Pecan Engineering offers a grid tied solar street light that combines a low powered bulb with solar energy to emit enough lighting to meet federal standards for street lighting. The street light connects to the main power, does not require a battery, and uses mercury vapor lamps. The advantages of being a grid connected solar light is that allow unlimited lamp wattage allowing any lighting standard to be met, it utilizes all available solar energy in any season, and has no ongoing battery replacements.