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Economic & Technical Case

Technology Summary

Key Points:

1. Solar and wind solutions are attractive technologies for base station sites.
2. Pico-hydro, fuel cells and biofuels will remain niche in the short term.
   

1. Solar solutions are being successfully deployed in many locations.
2. In areas of high wind resources, wind turbines can be an effective solution, but need a secondary power source as backup.
3. Other solutions, such as Pico-hydro, fuel cells and biofuels, will remain niche in the short term.

• GPM point of view on solar power solutions for base station sites
• GPM point of view on wind power solutions for base station sites
• GPM point of view on Pico-hydro solutions for base station sites
• GPM point of view on biodiesel solutions for base station sites
• GPM point of view on fuel cell solutions for base station sites

For the above reasons the primary focus of the GPM programme is on solar and wind solutions. The Operator Decision Tree is therefore focused on solar and wind solutions.