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	<title>Comments on: Telecom Tower Market a 2 GW Solar Power Opportunity in India</title>
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		<title>By: Bob_Wallace</title>
		<link>http://cleantechnica.com/2012/04/15/telecom-tower-market-a-2-gw-solar-power-opportunity-in-india/#comment-157322</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2013 01:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Add in a third source, storage.  Since India&#039;s cost for diesel is so high it might make economic sense to add additional PV and some storage in order to cut back on generator use.


Additionally, this would cut down on the number of times the generator needs to start/stop and would extend its lifetime.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Add in a third source, storage.  Since India&#8217;s cost for diesel is so high it might make economic sense to add additional PV and some storage in order to cut back on generator use.</p>
<p>Additionally, this would cut down on the number of times the generator needs to start/stop and would extend its lifetime.</p>
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		<title>By: Anon</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can we use a hybrid system comprising of diesel generators and solar in order to avoid these starting and rebooting issues?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Can we use a hybrid system comprising of diesel generators and solar in order to avoid these starting and rebooting issues?</p>
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		<title>By: Amitabha Mohadani</title>
		<link>http://cleantechnica.com/2012/04/15/telecom-tower-market-a-2-gw-solar-power-opportunity-in-india/#comment-118569</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amitabha Mohadani]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 06:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some times, Solar power is not enough to Start a Telecom Base trans receiver station or to reboot the system. For this it needs huge power... That why After implementation we some operators are rejected the Solar power resource. 

I can&#039;t technically described you all, but it true.. So, any one have any doubt then please share with us.

Thanking you.
Amitabha
Gurgaon ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some times, Solar power is not enough to Start a Telecom Base trans receiver station or to reboot the system. For this it needs huge power&#8230; That why After implementation we some operators are rejected the Solar power resource. </p>
<p>I can&#8217;t technically described you all, but it true.. So, any one have any doubt then please share with us.</p>
<p>Thanking you.<br />
Amitabha<br />
Gurgaon </p>
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		<title>By: Bob_Wallace</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 16:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#039;s synergy happening at another level between the telecommunications and solar industries.

The rural solar systems that are being lease-sold to people living off the grid are controlled by cell phones and telecommunication companies are starting to provide the financing to make these systems more widely available.

Here&#039;s one of several articles about small solar systems replacing kerosene...

http://cleantechnica.com/2012/03/14/solar-micro-grids-in-india-transformational/

And from another site -

&quot;In parts of Africa, the poor, lacking electricity, buy power in the form of batteries, kerosene and candles; in effect, they’re paying as much as $4 per kilowatt-hour, according to Vijay Modi, a Columbia University professor who heads the SharedSolar project. That’s about 66 times what a resident of Manhattan is charged for electricity.

Simpa co-founder Paul Needham says filling the power gap will entail a transformation similar to the one in which mobile phones bypassed traditional landlines to deliver telecommunications services to vast populations in India and Africa.

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In October, Bangalore-based Simpa Networks Inc. installed a solar panel on Anand’s whitewashed adobe house along with a small metal box in his living room to monitor electricity usage. The 25-year-old rice farmer, who goes by one name, purchases energy credits to unlock the system via his mobile phone on a pay-as-you-go model.

When his balance runs low, Anand pays 50 rupees ($1) -- money he would have otherwise spent on kerosene. Then he receives a text message with a code to punch into the box, giving him about another week of electric light.

When he pays off the full cost of the system in about three years, it will be unlocked and he will get free power.

Before the solar panel arrived, Anand lit his home with kerosene lamps that streaked the walls with smoke and barely penetrated the darkness of the village, which lacks electrification. Twice a week, he trudged 45 minutes to a nearby town just to charge his phone.&quot;

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-11/farmers-foil-utilities-using-cell-phones-to-access-solar.html

When renewables become profit sources for other businesses then we have reached a tipping point.

It&#039;s much to the advantage of cell phone companies for their customers to have plenty of electricity to power their phones.  Then they can make more calls.

And if their customers can save money on kero and candles then they&#039;ll have more to spend for phone calls.

Sell the solar systems for a reasonable profit and grow you business....

(The Bloomberg article is a good read - covers both less developed and more developed parts of the world - recommended.)

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There&#8217;s synergy happening at another level between the telecommunications and solar industries.</p>
<p>The rural solar systems that are being lease-sold to people living off the grid are controlled by cell phones and telecommunication companies are starting to provide the financing to make these systems more widely available.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s one of several articles about small solar systems replacing kerosene&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://cleantechnica.com/2012/03/14/solar-micro-grids-in-india-transformational/" rel="nofollow">http://cleantechnica.com/2012/03/14/solar-micro-grids-in-india-transformational/</a></p>
<p>And from another site &#8211;</p>
<p>&#8220;In parts of Africa, the poor, lacking electricity, buy power in the form of batteries, kerosene and candles; in effect, they’re paying as much as $4 per kilowatt-hour, according to Vijay Modi, a Columbia University professor who heads the SharedSolar project. That’s about 66 times what a resident of Manhattan is charged for electricity.</p>
<p>Simpa co-founder Paul Needham says filling the power gap will entail a transformation similar to the one in which mobile phones bypassed traditional landlines to deliver telecommunications services to vast populations in India and Africa.</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p>In October, Bangalore-based Simpa Networks Inc. installed a solar panel on Anand’s whitewashed adobe house along with a small metal box in his living room to monitor electricity usage. The 25-year-old rice farmer, who goes by one name, purchases energy credits to unlock the system via his mobile phone on a pay-as-you-go model.</p>
<p>When his balance runs low, Anand pays 50 rupees ($1) &#8212; money he would have otherwise spent on kerosene. Then he receives a text message with a code to punch into the box, giving him about another week of electric light.</p>
<p>When he pays off the full cost of the system in about three years, it will be unlocked and he will get free power.</p>
<p>Before the solar panel arrived, Anand lit his home with kerosene lamps that streaked the walls with smoke and barely penetrated the darkness of the village, which lacks electrification. Twice a week, he trudged 45 minutes to a nearby town just to charge his phone.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-11/farmers-foil-utilities-using-cell-phones-to-access-solar.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-11/farmers-foil-utilities-using-cell-phones-to-access-solar.html</a></p>
<p>When renewables become profit sources for other businesses then we have reached a tipping point.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s much to the advantage of cell phone companies for their customers to have plenty of electricity to power their phones.  Then they can make more calls.</p>
<p>And if their customers can save money on kero and candles then they&#8217;ll have more to spend for phone calls.</p>
<p>Sell the solar systems for a reasonable profit and grow you business&#8230;.</p>
<p>(The Bloomberg article is a good read &#8211; covers both less developed and more developed parts of the world &#8211; recommended.)</p>
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