Solar cell Applications

a .  Rural electrification

1. lighting and power supplies for remote building (mosques, churches, temples etc farms, schools, mountain refuge huts) - low wattage fluorescent lighting is recommended
2. power supplies for remote villages
3. street lighting
4. individual house systems
5. mini grids

b.  Water pumping and treatment systems

1. pumping for drinking water
2. pumping for irrigation
3. dewatering and drainage
4. ice production
5. saltwater desalination systems
6. water purification

c. Health care systems

1. lighting in rural clinics
2. UHF transceivers between health centres
3. vaccine refrigeration
4. ice pack freezing for vaccine carriers
5. sterilises
6. blood storage refrigerators

d. Communications

1. radio repeaters
2. remote TV and radio receivers
3. remote weather measuring
4. mobile radios
5. rural telephone kiosks
6. data acquisition and transmission (for example, river levels and seismographs)

e. Transport aids

1. road sign lighting
2. railway crossings and signals
3. hazard and warning lights
4. navigation buoys
5. road markers

f. Security systems

1. security lighting
2. remote alarm system
3. electric fences

g.  Miscellaneous

1. ventilation systems
2. calculators
3. pumping and automated feeding systems on fish farms
4. solar water heater circulation pumps
5. boat/ship power
6. vehicle battery trickle chargers
7. earthquake monitoring systems
8. emergency power for disaster relief