Backup Power for Cell Towers - Safety and Economics (OTCBB: BLQN)
/EINPresswire.com/ Balqon Corporation (OTCBB: BLQN), A123 Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: AONE), EnerSys Inc. (NYSE: ENS) and other energy storage companies could benefit from increased demand in both traditional industries - such as telecom's cellular towers - and emerging industries driven by increased capacity for renewable energies like solar and wind power.
It was in January 2006, when Katrina Panel reviewed the communications infrastructure during Hurricane Katrina and made recommendations to Federal Communication Commission for improvements in disaster preparedness, network reliability. In June 2007, the Commission released the Katrina Panel Order directing the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau to implement several of the recommendations. Among them was an order that cell sites, normally powered from local AC Commercial power, install backup power sources that can operate a minimum of eight hours during an emergency.
As the industry argued over the rule and its implementation, private sector energy storage company, Balqon Corporation, was busy seeking solutions that balanced safety and economics interest of both government and telecom industry. In 2011, the company started shipping backup storage batteries that can be charged with conventional fossil fuel generators at remote sites with no grid availability, as well as cell sites where batteries can perform the function of load shaving during peak load periods.
The economics of charging the batteries at remote sites with existing generators or renewable energy sources such as wind or solar panels reduced the use of engine generators from 24 hours to less than 4 hours per day. This resulted in lower fuel costs, maintenance costs and fuel delivery costs, which more than offset the additional cost of Lithium Batteries supplied by Balqon. The success witnessed in these remote sites has resulted in delivery of such systems to international customers in South Africa, Australia and India, reducing operating costs and improving system reliability in countries where reliability of grid power is suspect.
With over 12,000 new cell sites being installed every year in United States and over 75,000 cell sites being installed worldwide, energy storage at these sites can be a win-win relationship between energy storage providers such as Balqon, telecom industry and local governments.
For more information on Balqon Corporation, please see the following resources:
www.balqon.com
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Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements about the possible benefits and statements about expectations, plans and prospects of the development of BLQN.BB Balqon . These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions as well as the risks, uncertainties and assumptions relating to the shares blqn.bb including those identified under "Risk Factors" in balqon most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and in other filings blqn periodically makes with the SEC. Actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by these forward-looking statements, blqn does not undertake to update any of these forward-looking statements to reflect a change in its views or events or circumstances that occur after the date of this presentation.
It was in January 2006, when Katrina Panel reviewed the communications infrastructure during Hurricane Katrina and made recommendations to Federal Communication Commission for improvements in disaster preparedness, network reliability. In June 2007, the Commission released the Katrina Panel Order directing the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau to implement several of the recommendations. Among them was an order that cell sites, normally powered from local AC Commercial power, install backup power sources that can operate a minimum of eight hours during an emergency.
As the industry argued over the rule and its implementation, private sector energy storage company, Balqon Corporation, was busy seeking solutions that balanced safety and economics interest of both government and telecom industry. In 2011, the company started shipping backup storage batteries that can be charged with conventional fossil fuel generators at remote sites with no grid availability, as well as cell sites where batteries can perform the function of load shaving during peak load periods.
The economics of charging the batteries at remote sites with existing generators or renewable energy sources such as wind or solar panels reduced the use of engine generators from 24 hours to less than 4 hours per day. This resulted in lower fuel costs, maintenance costs and fuel delivery costs, which more than offset the additional cost of Lithium Batteries supplied by Balqon. The success witnessed in these remote sites has resulted in delivery of such systems to international customers in South Africa, Australia and India, reducing operating costs and improving system reliability in countries where reliability of grid power is suspect.
With over 12,000 new cell sites being installed every year in United States and over 75,000 cell sites being installed worldwide, energy storage at these sites can be a win-win relationship between energy storage providers such as Balqon, telecom industry and local governments.
For more information on Balqon Corporation, please see the following resources:
www.balqon.com
Receive more information on emerging growth companies
Contact:
Seraphim Strategies
Lou Levenstein
info@seraphimstrategies.com
727.489.9939
FULL DISCLOSURE/DISCLAIMER : http://tomorrowsbluechips.com/disclaimer/
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements about the possible benefits and statements about expectations, plans and prospects of the development of BLQN.BB Balqon . These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions as well as the risks, uncertainties and assumptions relating to the shares blqn.bb including those identified under "Risk Factors" in balqon most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and in other filings blqn periodically makes with the SEC. Actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by these forward-looking statements, blqn does not undertake to update any of these forward-looking statements to reflect a change in its views or events or circumstances that occur after the date of this presentation.
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