \u2014 using solar power.<\/p>\n<p>Now here in the West we probably view solar energy as a form of clean power that has a number of advantages: reliable, long-lasting, sustainable, pollution free, quiet (also pencil in the fact that solar is rapidly becoming cost effective compared to fossil fuel) as well as having the potential to save the planet. However in a country such as Kenya, solar power is all these factors but, on a smaller scale, may deliver a great deal more.<\/p>\n<p>As the program explained, the more rural areas of Kenya which are off grid, tend to use dirty, unhealthy kerosene lamps to light their homes. <strong>An estimated one hundred million of these lamps exist in the country<\/strong> which pollute the atmosphere, are dangerous to health and are relatively expensive for the people who use them. Using them in a room is the equivalent to smoking two packets of cigarettes the presenter claimed. They also cost as much as 15 percent of annual salaries in some parts of the country according to the program.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Enter solar power.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Micro solar lamps, small desktop style lights, have revolutionised energy where they have been introduced. The cheap lamps not only have no detrimental effects on the users\u2019 health but also allow Kenyan students to study later in the evening (some kids may consider this a disadvantage though). Portable solar-powered lights have also improved \u00a0personal safety for people walking in dark streets.<\/p>\n<p>So there you go, a micro solar power revolution in Kenya which will not only bring clean energy but also increase safety, improve childrens\u2019 chance of a good education and even save lives. I highly recommend Costing the Earth, a podcast of high quality and interesting information. Great radio journalism is not dead folks \u2014 it lives on through podcasts!<\/p>\n<p>Do you listen to podcasts? I\u2019d be very interested to hear of any specifically solar and PV podcasts that SQ readers may enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>Please let me know via the comments below or over at our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes?ref=hl\">Facebook Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of your correspondent\u2019s favourite pastimes at the end of a furiously scribbling day is to relax by listening to podcasts from around the world. Whether it be catching up with the latest world news or getting the dirt on the latest papal conspiracy\/financial meltdown\/political affray, you can find me in my comfy armchair during [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[509],"tags":[86,88,321],"class_list":["post-2309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solar-innovations","tag-africa","tag-developing-countries","tag-solar-lights","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kenya\u2019s micro solar lamp revolution lights up the nation - SolarQuotes Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hosted by presenter Tom Heap, this week\u2019s Costing The Earth program was about electrifying Africa (specifically Kenya) \u2014 using solar power.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/kenyas-micro-solar-lamp-revolution-lights-up-the-nation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kenya\u2019s micro solar lamp revolution lights up the nation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hosted by presenter Tom Heap, this week\u2019s Costing The Earth program was about electrifying Africa (specifically Kenya) \u2014 using solar power.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/kenyas-micro-solar-lamp-revolution-lights-up-the-nation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-03-12T01:40:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-10-24T23:47:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/solar-kenya.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Staff Writer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/kenyas-micro-solar-lamp-revolution-lights-up-the-nation\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/kenyas-micro-solar-lamp-revolution-lights-up-the-nation\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Staff Writer\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/cdfada92425341cb1b48bf0bcfa1feb7\"},\"headline\":\"Kenya\u2019s micro solar lamp revolution lights up the nation\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-03-12T01:40:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-10-24T23:47:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/kenyas-micro-solar-lamp-revolution-lights-up-the-nation\/\"},\"wordCount\":503,\"commentCount\":2,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/kenyas-micro-solar-lamp-revolution-lights-up-the-nation\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/solar-kenya.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa\",\"Developing Countries\",\"solar lights\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Solar Innovations\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/kenyas-micro-solar-lamp-revolution-lights-up-the-nation\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/kenyas-micro-solar-lamp-revolution-lights-up-the-nation\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/kenyas-micro-solar-lamp-revolution-lights-up-the-nation\/\",\"name\":\"Kenya\u2019s micro solar lamp revolution lights up the nation - SolarQuotes Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/kenyas-micro-solar-lamp-revolution-lights-up-the-nation\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/kenyas-micro-solar-lamp-revolution-lights-up-the-nation\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/solar-kenya.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-03-12T01:40:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-10-24T23:47:41+00:00\",\"description\":\"Hosted by presenter Tom Heap, this week\u2019s Costing The Earth program was about electrifying Africa (specifically Kenya) \u2014 using solar power.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/kenyas-micro-solar-lamp-revolution-lights-up-the-nation\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/kenyas-micro-solar-lamp-revolution-lights-up-the-nation\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/kenyas-micro-solar-lamp-revolution-lights-up-the-nation\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/solar-kenya.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/solar-kenya.