Application of PV/Wind-Based Green Energy to Power Cellular Base Station
Keywords:
Base Station, Green Energy, Solar Energy, Wind Energy, Communication Industry, Rotor Efficiency, Energy StorageAbstract
Conventional energy sources based on oil, coal, and natural gas have posed a threat to the environment and to human health. Green energy stands as an alternative because of its’ environmental-friendly nature. This paper presents a reliable and sustainable alternative means of energy supply based on renewables to meet demand for the power requirement of an operational cellular base station particularly for stations sited in remote environment. Renewable energy sources such as solar panel arrays and wind turbine generators are considered in this work and are designed and developed based on the use of routinely available, indigenous resources/materials resulting in sustainable newer/green energy architecture. Newer/green energy sources (solar energy, wind energy, and modern bioenergy) are currently contributing immensely to global energy demand. This work proposes the application of green energy architecture based on PV/wind sources to address electric energy challenge in the telecommunication sector such as inadequate power to meet demand, fluctuations in power supply, frequent power outages and sudden system collapse leading to enormous amount of economic loss and wastages. The implementation of this energy architecture and with the right policies in place could yield substantial economic savings as the cost for fuel to drive the conventional diesel generator in the telecommunication sector shall be reduced drastically and the environment freed of greenhouse gases which would otherwise deplete the ozone layer causing great discomfort to human existence on earth. This paper therefore suggests and recommend the application of green energy based on PV/Wind energy generator as a non-conventional energy source to power cellular base stations as it is believed that, if this energy architecture is adopted and harnessed it is going to be a major energy source and driver in the telecommunication sector.