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With the quantity of mobile phone users in the terrain swelling quickly, telecom operators are going away in in place of more high-intensity cellphone towers in place of better net efficiency entailing a massive consumption of diesel -- not far off from two billion litres each time --- in place of power generation to run them, thought the study released by 'Future Energy' periodical in print by Maharashtra Energy Development Agency (MEDA).
This is resultant in carbon emissions totalling on five million tonnes, it thought.
The terrain by the side of give to has not far off from 250,000 cellphone towers both of which wear out 3-5 kilowatts of power depending on the quantity of operators using them.
"Together, these towers wear out more than two billion litres of diesel each time in place of power generation. Apart from this, fuel is besides spent in place of cooling the equipment. If all these cellphone towers wear out solar energy after that it may well save a lofty amount of fossil fuels as well as reduce carbon emissions," the study thought.
It famous with the aim of cellphone towers are "energy-intensive" as they wear out power non-stop not including interruption.
"Air conditioning of the equipment housed in the nearby hubs besides takes up considerable amounts of energy. Thus some alteration in the power generation method of cellphone towers would kind tremendous effect in provisions of resource saving and reduction in carbon emissions. With telecom operators looking to get bigger operations in rural areas, even more telecom towers are collection to approach up," it thought.
Considering the estimates predicting with the aim of India will maintain a billion cell phone subscribers by 2015, it is "extremely essential" with the aim of the document mooted by the Central bureau of New and Renewable energy to energise cell phone towers using solar energy is implemented "as soon as possible" to reduce strain on the already scarce wealth, the study thought.
The calculate carbon emissions from diesel used in place of cellphone towers is estimated by the study by the side of 5.3 million tonnes or 11.76 billion pounds while the cost of diesel each time by the side of an usual charge is calculated by the side of USD 1.4 billion (equivalent to Rs 6,400 crore).