Cost Benefits of Solar-

powered LED Street Lighting

System
This is Major project
By

Mithilesh Kumar; Roll No. 2202310409011

Aman Kumar Kotary; Roll No. 2202310409004
Ram kailash; Roll No. 2202310409016
 CONTENT
1. INTRODUCTION
2. OBJECTIVE
3. MOTIVATION
4. SCOPE OF THE PROJECT
5. LED's (proposed solution)
6. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF LED STREET LIGHTING SYSTEM
7. SMART STREET LIGHT SYSTEM WITH ENERGY SAVINGFUNCTION
8. PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
9. SYSTEM DECOMPOSITION
10. SIMULATIONS
11. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
12. BENEFITS OF THE PROJECT
13. CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE WORK
1. INTRODUCTION
This document is template. Currently, energy crisis is one of the most
discussed as well as researched topic in the world. Human depends
a lot on the fossil fuels for their energy requirements. But, fossil fuels
are limited in amount, expensive and polluting the environment. Now,
one of the ways to reduce the dependency on the fossil fuels is to
utilize renewable energy resources. Such resources are firstly free of
cost and also available in abundance. In IIAE, solar energy is the
amplest, direct and clean form of renewable energy available. Total
solar energy absorbed by the Earth is about 3,850,000 extra joules (EJ)
in one year, which is even twice as much as all the non-renewable
resources on the earth found and used by the human being, including
coal, oil, natural gas, and uranium [1]. Taking this idea into
consideration, we are designing a solar-powered LED street lights for
AUS campus. This technique utilizes energy-saving technology to
reduce energy consumption, electricity bill and hence improve
utilization of solar energy available
2. Objectives
• To reduce energy consumption through the use of
LED technology.
• To lower operational and maintenance costs of street
lighting.
• To improve the quality and uniformity of street
lighting.
• To enhance public safety and visibility at night.
• To contribute to environmental sustainability.
3. MOTIVATION
• This project idea coming from when I look my surrounding lamps
for the street lighting purpose then I Analyse lamps on several
defects because thes are radiates a large amount of heat and
requires 250W for each lamp, thereby increasing the cost of the
energy. My city has a total of 1000s of posts and every post has 24
to 30 lamps. The power required by Per street light’s 200 to 240
watts continuously working for 12 hours a day. This would
consume a lot of energy at high prices.
4. Scope of the Project
The project covers the installation of LED street lights across designated streets and areas.
The scope includes:

• Survey and assessment of current lighting infrastructure.

• Design and planning of the LED lighting system.
• Procurement of LED luminaires and control units.
• Installation and commissioning of the LED lights.
• Maintenance and performance monitoring.
 Figure 1: conventional Street Lamps in my city

The current technology which is being used in my city is: Lamps: OSRAM, Vialox, 250 Watts, High-
pressure sodium Lamps (HPS) etc they costumes 250 Watts in High-pressure lamps.
Capacitor: DNA, CA/250, 35Mfd 240V in My , it costs AED 373,852 per annum due to the
usage of conventional high-pressure sodium lamps in their street. lighting and the per
unit rate was 0.45 fils/KW.hr. Shown below is a data of whole of the Universi City and then
per unit rate was 45fils/KW.hr [2].

TABLE 1: POWER CONSUMPTION OF THE MOHAN NAGAR

Title Total day / Total year MW

MWHR

Colony street 5.11 1,865.15

Temple 4.87 1,777.55

Main market 6.21 2266.65

Park 4.53 1,653.45

School 3.99 1,456.35

• Analysing these facts, we decided to do put forward a plan to
overcome the drawbacks of the current lighting system in my
city towns. The proposed solution is to replace all of the
conventional lamps with solar-powered LED lamps and then
control them using motion sensors and then to later on use a
mobile application to control the switching ON/OFF of the
led and at the same time check for defected units. These
kind of Smart Led Street Lighting System (SLSL) with a
mobile application has been currently implemented in
different areas of cites and places as on flyover just before
ghaziabad and also in New Delhi. The aim of this research is
to focus on how can we implement on developing areas and
how much will be the upgrade cost from conventional street
lamps to LEDs and the cost of each of them as well as how
much is the saving for long time operation.
 5.LED's (proposed solution)

