Comments on: DESC India, CII Release Report on ICT’s Potential to Cut Carbon Footprint https://carbonoffsetsdaily.com/news-channels/india-carbonmarketnews/desc-india-cii-release-report-on-icts-potential-to-cut-carbon-footprint-44520.htm Daily carbon offset news, insight, community. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 22:55:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Fritz Milosevic https://carbonoffsetsdaily.com/news-channels/india-carbonmarketnews/desc-india-cii-release-report-on-icts-potential-to-cut-carbon-footprint-44520.htm/comment-page-1#comment-35197 Fritz Milosevic Tue, 21 Dec 2010 08:47:15 +0000 https://carbonoffsetsdaily.com/?p=44520#comment-35197 "For instance, assuming 300,000 telecom towers exist in India and each consumes 10 kW of power, the total electricity consumed is around 13,140 million kWh annually." I think this assumption is grossly out of proportion - if my memory serves me correct, the average base station consumes anything between 2 and 4 kW, slighly more in urban centres, even less in rural areas. “For instance, assuming 300,000 telecom towers exist in India and each consumes 10 kW of power, the total electricity consumed is around 13,140 million kWh annually.”

I think this assumption is grossly out of proportion – if my memory serves me correct, the average base station consumes anything between 2 and 4 kW, slighly more in urban centres, even less in rural areas.

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