Aderemi, BAChowdhury, SPDOlwal, TAbu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI2018-03-192018-03-192017-09Aderemi, B.A. et al. 2017. Solar PV powered mobile cellular base station: Models and use cases in South Africa. IEEE AFRICON Conference, 18-20 September 2017, Cape Town, South Africa, pp. 1168-1173978-1-5386-2775-4978-1-5386-2776-1http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8095640/DOI: 10.1109/AFRCON.2017.8095640http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10121Copyright: 2017 IEEE. Due to copyright restrictions, the attached PDF file contains the accepted version of the paper. For access to the published item, please consult the publisher's website.The huge costs of operating a mobile cellular base station, and the negative impact of greenhouse gasses on the environment have made the solar PV renewable energy source a sought after. In addition to cost and environmental factor, abundant supply of solar radiation in Southern part of Africa, and the drive to reduce the emission of carbon dioxide by the year 2020 and to improve the quantity of power supply are also part of many incentives to power communication base station systems with solar PV cells. To this end, solar PV powered base stations have become important integration into a mobile cellular network. Thus, this article exploits the use of solar PV powered mobile cellular base station systems in South Africa. It was also found through this feasibility study that the country has a solar radiation between 4.5 kWh/m2 and 6.5 kWh/m2. Also found was that the use of solar PV cellular base station will lead to about 49 % reduction in operation cost compared to using the diesel generating sets. Therefore, this article, as a feasibility study, explore the use of solar energy capacity of South Africa towards powering the mobile cellular base station. This article will also contribute to research base, as there are few number of literature found on this topic in South Africa.enMobile cellular base stationSolar PVRenewable Energy TechnologyRETBattery systemSolar radiationSolar PV powered mobile cellular base station: Models and use cases in South AfricaConference PresentationAderemi, B., Chowdhury, S., Olwal, T., & Abu-Mahfouz, A. M. (2017). Solar PV powered mobile cellular base station: Models and use cases in South Africa. IEEE. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10121Aderemi, BA, SPD Chowdhury, T Olwal, and Adnan MI Abu-Mahfouz. "Solar PV powered mobile cellular base station: Models and use cases in South Africa." (2017): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10121Aderemi B, Chowdhury S, Olwal T, Abu-Mahfouz AM, Solar PV powered mobile cellular base station: Models and use cases in South Africa; IEEE; 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10121 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Aderemi, BA AU - Chowdhury, SPD AU - Olwal, T AU - Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI AB - The huge costs of operating a mobile cellular base station, and the negative impact of greenhouse gasses on the environment have made the solar PV renewable energy source a sought after. In addition to cost and environmental factor, abundant supply of solar radiation in Southern part of Africa, and the drive to reduce the emission of carbon dioxide by the year 2020 and to improve the quantity of power supply are also part of many incentives to power communication base station systems with solar PV cells. To this end, solar PV powered base stations have become important integration into a mobile cellular network. Thus, this article exploits the use of solar PV powered mobile cellular base station systems in South Africa. It was also found through this feasibility study that the country has a solar radiation between 4.5 kWh/m2 and 6.5 kWh/m2. Also found was that the use of solar PV cellular base station will lead to about 49 % reduction in operation cost compared to using the diesel generating sets. Therefore, this article, as a feasibility study, explore the use of solar energy capacity of South Africa towards powering the mobile cellular base station. This article will also contribute to research base, as there are few number of literature found on this topic in South Africa. DA - 2017-09 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Mobile cellular base station KW - Solar PV KW - Renewable Energy Technology KW - RET KW - Battery system KW - Solar radiation LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2017 SM - 978-1-5386-2775-4 SM - 978-1-5386-2776-1 T1 - Solar PV powered mobile cellular base station: Models and use cases in South Africa TI - Solar PV powered mobile cellular base station: Models and use cases in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10121 ER -