How Can Landscapes Use Solar Power?

[Shoaib]

August 22, 2023 at 2:32 pm

Picture how solar panels operate on the roof of a home: By capturing energy from the sun’s rays and converting it into electricity, solar panels can help keep the lights on inside the house—along with the other electrical needs. Solar powered landscape lights work much in the same way, only on a smaller scale.

Solar landscape lighting is available in numerous forms, from small walkway lights and floodlights to strands of bulbs and more. What they share in common is that all solar landscape lights use a small solar panel, which is often on the top of the lighting feature. Unlike grid-based electricity, solar power comes from a renewable resource. Shifting toward this is positive even if it’s on the small scale of landscape lighting.

Landscape lighting can help improve your home’s security, illuminate pathways, brighten outdoor living spaces and complement the overall landscaping. Solar powered landscape lights can do all of that with the added benefit of reducing utility costs and not relying on an electrical connection.

That makes adding solar landscape lighting a very simple DIY project for any homeowner. However, that doesn’t mean solar landscape lighting is the right choice for every space.