The city of Princeton in Texas has installed thirty-seven smart off-grid solar street lights in the park surrounding the Municipal Center.

To improve energy resilience and promote sustainable alternatives, the city has taken action towards improving its local infrastructure.

The solar powered LED street lights, produced by Houston-based EnGoPlanet, are designed to require no cabling, and light up using energy produced entirely by solar panels. This allows energy that would normally be taken off the local power grid to maintain street lighting to be redistributed.

Along with being a more sustainable alternative to traditional street lighting, the lights also reduce the disruption of infrastructure, demonstrating how transitioning to sustainable alternatives can be easier than many anticipate.

EnGoPlanet’s solar street lights are also designed with resilience in mind, considering extreme weather conditions and thereby removing the risk of darkness during these circumstances. This allows space for smart infrastructure that can function independently of power grids, weather conditions and so on, all while being more sustainable in the long run.

The municipal park contains other sustainable items such as EV charging stations, which are the first steps the city is taking towards creating more sustainable and smart infrastructure.

“Energy conservation and sustainability are the way of the futures,” said Derek Borg, Princeton city manager. “The city of Princeton is proud to be able to implement these types of energy alternative.”