MANIREDA to procure LED solar street lights from Philips
Source: Hueiyen News Service

Imphal, December 04 2015 : Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), India's leading lighting company, has won two major separate LED solar street lighting contracts for MANIREDA (Manipur Renewable Energy Development Agency) and UPNEDA (Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency).

According to a press note, the tender process involved meeting the exacting requirements of both UPNEDA and MANIREDA with a strong focus on energy conversion based on new and renewable energy sources.

The two projects will provide more than 76,000 solar LED street lights across 800 villages in UP and across the main areas of the state capital as well as small towns and villages of Manipur.

Harsh Chitale, CEO, Philips Lighting, South Asia said "We are thrilled to have won these projects and they serve to be a testimony to Philips' R&D capabilities and undisputed product quality.

We hope that by the end of this project, solar LED lighting can be recognized and applied more widely to help eradicate light poverty.

Such model projects go a long way in raising awareness of the power of lighting technologies in solving global challenges in energy, education, agriculture, public infrastructure and health".

The nodal agency of Manipur, MANIREDA required installation of 1,400 f 43W solar street lighting systems in the main areas of state capital as well as small towns and villages.

The main challenge there was logistical, executing the project in a hilly terrain.

For MANIREDA, Philips is providing the 43W, 3500 lumen Solar LED Street Lighting System.

The system is customized as it involves battery mounting on a pole capable of withstanding strong winds.

It also incorporates a state-of-art MPPT (Maximum Power Point Charging) charge controller which delivers high efficiency battery charging even under dynamic weather conditions.

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