Comments on: Solar-Powered Traffic Lights

By: alicia

alicia — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:45:23 +0000

i bought these and they work really well. i also bought some for my garden. they accent it really well with the flower design

By: sammy Badaki

sammy Badaki — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:24:54 +0000

Hi there Matt, I live in Nigeria and consult in power industry. I will like to have a chat with you regarding developing some business opportunity that has opened up recently in Nigeria for solar powered systems. Please email me with your coordinates. Many thanks in anticipation

By: Black Hills Outdoor.com (Matt Thorpe)

Black Hills Outdoor.com (Matt Thorpe) — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:54:32 +0000

Hi Bernad,

There are alot of implications and barriers to entry into Africa. My company, Black Hills Outdoor.com have been trying to import solar charge backpacks into South Africa to help people charge their mobile phones but the import duty on our product is 30%. This means that it removes any margin for us and the reseller and it makes our product more expense. We even suggested sending over the parts and manufacturing in SA but this still didn’t help.

There is no help for eco-friendly and green products which I find madness. I would be willing to reduce margins if we could help people to become self sufficient.

Matt

By: Bernad C. Semzaba

Bernad C. Semzaba — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:21:04 +0000

Yeah thats energy is very good to the poor country. But he price is very high in our country. I m from Tanzania Africa.The people who can aford to buy the sollar electrical system is those who having enough money. So my comment is to open those Industries for sollar in Africa .

By: Matt Thorpe

Matt Thorpe — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:43:14 +0000

Solar power is the obvious choice of energy for the future. It is a continuous source of energy and, with solar cell technology improving all the time, we will soon be able to harness more natural light than ever before and store it. This doesn’t necessarily mean we have to replace current energy networks but it means that installations will be quicker to implement and we can use standard energy supplies as back up. Solar will also be cheaper for the consumer, and in this instance, the tax payer.