Trinidad's Piarco International Airport has upgraded its airfield lighting with Carmanah solar-powered LED airfield lights through Systems Interface. Valued at more than $300,000, the order includes A704-5 runway edge lights, approach lights and threshold lights, as well as A702 taxiway lights, mounting hardware and wireless handheld radio remote-control equipment. Located in Piarco, about 25 km east of the capital city, Port of Spain, Piarco International Airport is Trinidad's largest and most modern airport in the Caribbean region, facilitating domestic and international traffic, and accommodating nearly three million travellers each year.

Piarco International's renewable-energy upgrade ensured a bright reception for the region's high-profile visitors as the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago welcomed the Western Hemisphere's Heads of State and Government for the Fifth Summit of the Americas conference in April.
An energy-efficient alternative to conventional runway lights, these portable solar-LED lights are quick and easy to install and operate reliably, with no scheduled maintenance, in even the most challenging environmental conditions. With no bulbs to burn out, and each light powered independently of the grid, a solar-powered lighting system offers a dependable year-round solution; in windstorms, flooding, local power outages or regional blackouts, solar-powered lights remain reliable even when conventional systems fail.

Systems Interface offers self-contained solar-powered airfield lights for a range of airfield applications, including permanent primary lighting, temporary lighting during airfield construction or upgrades, emergency backup lighting, as well as expedited portable lighting during emergency or humanitarian-aid operations. These effective products are proven to perform reliably in some of the world's harshest environments, Carmanah solar LED lights and solar power systems provide a durable, dependable and cost effective energy alternative.