First green energy system launched

M.Nelson PIYARATNE -Kataragama Group

Sri Lanka's first green energy system was launched by Agrarian Services and Wild Life Minister S.N.Chandrasena on Wednesday at Buthawa Wild Life bungalow in the Yala national park.

The solar system was introduced to Sri Lanka by James Consulting (PVT) Ltd, NiceLux (PVT) with the partnership of Nawoo L.D.D.Incorporated in Korea.

Two street lamps were installed with separate solar panels which change its direction according to the movement of the Sun so that regular solar power can be absorbed to the panels without interruption.

These street lamps react to the heat of the body and the movement of the objects to give a brighter light automatically if a vehicle or a wild elephant comes within 10 metre radius of the lamps. The street lamps automatically switch on at the dusk and switch off at the dawn.

The solar panels of the street lamps come to a vertical position in the night allowing dust collected in the day time to be cleaned up by the overnight falling of dew drops in the night.

Minister Chandrasena said with the dawn of peace, 800,000 foreign tourists visited Sri Lanka in 2011 and out of them 200,000 visited the national parks bringing income to the department.

Chandrasena said with the construction of the Hamabantota port and the Mattala air port, a large number of tourists are expected to theYala National park.