Re: Telefonica Moviles to Deploy Plug Power Fuel Cells in Venezuela

RadicalModerate wrote:
fkasner <fkasner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Insanity! Totally wasted source materials for such an inefficient method of power generation.
In the USA just about every major hospital maintains a set of backup generators running off diesel engines so their power has a quick reliable backup.

These units are intended for uses where constraints on weight,
noise and exhaust pollution (such as cellphone antenna towers)
prohibit the use of diesel generators.



Cellphone towers are located in places where there is some decent population density (location in the wilderness is not a economically wise placement) and so batteries and their replacements are good enough. In the event of a regional power failure, getting the towers working does not solve the problem if the central stations routing the calls have no power.
FK
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