Intelligent Energy, a spin-out of Loughborough University, signs multi-million dollar agreement to power Indian telecom towers with hydrogen fuel cells.
Cleantech spin-out Intelligent Energy has announced a “multi-million dollar, multi-year agreement” to install hydrogen fuel cells across telecom towers owned by Ascend Telecom Infrastructure, which provides coverage to all mobile networks in India.
India, which has a rapidly growing mobile telecoms industry, has around 425,000 telecom towers. However, up to 75% of these do not have power for eight hours a day or more due to power cuts. Currently, many of these towers rely on diesel-powered generators. The industry is…