Carmanah Technologies Corporation is pleased to announce that it has been contracted to supply solar-powered LED runway lighting for a Nassau airport runway undergoing resurfacing and pavement upgrades. The orders are valued at approximately Cdn$156,000 and Cdn$235,000 (for a total of Cdn$391,000).
The order was for Carmanah’s solar-powered LED runway edge and caution lights to be used for emergency backup lighting on a secondary runway at the world-renowned Nassau International Airport in the Bahamas. An estimated one million people utilize the 11,000 ft runway at the Nassau International Airport each year and there are approximately 500 landings and take-offs everyday. As the “gateway” to the Bahamas, the airport is considered one of the country’s most valuable pieces of real estate.
“This is another example of how we are following our strategic plans to break into the civil aviation market,” states Art Aylesworth, Carmanah’s CEO. “Reconstruction projects give us a great opportunity to showcase Carmanah’s airfield lights. Carmanah’s solar-powered LED airfield lights can be installed quickly, and then moved to another location and used again after the project ends.”
Nassau International purchased the 150 units of Carmanah’s solar-powered airfield lights as part of a US$40 million reconstruction project currently underway. The order comprised of runway edge lights, runway caution lights (with split amber/white LEDs), and threshold lights (with split red/green LEDs) and will be shipped this quarter. Carmanah’s solar-powered LED technology will be used as backup lighting in the event of a power failure or other emergency. Once installed, Carmanah’s lights can be activated within 10 seconds of runway light failure and will provide bright, reliable dusk-to-dawn operation.
With more than 20,000 installations worldwide, Carmanah is the primary supplier of solar-powered LED airfield lighting to commercial, private and defense airfields. For more information, visit Carmanah’s aviation web site at www.solarairportlights.com.
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