Resilient Wind Energy for Telecommunication Sites

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The project will deploy 11 innovative small wind turbine systems, including 10 at off-grid telecommunications sites across Australia. The Resilient Wind Energy for Telecommunication Sites project acknowledges that telecommunications providers in Australia currently rely on diesel generation to power their off-grid sites. This leaves them exposed to fluctuations in fuel prices and releases large amounts of carbon emissions. It also leaves them exposed during natural disasters such as bushfires and floods. Resiliency has become a major issue in the telecommunications industry following the Australian bushfire crisis, with large companies such as Telstra and Optus actively seeking out solutions. Adding more solar and batteries to the energy supply is not always an option due to either space or economic constraints.Small wind turbines can be an alternative, as well as complementary to solar PV and batteries, particularly when use of solar PV and batteries is restricted due to space restrictions or solar availability. A nationwide rollout of Diffuse Energy’s wind turbine technology to off grid telecommunications sites could displace 17 GWh and 33,000 tonnes of CO2 from fossil fuelled generation per year. This is equivalent to $43.9 million in savings of diesel fuel, transportation costs, and generator maintenance.

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