We have been surrounded by miracles of science and technology, and things that surround us daily on a constant basis and assume that they be continue working in this way. Energy supply is one of the problems faced by general public in many countries, and this dilemma has affected the overall economy and growth of such countries.
Constant power supply is one of those things which we take for granted, but there are certain villages which experience complete blackouts that continue for several days at a stretch. It is to improve education for the students living in such rural villages of Ghana that the Surrey University students are building solar powered lanterns to help the students study at night.
Recently, solar powered lanterns are going to be built under a student project to help lighten the poor villagers in Ghana. As part of their assignment the student team is building homemade solar-powered lanterns that will be taken to the rural villages in Ghana where students cannot study after dark because of no power supply. The idea of making these lanterns came out of the blue to the instructor of the university, who was brought up in Ghana and was very well acquainted with the how much difficulty one would face due to no electric power supply available.
Due to this problem, he used to come home late and then do his homework with the help of a kerosene lamp, before he could complete his work someone would come and borrow the lamp and he would have to go to school the next day without finishing the work. Later, he traveled back several times to his home town just to find that the conditions there had still not changed over the past years, this prompted him to take action and help the less fortunate students of Ghana.
The students will take these homemade lanterns to several villages in Ghana. They will also be collecting money to provide the needy students with school provisions and scholarships. A book and some required material will be provided to the students that will train them to make their own lanterns. Solar power is among the top world secrets, which once needed to uncover and this would benefit the all humanity.
Thousands of millions power heat which is ejected from sun can charge the solar panels to such extent that once charging a day can be used for several years. As compared to fossil fuels for energy power generation, this is sustainable form of energy with no negative effects on our environmental.