A hybrid lighting system comprising: a light detector to detect adequacy of sunlight; light emitting diodes (LEDs) (201, 301), each LED being an integrated component of a solar collector panel, each LED to provide artificial light in the absence of adequate sunlight; a triggering mechanism operatively coupled to the light detector, the triggering mechanism further being operatively coupled to the LEDs (201, 301), the triggering mechanism to activate the LEDs (201, 301) in response to the light detector detecting the absence of adequate sunlight; parabolic reflectors (202, 303), each parabolic reflector (202, 303) having a focal point, each parabolic reflector (202, 303) being an integrated component of the solar collector panel, each parabolic reflector (202, 303) being optically coupled to at least one of the LEDs such that the LED is located at the focal point of the parabolic reflectors (201, 301), each parabolic reflector (202, 303) to reflect light from its corresponding LED (201, 301); concentration lenses (203, 305), each concentration lens (203, 305) being optically coupled to a corresponding reflector (202, 203), each concentration lens (203, 305) having a corresponding LED mounted on the concentration lens, each concentration lens to focus light from the sun in the presence of adequate sunlight, each concentration lens (203, 305) further to focus the reflected artificial light from its corresponding reflector (202, 303) in the absence of adequate sunlight; and optical fibers (205, 300), each optical fiber (205, 300) being optically coupled to a corresponding concentration lens (203, 305), each optical fiber (205, 300) to propagate the focused light from its corresponding concentration lens (203, 305). a light detector to detect adequacy of sunlight; light emitting diodes (LEDs) (201, 301), each LED being an integrated component of a solar collector panel, each LED to provide artificial light in the absence of adequate sunlight; a triggering mechanism operatively coupled to the light detector, the triggering mechanism further being operatively coupled to the LEDs (201, 301), the triggering mechanism to activate the LEDs (201, 301) in response to the light detector detecting the absence of adequate sunlight; parabolic reflectors (202, 303), each parabolic reflector (202, 303) having a focal point, each parabolic reflector (202, 303) being an integrated component of the solar collector panel, each parabolic reflector (202, 303) being optically coupled to at least one of the LEDs such that the LED is located at the focal point of the parabolic reflectors (201, 301), each parabolic reflector (202, 303) to reflect light from its corresponding LED (201, 301); concentration lenses (203, 305), each concentration lens (203, 305) being optically coupled to a corresponding reflector (202, 203), each concentration lens (203, 305) having a corresponding LED mounted on the concentration lens, each concentration lens to focus light from the sun in the presence of adequate sunlight, each concentration lens (203, 305) further to focus the reflected artificial light from its corresponding reflector (202, 303) in the absence of adequate sunlight; and optical fibers (205, 300), each optical fiber (205, 300) being optically coupled to a corresponding concentration lens (203, 305), each optical fiber (205, 300) to propagate the focused light from its corresponding concentration lens (203, 305).