In recent past, we have seen that telecom operators are inclining towards Solar Panels. We asked on the site supervisor about the reason behind this inclination, and he can provide us fuel consumption stats regarding this.
According to him, the cost of fuel is too much. In fact as high as 2,150 litters are being consumed by a single BTS if it runs whole month. Add the price of Diesel and you get the figure (Rs.120,000 – Rs.150,000).
Whereas the price of the solar panel starts from Rs.150,000 and its one time investment only. Of course this price may vary depending on the vendor.
If all the BTS shifts over to the solar charging, then when can also save the fuel imports.
Note: Someone recently stole solar panel from PTCL in Quetta. We have to deal with these technical thieves too.