Light From Silicon Valley Finds Its Way to Football Fields on the African Continent as Part of a Solar Solution

Philips new, fully portable solution enables people with little or no access to electricity to
enjoy playing or watching a sport long into the night. Today, some 1.6 billion people in
the world are unable to connect to a regular electricity supply. The new Philips system
with LUXEON LEDs enables communities in developing and developed markets alike to
participate in social, educational, cultural and commercial activities after sunset -
including the world’s most popular sport, football (soccer).

Using the very latest energy-efficient LUXEON Rebel LEDs, the system can illuminate
areas up to 40x20m with bright white light. Advanced battery cells provide up to eight
hours of floodlighting on a single solar charge – the equivalent of two or three full
evening football matches or training sessions. The system is also highly sustainable,
with a rugged design able to withstand the extreme rigors of life in some of the more
challenging and remote terrains in the world.

The union of LED and solar technology has been long awaited. Both technologies are
DC based systems and the high efficacy and minimal power requirements of the
LUXEON LEDs are perfectly matched to solar powered solutions.

The LED chips used in all LUXEON LEDs are manufactured at the company’s San Jose
California facility in the heart of Silicon Valley. The LUXEON Rebel LEDs used in the
new solar LED floodlighting system can also be found in street lights, recessed
downlights, retrofit bulbs, and many other illumination applications installed around the
world.

The new solar LED floodlighting system is available now from Philips Lighting on a
project basis. Philips provides a complete solution including the LED floodlights, portable
poles, solar panels and batteries, or just a set of floodlights.