Hybrid Solar/Hydro Renewable Energy System with Hydrogen Storage for Powering a Typical Remote Base Transceiver Station

In recent years, efforts have been geared towards powering base transceiver stations (BTS) for telecommunication industries with renewable energy source. This is to ensure security of power supply as well as reducing environmental pollution. The study therefore proposes a photovoltaic/hydro renewable energy architecture for electrifying a remote base transceiver station in Okuku village, Nigeria, using hydrogen storage instead of batteries to address potential intermittency issues. The results were compared with diesel generator system. Some of the key results revealed that the hybrid configuration is feasible with a net present cost (NPC) of $843530, levelized cost of energy (LCOE) of $0.4516 and operating cost of $14798 which are lower when compared with the diesel generator system's NPC, LCOE and operating cost of ($1688280), ($0.9040) and ($52807) respectively. In addition, it guarantees a total annual saving of 65430kg of greenhouse gas emissions making it more environmentally friendly than the generator system.