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/kenyas-micro-solar-lamp-revolution-lights-up-the-nation\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Blog\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Solar Innovations\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-innovations\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Kenya\u2019s micro solar lamp revolution lights up the nation\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"SolarQuotes Blog\",\"description\":\"An independent reckoning of the Aussie solar scene\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"SolarQuotes\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/solarquotes-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/solarquotes-logo.png\",\"width\":592,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"SolarQuotes\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/solar_quotes\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/solarquotes\/\",\"https:\/\/au.linkedin.com\/company\/solarquotes\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SolarQuotesAustralia\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/cdfada92425341cb1b48bf0bcfa1feb7\",\"name\":\"Staff Writer\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9b273c2864cc5105edcc07250f8fd1ad70faa064e98a5e65b34bf367aa3b06ee?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9b273c2864cc5105edcc07250f8fd1ad70faa064e98a5e65b34bf367aa3b06ee?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9b273c2864cc5105edcc07250f8fd1ad70faa064e98a5e65b34bf367aa3b06ee?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r\",\"caption\":\"Staff Writer\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/author\/staff\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kenya\u2019s micro solar lamp revolution lights up the nation - SolarQuotes Blog","description":"Hosted by presenter Tom Heap, this week\u2019s Costing The Earth program was about electrifying Africa (specifically Kenya) \u2014 using solar power.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/kenyas-micro-solar-lamp-revolution-lights-up-the-nation\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kenya\u2019s micro solar lamp revolution lights up the nation","og_description":"Hosted by presenter Tom Heap, this week\u2019s Costing The Earth program was about electrifying Africa (specifically Kenya) \u2014 using solar power.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/kenyas-micro-solar-lamp-revolution-lights-up-the-nation\/","og_site_name":"SolarQuotes Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/","article_published_time":"2013-03-12T01:40:45+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-10-24T23:47:41+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/solar-kenya.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Staff Writer","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@solar_quotes","twitter_site":"@solar_quotes","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/kenyas-micro-solar-lamp-revolution-lights-up-the-nation\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/kenyas-micro-solar-lamp-revolution-lights-up-the-nation\/"},"author":{"name":"Staff Writer","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/cdfada92425341cb1b48bf0bcfa1feb7"},"headline":"Kenya\u2019s micro solar lamp revolution lights up the nation","datePublished":"2013-03-12T01:40:45+00:00","dateModified":"2017-10-24T23:47:41+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/kenyas-micro-solar-lamp-revolution-lights-up-the-nation\/"},"wordCount":503,"commentCount":2,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/kenyas-micro-solar-lamp-revolution-lights-up-the-nation\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/solar-kenya.jpg","keywords":["Africa","Developing Countries","solar lights"],"articleSection":["Solar Innovations"],"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/kenyas-micro-solar-lamp-revolution-lights-up-the-nation\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/kenyas-micro-solar-lamp-revolution-lights-up-the-nation\/","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/kenyas-micro-solar-lamp-revolution-lights-up-the-nation\/","name":"Kenya\u2019s micro solar lamp revolution lights up the nation - SolarQuotes Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/kenyas-micro-solar-lamp-revolution-lights-up-the-nation\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/kenyas-micro-solar-lamp-revolution-lights-up-the-nation\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/solar-kenya.jpg","datePublished":"2013-03-12T01:40:45+00:00","dateModified":"2017-10-24T23:47:41+00:00","description":"Hosted by presenter Tom Heap, this week\u2019s Costing The Earth program was about electrifying Africa (specifically Kenya) \u2014 using solar power.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/kenyas-micro-solar-lamp-revolution-lights-up-the-nation\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/kenyas-micro-solar-lamp-revolution-lights-up-the-nation\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/kenyas-micro-solar-lamp-revolution-lights-up-the-nation\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/solar-kenya.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/solar-kenya.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/kenyas-micro-solar-lamp-revolution-lights-up-the-nation\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Solar Innovations","item":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-innovations\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Kenya\u2019s micro solar lamp revolution lights up the nation"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/","name":"SolarQuotes Blog","description":"An independent reckoning of the Aussie solar scene","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization","name":"SolarQuotes","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/solarquotes-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/solarquotes-logo.png","width":592,"height":600,"caption":"SolarQuotes"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/","https:\/\/x.com\/solar_quotes","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/solarquotes\/","https:\/\/au.linkedin.com\/company\/solarquotes","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SolarQuotesAustralia"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/cdfada92425341cb1b48bf0bcfa1feb7","name":"Staff Writer","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9b273c2864cc5105edcc07250f8fd1ad70faa064e98a5e65b34bf367aa3b06ee?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9b273c2864cc5105edcc07250f8fd1ad70faa064e98a5e65b34bf367aa3b06ee?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9b273c2864cc5105edcc07250f8fd1ad70faa064e98a5e65b34bf367aa3b06ee?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r","caption":"Staff Writer"},"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/author\/staff\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2FF2s-Bf","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13192,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/warrnambool-solar-powered-lights-mb0127\/","url_meta":{"origin":2309,"position":0},"title":"Warrnambool City Council Installing Solar Powered Lights","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"July 17, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"More than 60 off-grid solar lights that will enhance community linkages and improve safety are being installed in five parks in the regional Victorian city of Warrnambool. Each LED light incorporates a solar panel, a lithium-ion battery and a motion sensor. The lights will emit 20 lux when someone is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General Solar &amp; Storage News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Solar powered LED lights in Warrnambool","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/solar-lights-warrnambool.