Mobile networks powered by wind

Wind and solar energy could be used to set up mobile phone networks in rural areas of the world without power, reports the BBC.

"The world's first mobile phone base station powered by wind and the sun's rays will soon open in Namibia, led by Motorola.

"Namibia is a huge country with only two million people - to get power to rural areas is very expensive.

"You are paying US $8,000 per kilometre to get a grid power line. And to get on the grid you can wait a year or two to get a power line."

This solution is perfect for areas only accessible by helicopter - that's where we would be looking to deploy this technology, said Linda Brown, Motorola UK.

In India a separate trial from Ericsson is using biodiesel to power mobile base stations.

emily | 5:45 PM | Technology |
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