TOWN OF NIAGARA – The roadways in Veterans Memorial Park, 7000 Lockport Road, are brighter this holiday season, after the installation this month of 25 solar-powered LED streetlights by the New York Power Authority and the Town of Niagara.
The new lights are powered by energy generated by the sun during the day and then transmitted as much-needed light during the night at the previously unlighted park.
Town Supervisor Steven C. Richards said the lighting was paid for with money from the Power Authority’s Renewable Energy Plan, established in 2008 to help create a pathway to commercialization of renewable energy technology as it emerges.
LED streetlights use light-emitting diodes, which have helped to revolutionize many lighting applications and made it possible to build dramatically thinner television sets. LEDs now provide light for remote controls, light-up clocks and watches, tell when appliances are turned on, and are ideal for miniature lighting of holiday displays.
They often come in tiny packages, but they produce a large amount of light.
Their useful lifetime is thousands of hours longer than that of standard incandescent bulbs.
The new lights are powered by energy generated by the sun during the day and then transmitted as much-needed light during the night at the previously unlighted park.
Town Supervisor Steven C. Richards said the lighting was paid for with money from the Power Authority’s Renewable Energy Plan, established in 2008 to help create a pathway to commercialization of renewable energy technology as it emerges.
LED streetlights use light-emitting diodes, which have helped to revolutionize many lighting applications and made it possible to build dramatically thinner television sets. LEDs now provide light for remote controls, light-up clocks and watches, tell when appliances are turned on, and are ideal for miniature lighting of holiday displays.
They often come in tiny packages, but they produce a large amount of light.
Their useful lifetime is thousands of hours longer than that of standard incandescent bulbs.