It was found that AUS street lighting systemhas 705 lamp posts. Some have 3 lights and some
have 4 lamps per post.
Each light consumes 250 watts.
• The proposed di replace each lamp with 40 watts LEDs
• LED’s (proposed solution)
• Energy Consumption for 705 lamp posts each with 4 lamps: 705 x 40 W x 4bulbs 112.8 kW
•
• Per night consumption.
• 112.8kW x (12hours/day) 1353.6 kW.hr
•
• Annual consumption in MW.hr 1353.6kW.hr x (365 days) 494.064 MW.hr
•
• Annual consumption in AED, with the rate 0.45
fils/KW.hr

Cost AED 2,22,328.8/annum

6. DVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF LED STREET LIGHTING
SYSTEM

80% less energy use in addition to savings from high-efficiency lamps.

50% or more savings per year in operating and maintenance costs.
Better living environments with more reliable and. Safer lighting.
The ability to mix lamp technologies to suit the needs of the city and accommodate
new lamp types.
An expandable infrastructure that supports multiple
applications such as traffic, weather, and motion monitoring. A Tremendous reduction
in CO2 emissions.
Longer lifespan of LED lamps compared to HPS Lamps.
A. Doesn’t take any time for dimming and it is an instant process
B.SLSL also has disadvantages which are as follows:
C.Higher initial upgrade cost from conventional lamps to LEDs.
7. SMART STREET LIGHT SYSTEM WITH ENERGY SAVING FUNCTION

Currently enormous amounts of energy by using street lamps in a non-efficient way;

that is, they turn on automatically when it is dark and light up automatically when it is
day time. So the system they have proposed in this project is similar to ours because
are using motion sensors, light sensor, and a short distance communication network.
Basically, the motion sensor detects either the pedestrian or a vehicle approaching
and it lights up or dims and even Switches off at times when no motion is detected.
There are some attempts being made to reduce the energy wastes of street lamps,
such as, a sensor light which will be controlled by a light sensor and optionally a
motion sensor are used. But there is a delay in switching on the light using the motion
sensor because the person or vehicle should be in close proximity to the street lamp
instead it should switch on hefore the desired object comes close so that it lights up
the street. Some companies and universities have developed central systems to
control the street lights smartly using one central computer. These systems are
suitable for controlling street lamps on a large scale and are not at all suitable for
small scale project.
8. Project Implementation

Survey and Site Analysis

• A detailed survey was conducted to assess existing lighting infrastructure and determine the number of poles
and spacing required.
Design and Planning
• LED luminaires were selected based on road width, pole height, and illumination requirements. A layout plan was
prepared for proper light distribution
Procurement
• Quality-certified LED lights and accessories were sourced from authorized vendors to ensure long-term
performance.
Installation
• Installation was carried out by trained technicians. Each luminaire was mounted on poles, connected to power
sources, and tested.
Testing and Commissioning
• Post-installation, lights were tested for illumination quality, power consumption, and operational stability.
Figure 1: Components for the Smart Street Light

Figure 2: Object Detection Network

9. SYSTEM DECOMPOSITION
The following are the main parts used for proposed solution:

1. Solar Panel
The solar panel is one of the most Important parts of solar street lights, as solar panel
will convert solar energy into electricity. There are 2 types of solar panel: mono-
crystalline and poly-crystalline. The conversion rate of the mono-crystalline solar panel
is much higher than poly-crystalline.

