3. Solar-powered lighting
3.1. Solar-powered compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) lighting
Solar-powered lighting systems are acquiring the center stage
in rural lighting owing to cost-competitiveness and clean lighting
without any GHGs emission compared to fossil fuel-based lighting.
For the past few years, alternative to fuel-based lighting has been
the relatively efficient compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) powered
by solar photovoltaic panels (Fig. 1(a) and (b)). The essential
components of solar home system are