Helix Wind’s wind turbines are ideal for cell phone towers in rural areas
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 5:20
A renewable company called Helix Wind has recently announced its plans to deliver the first of many wind turbines to the telecommunications companies operating in the U.S. and West Africa. The key selling point of these towers is that they would provide enough energy for the cell phone towers to work sans any wires, hence providing coverage in rural areas at lower cost for the operators.
The first test wind turbines are set to be shipped this month to Eltek NSG in Nigeria, with more of them to be rolled out to other operators in the region, including Zain and MTI.
Currently, mobile network towers in rural areas and developing countries are powered by diesel generators, which contribute to carbon emissions and cost a lot to operate and maintain. In “off the grid” regions, wind is one of those ideal sources of power (along with the Sun), and can be used power-up the towers…
[Via: renewbl]
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