Macro Tower Backup

Emergency and backup power are integral to the reliable operation of mission-critical systems and facilities, including telecom infrastructure and data centers. Diesel Generators have traditionally been used to provide emergency backup. Clean Decarbonization and Electrification efforts are leading to Lithium-Ion Batteries becoming a viable alternative to Diesel Generators.

Lithium-Ion batteries are the critical pillar in a fossil fuel-free economy and their uses in electric vehicles and stationary energy storage have grown exponentially in recent years, due to technological advances and significant price declines. This is making Lithium-Ion batteries a potential replacement for Diesel Generators too.

Together with solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind, batteries are reducing the cost of renewables and making decentralized solutions economically viable, complementing other renewable grid connections. Lithium-Ion batteries have become an integrated part of decentralized, often mini or micro, off-grid renewable energy systems, replacing diesel power generators in many remote areas.

Macro Cell sites require 4 to 72 hours of backup power. Lithium Ion batteries are more energy dense, meaning they can provide more runtime in a smaller space than their alternatives. This allows operators to store more energy for use during power outages at remote cell sites in the same foot print they currently have.

Unlike Diesel Generators, when batteries are not used for backup, they can double up as Battery energy storage systems (BESS) that help address the imbalances of the grid, generally coming from excess or deficits between the production of electricity and consumption in real time.

Green Cubes can design and manufacture custom batteries to meet the exacting requirements of emergency power backup (to replace Diesel Generators) and serve as BESS. Green Cubes Battery Backup Units (BBUs) can also be used as potential building blocks of a BESS. Green Cubes Lithium-Ion Systems provide the following benefits over Diesel Generators:

• Carbon Footprint
  Lithium-Ion Batteries offer a clean environment friendly option over Diesel Generators and their harmful CO2 emissions.
  
• High efficiency
  Lithium-Ion batteries have a higher energy efficiency compared to Diesel Generators.
• Less maintenance
  Lithium-Ion batteries do not require maintenance like Diesel Generators or lead acid batteries.
• Higher energy density
  Lithium-Ion Batteries offer the highest energy density enabling them to consume same or lesser space compared to Diesel Generators.
  
• Lower Operating Costs
  Lithium-Ion based storage provide a lower operating cost compared to increasing Diesel prices.
  
• Parallel Revenue Stream
  Lithium-Ion Batteries can provide a parallel revenue stream through BESS enabled services.