 Cornwall is already testing solar-powered school crossing signs |
A Cornish village is to become one of the first in the country to have solar-powered street lights. Cornwall County Council has been chosen to test the new lights and two are being placed in Cubert, near Newquay in north Cornwall.
Cornwall is already testing school crossing warning signs powered by solar power and is now taking the scheme one step further.
The two solar-powered street lights in Cubert have an output of 11 watts and are just strong enough to light a pathway.
The South Wales-based company Solargen Solutions has provided the equipment and is working with the council to find ways of increasing the use of renewable energy.
Although the new lights cost �2,500, the council says using solar power is much more cost effective than powering lights off the mains electricity in the long term.
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