OFF-GRID MARKET TO QUADRUPLE OVER 8 YEARS

Off-Grid Power for Mobile Base Stations; Renewable and Alternative Energy Sources for Remote Mobile Telecommunications: Global Market Analysis and Forecasts

1Q 2013 (Pike Research/Navigant)

“Demand for high quality, high reliability off-grid power is increasing yearly. In the coming years, a significant fraction of this demand will be met by some form of hybrid system that includes renewable or alternative energy sources…[There] is growing demand for reliable, non-diesel-based energy sources from off-grid base transceiver stations for mobile communications networks.”

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“Diesel generators, a solution that presents a number of economic, logistical, and environmental challenges, remain by far the most common energy source for such remote base stations. This market is small when compared with grid-tied base stations. But the level of market pain is such that [Pike Research forecasts that revenue from] the so-called “green base station,” which is essentially a combination of renewable, battery, and fuel cell technologies, …will grow from $1.6 billion in 2012 to more than $10.5 billion in 2020…”

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