A Study of Off-Grid Environment-Friendly Power Supplying Solution to Telecom Towers in NEOM

This study analyzed an off-grid, environment-friendly power-supplying solution for telecom towers in NEOM. For this purpose, solar with batteries, solar with diesel generator, and diesel generator with batteries are proposed and compared to a typical dual diesel generator. To compare, the Life Cycle Cost (LCC) is calculated as the basis of economic comparison, and CO2 emissions are used as the basis of environmental comparison. The result shows that using a single factor of comparison, such as LCC, the typical dual diesel generator is 0.97M[SAR] and 1,017 tons of CO
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emissions in 10 years. Solar with batteries is the most expensive solution, with 2.47M[SAR] in 10 years but No CO
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emissions. The unit of energy and cost-CO
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emissions show that solar power with diesel generators is better than diesel generators with batteries.