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New grid connections are often prohibitively expensive and require long lead times,
whilst diesel generators are becoming more costly to run. With the right strategy,
rapidly deployed renewable energy for off-grid base stations accelerates an operator’s
emerging market growth opportunities, with reduced total cost of ownership and improved
environmental governance.
As solar and wind power technology has progressed in recent years, and their cost
is falling, they now can be considered as viable supplementary or primary power
sources for cell sites in locations with unreliable or expensive grid connections
or for where a grid connection is not possible.
The conventional method of providing these locations with electricity is from diesel-powered
generators. However, these are relatively expensive, requiring regular maintenance
and refills of expensive fossil fuel. Operators are increasingly turning to alternative
energy sources as a solution and PowerOasis can support them in making commercial,
efficient and environmental decisions as well as in the deployment of a solution.
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