Nairobi to be pilot city for solar-powered L.E.D. street lighting project.

Philips and Kenya's Urban Roads Authority will install solar-powered light-emitting diode street lights in Nairobi – a project that can result in 100 percent energy savings if implemented across the country.
"A new generation of solar-powered L.E.D. road and area lighting has the potential to transform life throughout Africa at a social and economic level," said Andre Dehmel, Philips' lighting general manager in Africa. Read more: http://www.ecoseed.org/low-carbon/energy-efficiency/15199-nairobi-to-be-pilot-city-for-solar-powered-l-e-d-street-lighting-project