Lighting the Dark at Lake Victoria in Africa

When night falls on Lake Victoria and the fishermen from Mbita in Western Kenya get ready for night fishing, Osram is lighting the dark. The men go fishing with energy-saving lamps instead of kerosene lamps as in the past. This was very expensive and meant CO2 emissions, fire danger, burns, and the kereosene smoke causes cancer. In the region, Osram has launched a unique project for producing light independently from a grid-based power supply. At specially constructed energy hubs with solar panels, the local people can recharge batteries for lamps and other electrical appliances at low cost and without damaging the environment. Osram was given the German Sustainability Prize 2008 for energy efficient products. (Paul Heller, SiemensTV)



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