2024-10-16

PV-driven lighting solution for rural areas

AEM10941-based solar lamp illuminating a dark room Image: University of Buea, scientific reports, Common License CC BY 4.0 Scientists from Cameroon have designed a novel solar-powered lighting system for rural areas. The proposed system is based on the commercially available solar energy harvesting integrated circuit (IC) solution AEM10941 developed by Belgium-based E-peas. The AEM10941 system is an integrated energy management circuit that extracts DC power from up to 7-cell solar panels to simultaneously store energy in a battery and supply the system wi...
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