Telekom Austria's First Wind Turbine-Powered Mobile Phone Base Station

mobilkom austria, the domestic mobile subsidiary of the Telekom Austria Group has started operations of the first wind turbine-powered mobile phone base station in Eibesthal in Lower Austria. The project has been nominated for the environmental award of the City of Vienna 2009.

"With this wind turbine-powered mobile phone base station we are stressing once again our innovation expertise. In less than a year we have been able to design a prototype, unparalleled in this form throughout Central Europe, which has already been integrated in our live network," commented Boris Nemsic, CEO Telekom Austria Group. Eighty percent of the total energy requirement of the mobile phone base station will be met by wind power. The project "renewable wind turbine energy" has been initiated within the framework of mobilkom austria's 2008 sustainability agenda focused on "CO2 reduction".

Vertical axis wind turbines can be easily deployed wherever there is enough wind. Thanks to their compact design they can be installed both on mobile phone masts and the roofs of building facilities.

"Following the successful live operation of this first wind turbine-powered base station, we are planning to convert from seven to 10 percent of all mobile phone base stations in Austria into environmentally friendly wind-powered facilities. Moreover, we will extend this project to the other operating markets of the Telekom Austria Group," continued Nemsic.

Posted to the site on 23rd February 2009