Simon Wilby: Solar Power Meets LED Technology
Located in the sunny Caribbean island-nation of Barbados, The Smart Power, Inc. run by as CEO is continuously developing devices as seemingly diverse as cell phone batteries, laptop batteries, batteries for carbon monoxide and smoke detectors, wireless alarm systems, self-charging light bulbs, street lamps, blue tooth headsets, MP4/MP3 bipod music players and iPhones, gaming devices, solar tiles that can power entire houses and heating systems for swimming pools. Yet, there is a common feature that is shared by these devices: solar power. A self-taught inventor, has always had a keen interest in harnessing the energy of the sun.
Why solar power? For one, solar power is limitless. For another, it is renewable and inexhaustible. However, it is underutilized because of the costs involved in building solar power plants. For small devices, however, like ’s solar-powered street lamps called “The Sail One” and his light bulb called “The Smart Bulb,” using LED or light emitting-diode technology in maximizing the benefits of solar power has been proven to be feasible and cost-effective.
As explains, LED-lighting technology depends on semiconductor diodes, rather than filaments and gases trapped in a light bulb. As such, bulbs created using LED technology are safer, cheaper and lasts longer than incandescent or fluorescent bulbs.