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/solar-lights-warrnambool.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/solar-lights-warrnambool.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/solar-lights-warrnambool.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":38113,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-lighting-moreland-mb1444\/","url_meta":{"origin":2309,"position":1},"title":"More Solar Powered Lighting For Moreland","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"March 13, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Victoria's Moreland City Council will be making greater use of solar powered lighting to improve night-time safety near several sports facilities. The City of Moreland is a municipality in the inner north of Melbourne covering 50.9 square kilometres. It's one of Melbourne\u2019s most populous municipalities, with more than 160,000 people\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General Solar &amp; Storage News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"solar lighting","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/solar-lighting.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/solar-lighting.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/solar-lighting.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/solar-lighting.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/solar-lighting.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":35450,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-energy-busselton-mb1319\/","url_meta":{"origin":2309,"position":2},"title":"More Solar Energy For WA&#8217;s City Of Busselton","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"December 5, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Western Australia's City of Busselton Council says it is expecting a 2-3 year payback on its latest solar power system installations. The City of Busselton is a local government area (LGA) approximately 230 kilometres south of Perth. It's home to 36,686 people (Census 2016) and its two largest towns are\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General Solar &amp; Storage News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"City of Busselton - solar power","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/busselton-solar-panels.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/busselton-solar-panels.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/busselton-solar-panels.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/busselton-solar-panels.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/busselton-solar-panels.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11941,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/auckland-bridge-solar-power-mb0054\/","url_meta":{"origin":2309,"position":3},"title":"Solar + Battery Power To Light Up Auckland Harbour Bridge","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"May 29, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"In what's claimed to be a world first, New Zealand's Auckland Harbour Bridge is to have all its new LED lighting powered by solar panels and battery storage. A NZD $10 million project involving energy distribution company Vector and Auckland City Council,\u00a0 the 90,000 LED lights and 200 floodlights will\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General Solar &amp; Storage News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Auckland harbour bridge solar powered lights","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/auckland-bridge-solar-lighting.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/auckland-bridge-solar-lighting.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/auckland-bridge-solar-lighting.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2785,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/community-solar-lights-up-the-blue-mountains\/","url_meta":{"origin":2309,"position":4},"title":"Community solar lights up the Blue Mountains","author":"Staff Writer","date":"August 20, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Shameless plug to start this week\u2019s column readers. August has seen community solar take off in a big way in my region of the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. This may be due to a combination of the upcoming election and a very strong grassroots realisation of the need for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Solar Policy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Solar Policy","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-policy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The beautiful blue mountains. Photo flickr\/10uta02","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blue-mountains3.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blue-mountains3.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blue-mountains3.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":39332,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-safety-armidale-mb1503\/","url_meta":{"origin":2309,"position":5},"title":"Solar To Help Improve Safety In Armidale","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"April 29, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The Federal Government\u2019s Safer Communities Fund is supporting a solar lighting project for a cycleway in Armidale. New South Wales' Armidale Regional Council says the solar lighting will be installed between Markham Street and the Donnelly Street bridge. The location has been chosen on advice from Armidale police, due to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General Solar &amp; Storage News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Solar powered lighting for Armidale cycleway","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/solar-lighting-armidale.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/solar-lighting-armidale.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/solar-lighting-armidale.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/solar-lighting-armidale.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/solar-lighting-armidale.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2309"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10710,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2309\/revisions\/10710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}