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From: donpat10/19/2005 11:05:29 AM
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Solar-powered shelters put other bus stops in the shade

ALAN RODEN
ENVIRONMENT REPORTER

THE city's bus shelters may not seem the sunniest of places when the wind's blowing, the rain's pouring down and the bus is taking an age to arrive.

But, despite the apparent disadvantages of the Edinburgh climate, solar power is to be used to light up more than 100 of the city's busiest bus stops.

The move - which will see the bus stops light up when passengers walk in after dark - follows successful trials of the new technology at a handful of shelters across the Capital.

The city council hopes the move will make passengers feel safer at night and deter vandals, as well as making it easier to read timetables.

Although the solar panels will cost £220,000 to install, it will prove cheaper in the long-run than laying electricity cables to the shelters.

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news.scotsman.com
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