Orange lauches first solar energy-operated base station in Armenia

PanARMENIAN.Net - Orange started exploiting the first base station in Armenia, operating exclusively with solar energy. The first fully solar base station of Armenia has been constructed in the Syunik region, at approximately 3km from Lichk village, not far from the road to Meghri.

The station does not have any alternative supply source like other base stations, which if necessary, use energy network and fuel. Solar-powered station is not only ecologically clean and energy and cost-efficient, but also is completely self-controlled, and can be built in areas far from infrastructures, in particular from sources of energy.

The construction of the “solar” station is the result of cooperation of Orange with French Tenesol Company. Orange solar project has been launched in 2007 in Senegal. Since then, this solution has been implemented in 13 countries within the group’s footprint: 900 solar base stations are already built.

For every solar BTS used, at least 35 tons of CO2 and 13,000 litres of fuel are expected to be saved per year. The Orange solar base station development program is the most iconic part of a wider green strategy committed to achieving 20% reduction of our CO2 emissions by 2020 and 15% reduction of the company’s energy consumption.

In 2010, Orange and Tenesol were granted a Global Telecoms Business Innovation Award for “Green power innovation”, Orange Armenia press service reported.