Figure 3: Overall System

2.LIGHTING FIXTURE
• LED (Light Emitting Diode) is a solid state semiconductor device which can
convert electrical energy into visible light. It is usually used as a lighting source of
modern solar street light. It is because of the fact that it has a small size, low
power consumption ad long service life. The spectrum of the LED is mostly
concentrated in the visible light spectrum, so it has a high luminous efficiency.
Also the energy consumption of LED fixture is at least 50% lower than HPS (High-
pressure Sodium) fixture which is widely used as a lighting source in traditional
street lights. Another advantage is that LED lacks warm up time that adds to its
efficiency.
3. Rechargeable Battery
The electricity from the solar panel is stored in the battery during the day and it
provides energy to the fixture during night. The life cycle of the battery is very
important to the lifetime of the light and the capacity of the battery will affect the
backup days of the lights.
4. Controller
It is the controller which decides the switch on/off, charging and lighting and the
dimming of the SLSL.
5. Pole
Strong Poles are necessary to all street lights, especially to solar street lights as
there are components mounted on the top of the pole: Fixtures, Panels, and
sometime batteries. And wind resistance should also be taken into consideration
when choosing the pole.
 Figure 4: Operation Principle

Figure 5: System Work Flow

According to the principle of photovoltaic effect, the solar panels receive solar radiation
during the day time and then convert it into electrical energy through the charge and
discharge controller, which is finally stored in the When the light intensity reduced to about
10 lux d night and open circuit voltage of the solar panels 1 certain value, the controller has
detected voltage then acts.
The battery offers the energy to the LED light to drive the LED emits visible
light in a certain direction. Battery discharges after certain Time passes, the
charge and discharge controller will act again to end the discharging of the
battery in order to prepare next charging or discharging again

Figure 6: Solar Power-Block Diagram

9.REQUIREMENT SPECIFICATIONS
In my colony has a total of 705 no of poles. Each pole consists of 3-4 lamps, but on average we
are taking 4 lamps in our system [2]. Therefore the total number of lamps used in AUS is 2820
lamps. Therefore to select an appropriate LED we had to know their technical specifications in
order to quote them to a company.
10. SIMULATIONS

A simulation of the miniature was carried out as s the figure. We build the buck convertor
and interface With solar charged battery and function generator and tested the ON/OFF as
well as dimming of the 7 Watts Led. The only problem we faced was the heating up of the
mosfet. The problem was solved by using a heat sink with the mosfet.

Figure 7: Buck Convertor with Small LED Figure 8:Dimming the 7Watt LED by Varying the Duty Cycle
11. Technical Specifications

Parameter Specification
Type of Lamp LED
Wattage 30W to 120W (based on location)
Luminous Efficacy > 130 lm/W
Color Temperature 4000K to 6000K (Cool White)
Power Factor > 0.95
Input Voltage 100-270V AC, 50/60Hz
Housing IP65 Aluminum Die Cast
Mounting Height 6 to 12 meters
Automatic dusk-to-dawn sensor / IoT
Control System (Optional)
based
12. Benefits of the Project
• Energy Efficiency: 50-70% reduction in energy use compared to
conventional lighting.
• Cost Savings: Significant reduction in electricity and maintenance bills.
• Longer Lifespan: LED lights last 50,000+ hours, reducing replacement
frequency.
• Environmental Impact: Reduced greenhouse gas emissions and light
pollution.
• Enhanced Public Safety: Better illumination reduces accidents and deters
crime.

Challenges Faced

•Initial high capital investment.

•Resistance to change from conventional systems.
•Coordination with local utility services.
 Financial Overview (Example)

Component Cost (INR)

LED Luminaires (500) 12,50,000

Poles and Mounting 6,00,000

Electrical Wiring 2,00,000

Installation Charges 1,50,000

Control System (loT) 1,00,000

23,00,000
Total

Note: Costs are indicative and vary based on project scale and location.
13. CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE WORK

• Despite the fact that our city receives solar heat radiation
throughout the year, our city suffers from high power
consumption and other energy problems as the oil reserves are
running out. As a solution to this problem, by taking the scenario
at my colony , we demonstrated that, by using solar powered LED
street lights, it is possible to reduce the cost as well the energy
consumption by a huge amount. The aim to reduce the cost was
successfully demonstrated in the project.
• This solution can further be improved by developing a system
application to monitor these lamps individually and also to
detect their faults.
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