Solar-powered and LED streetlights have appeared in Braslav

Five new solar-powered lighting fixtures have been installed on the local cobblestone pavement. Old streetlights in the city have also been modernized: 54 sodium lamps have been replaced with LED ones. The total cost of replacing lamps with LED ones amounted to 35 thousand Belarusian rubles.

Street lighting has been modernized in the city on Oktyabrya and Sadovaya streets, which accounts for approximately 5% of the city's streetlights. Such transformations will help save electricity. By replacing lamps alone, Braslav will save about 11,731 kWh per year.

LED streetlights can be used for a long time, do not harm the environment, do not heat objects beneath them, and do not create electromagnetic interference in the electrical grid.

– In addition, it is estimated that replacing lamps with LED ones will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 10.347 tons per year. For a city striving to minimize emissions and become climate-neutral, this is a confident step towards its goal, – noted Elena Giron, coordinator of the international project from the Braslav District Executive Committee.

As for the new solar-powered streetlights, they will potentially save the city about 280 kWh per year: this is the amount of energy that would have been consumed if they were powered by the grid instead of the sun.

– However, the solar-powered streetlights have been installed in the city not so much for savings as for popularizing modern technologies, particularly renewable energy, among local residents and tourists, – explained Dmitry Burenkin, head of the energy program at the Center for Environmental Solutions. – We want to show that such technologies can be successfully applied in Belarus. Moreover, tourists will be able to take "climate-neutral" photos from Braslav: the "Brukovanka" area with the new streetlights is perhaps one of the most popular spots for tourists.

These events were held as part of the project "Braslav District - the First Climate-Neutral Municipality in Belarus," which is being implemented by the Braslav District Executive Committee and the Center for Environmental Solutions with the financial support of the EU.

BelTA. Photo by the Center for Environmental Solutions.