Su-Kam lights up remote villages in Gabon in Africa

Chennai:  Su-Kam has installed solar street lighting systems in various remote villages of Gabon, one of the many power starved nations in Africa.

Many of the villages  had never seen electricity before. The primary population of these areas comprise of Bushmen and animal hunters.

Prior to installation of these solar street lights, the villagers used to end their day and stop all activity post sundown in the absence of electricity. However, Su-Kam has given new life to the villagers who have now access to both electricity and employment with the effort of the solar team of Su-Kam.

Su-Kam has installed 2000 solar street lights in the remote villages of Kango (350 kms from Libreville), Mouila (1200 kms from Libreville) and Bitam (900 kms from Libreville) in Gabon (Libreville is the capital and largest city of Gabon, in west central Africa). The project was completed in 2013.

The solar PCUs developed and installed by Su-Kam in these areas work on the “Dusk to Dawn” technology and automatically regulate lighting of street lights after sundown