Telecoms Loves Hydrogen Fuel Cells1 Mar 2014 16:41
Promising for the ACTA/Relion Partnership, Relion already supply the likes of Sprint and AT&T in the USA, have a read then check out the Video in the second link to get an idea on Relion, the partnership certainly gives ACTA a foothold in North America
“Sprint Promises Even More Fuel Cell Backups ……… “Sprint announced last week that it will deploy these hydrogen fuel cell backups for its rooftop cell tower network.
Fuel cells already account for about a quarter of Sprint’s locations, and with this next wave of installation, they will be getting a hand from the Department of Energy (DOE). The exact amount of financial aid is yet undetermined, but should be substantial.
The desired outcome of this partnership is to enhance the development of this economic and viable option that will promote the advancement of hydrogen fuel cells as backup power across many different industries.
Once the DOE proves fuel cells are a cleaner, cheaper power source to buffer against outages, other businesses are going to have to take notice.
Sprint has already deployed approximately 500 hydrogen fuel cells in their network. With this new program it’s hard to pinpoint just how many more they could add – probably a lot more if the program is going to be used as a case study for the Department of Energy.
Sprint was a logical choice for the DOE to team up with – it’s not their first rodeo together – in 2009 the DOE provided a $7.3 million grant for Sprint to support fuel cell technology.
It’s also important to note that it was Sprint who pioneered fuel cell technology to its ground-based networks in 2005.”
http://www.energyandcapital.com/articles/telecom-loves-hydrogen-fuel-cells/4220
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4rYU4ww_MQ&feature=youtu.be