Last Updated 14 years ago by Kenya Engineer
While the issue of energy remains a major challenge in many nations, local telecommunication companies are looking at alternative ways of powering their networks. The World Bank Group through its investment arm, International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the GSMA, a global association representing the interests of mobile operators, signed an agreement to increase the use of green-power technologies at network sites in areas with limited or no grid-power access.
IFC said it will issue Sh70 million grant and advisory services on clean energy and private sector financing for adoption of alternative energy in running networks. This is expected to significantly reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and optimize business models of mobile operators worldwide.
The agreement is part of the joint IFC-GSMA “Green Power for Mobile” program which promotes the use of green power such as solar and wind at mobile network towers in remote, rural areas around the world. The two organizations will work together to develop industry standards, facilitate technical training, conduct feasibility studies, and promote good business practices for green power in the mobile industry.
Under the agreement, IFC and GSMA aim to develop more than 10,000 green mobile-power sites over the next four years. As a result of the program, the total number of green-power sites worldwide so far has increased by 36 percent since 2009, up to nearly 12,600 sites.
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