Telekom Romania Mobile is implementing a plan of connecting its base stations to solar panels, in order to replace the current power sources with renewable energy sources.

Since 2015, Telekom Mobile has been installing photovoltaic panels, accelerating this process year after year. So far, solar panels have been installed on more than 300 GSM antennas. The sites where the panels are deployed are located all over Romania, in large urban settlements or smaller rural ones.

For this year, Telekom Romania Mobile has planned investments that will lead to a doubling of the number of sites using solar panel systems.

Following the implementation of the panels, the energy consumption of the respective mobile can decrease up 90 percent, depending on the meteorological conditions. The difference to 100 percent is represented by the air conditioning cooling systems that still use the energy from the national electricity system and other location specific constraints.

“With practically zero carbon emissions, Telekom Mobile’s base stations working on renewable energy will considerably reduce also the costs of power, contributing to a better cost efficiency of the company”, said Nicolas Mahler, Chief Financial Officer Telekom Romania Mobile Communications.