Flexenclosure Replaces Diesel With Solar&Wind Power For Phone Base Stations
By Nick April 18, 2008
Mobile phone coverage can become energy efficient thanks to a brilliant idea for a Swedish company called Flexenclosure. According to the company, in Africa you can find about 40,000 base stations powered by diesel engines and each station needs 5200 gallons of oil which means about 210,000,000 gallons yearly in order to be able to use cell phones.
Their technology is called E-site and it consists of adding to the conventional base station, solar panels on the roof and wind turbines at the top of the antennas. The E-site is helped by an intelligent operating system which is also very adaptable. If it runs low on energy, but the sun will shine soon, Flexenclosure’s system will not switch to the diesel generator.
According to Flexenclosure, their technology will lead to a decrease of 80 percent of the use of diesel and they will begin to sell the technology by the end of this year in suitable countries.
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