The biggest draw for these solar powered street lights that can charge EVs may be the fact that they can tap into the existing infrastructure, with its BeamSpot units requiring no "new or upgraded utility grid circuits, trenching, construction, easemen...
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The biggest draw for these solar powered street lights that can charge EVs may be the fact that they can tap into the existing infrastructure, with its BeamSpot units requiring no "new or upgraded utility grid circuits, trenching, construction, easements, leases or complex permitting".
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Shannon Clarkreplied to Kevin Leecaster last edited by
@GreenFire I wonder how crucial the wind portion is to their business model. If they could manage without that I suspect it would fit into many more city’s urbanscape. But with the wind turbines seems like it would be a bit more controversial in many settings (especially if buildings were taller than the streetlights and if the wind turbines became tempting targets for vandalism / or just entangled with debris from trees or litter and/or how they handle snow/freezing rain
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Kevin Leecasterreplied to Shannon Clark last edited by
@Rycaut
I doubt they'll sell many with the wind turbine option. That seems gimmicky, but it might appeal to some buyers just for the novelty, but they could prove useful in some circumstances perhaps like in places like Wyoming where the energy in the wind is often more than from the photons.You are exactly correct about them not working well very close to buildings and trees.
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Shannon Clarkreplied to Kevin Leecaster last edited by
@GreenFire and not sure if they have thought about this but in cities like LA they might be onto something if they also are adding shade to the cityscape below them (however they also have to fit into the urban landscape of power lines, what trees there are (in LA however much of the city is lacking in trees)
I hope but their image doesn’t make it clear that they are also thinking about how to minimize the light pollution from their street lamps (ie directing the light downward but not up)