Renewable Green Leaders Magazine: Promoting a Sustainable Future for Generations to Come by Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA)

Solar Power to Ensure A Genset’s Start-up and
Function at Sites With No Mains Available
An Economic and Effective Solution in Case of no Mains available
Although it may be difficult to imagine sites
without any electric Mains network, the reality is
that there are vast areas on our earth where there
is no Electric Mains supply.
BTS telecom towers installed in remote areas,
villages in developing countries or that are
isolated during periods of the year because of
climatic conditions, mines and quarries, civil
works and a lot of other situations are examples
of where gensets are the only alternative to
Mains, nowadays often in combination with
renewable sources of energy as wind and solar
power. In all these situations, gensets equipped
with the adequate accessories and options are
into an optimal solution as they may be remote
controlled and managed even if they are situated
thousands of kilometres away.
What kind of accessories and equipment can
guarantee proper function and security of a
genset?
A ​genset must be prepared to ​start ​and ​work,
no matter what its application or use is. With
this in mind, the battery, among other factors,
has a very important role, as it is responsible for
starting the ​engine ​of the generator set to make
it work. The battery is also needed to power
the genset controller and other equipment like
remote control modems or gateways.
What is responsible for keeping the gensets’
batteries sufficiently charged to ensure the
correct start-up of the engine? ​This task is
performed by the ​battery charger​.
So that these devices can work as intended, they
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