Open AccessHOMER Analysis of the Feasibility of Solar Power for GSM Base Transceiver Stations Located in Rural Areas
Author(s) -
Eko James Akpama,
Godwin Ukam Uno
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
european journal of engineering and technology research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2736-576X
DOI - 10.24018/ejeng.2019.4.7.1339
Subject(s) - gsm , renewable energy , telecommunications , software deployment , electricity , base station , rural area , transceiver , globe , environmental economics , solar power , computer science , power (physics) , business , electrical engineering , engineering , wireless , economics , medicine , physics , quantum mechanics , ophthalmology , operating system , pathology
The recent explosion in the deployment of cellular networks across the globe has brought two very pertinent issues to the forefront of academic and technical discuss: the energy cost of running the networks, and the associated environmental impact. Cellular networks have made the greatest impact in developing countries where availability of electric power is mostly unreliable. Telecommunication networks on the other hand, are critical infrastructures which require assured power 24/7, and this power is provided at very great financial cost and damaging exchanges with the environment. In all, renewable energy technology appears to hold the most reliable solution to this lingering impasse. The authors in this paper used the HOMER® software to access or demonstrate the feasibility of deploying solar PV in providing power for BTS in rural areas as a long term solution to the near absence of grid electricity in rural areas.