http://afromusing.com/2007/03/09/cellphone-base-stations-powered-by-wind-and-solar/ Africa and Beyond! Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:00:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://afromusing.com/2007/03/09/cellphone-base-stations-powered-by-wind-and-solar/comment-page-1/#comment-146041 Green News Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:50:01 +0000 http://www.afromusing.com/blog/?p=284#comment-146041 It's always nice to see technology working quickly to solve our problems. These stations will be part of the future worldwide. It’s always nice to see technology working quickly to solve our problems. These stations will be part of the future worldwide.

]]> http://afromusing.com/2007/03/09/cellphone-base-stations-powered-by-wind-and-solar/comment-page-1/#comment-145823 Daniel Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:13:20 +0000 http://www.afromusing.com/blog/?p=284#comment-145823 Nice innovation. Hope such stations will become popular everywhere Nice innovation. Hope such stations will become popular everywhere

]]> http://afromusing.com/2007/03/09/cellphone-base-stations-powered-by-wind-and-solar/comment-page-1/#comment-19040 Wind Powered Cell Phone Base Stations — AfriGadget Archive Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:06:31 +0000 http://www.afromusing.com/blog/?p=284#comment-19040 [...] The company WinAfrique designs and builds hybrid wind and diesel turbine systems for powering cell phone base stations. Kenya’s biggest wireless companies Safaricom and Celtel have contracted with WinAfrique. In 2005 Safaricom contracted with Winafrique Technologies in Nairobi to design and supply pilot wind/diesel hybrid systems at three very remote base stations. The systems consisted of a Bergey 7.5 kW turbine on a 24 m (80 ft) SSV tower, sealed batteries, and an inverter. These sites were installed and monitored for one year. The results showed excellent reliability and diesel fuel savings of 70-95%. Based on these positive results, Safaricom has contracted for six more sites, and has many other wind/diesel sites in the planning stage. [...] [...] The company WinAfrique designs and builds hybrid wind and diesel turbine systems for powering cell phone base stations. Kenya’s biggest wireless companies Safaricom and Celtel have contracted with WinAfrique. In 2005 Safaricom contracted with Winafrique Technologies in Nairobi to design and supply pilot wind/diesel hybrid systems at three very remote base stations. The systems consisted of a Bergey 7.5 kW turbine on a 24 m (80 ft) SSV tower, sealed batteries, and an inverter. These sites were installed and monitored for one year. The results showed excellent reliability and diesel fuel savings of 70-95%. Based on these positive results, Safaricom has contracted for six more sites, and has many other wind/diesel sites in the planning stage. [...]

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